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I have a question doctor my great uncle had vitiligo will it occur in my son and please tell me if my son get it only my genes are responsible in it and my wife?s family had diabetes history too or it is combination of genes.
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Not necessarily, no one can say it that whom gonna affected.
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Vitiligo sometimes runs in families, but the inheritance pattern is complex because multiple causative factors are involved. About one-fifth of people with this condition have at least one close relative who is also affected. Diabetes can be inherited from either mother or father.
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