Dudley
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So something interesting happened over the Easter weekend. At my grandparent's house, with many cousins and aunts and uncles, the topic of counting was touched on.
A few of them (my grandmother, a cousin, and an aunt) all talked about feeling the need to count things or the need to eat or separate things in a certain way, which leads me to believe that some of my family may have at least mild OCD without knowing it. I'm pretty sure my grandfather and two uncles have Tourette's (as do I) because of their facial tics, some of which that I share. I barely see my uncles, so it couldn't be imitation.
So I was wandering, does anyone know anything about hereditary OCD/Tourette's? I'm trying to see if I can trace who in my family is the carrier of the gene or possible mutation.
A few of them (my grandmother, a cousin, and an aunt) all talked about feeling the need to count things or the need to eat or separate things in a certain way, which leads me to believe that some of my family may have at least mild OCD without knowing it. I'm pretty sure my grandfather and two uncles have Tourette's (as do I) because of their facial tics, some of which that I share. I barely see my uncles, so it couldn't be imitation.
So I was wandering, does anyone know anything about hereditary OCD/Tourette's? I'm trying to see if I can trace who in my family is the carrier of the gene or possible mutation.