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What genetic disease runs in my family?

There is something that runs in the women of my family. I only know as far back as my great great grandmother, who had red hair and short stature(about 5'2). My grandmother is just slightly taller, with red hair and a very gradual weight gain. My mother is 5'3, red hair, she has started to gain weight and she has a hypothyroid problem. Like my mom who suffered from cold hands and feet all her life I also suffer from it, which is a symptom of hypothyroid. I have red hair and I'm barely taller than 5'3. My grandma, my mom, and I also look a lot alike. While my mom and I both suffer from adhd and knowing if any past relatives had it is impossible. We also have slightly shorter fingers. I'm convinced that four generations of women in my family being almost exactly the same is not a coincidence. I've researched everywhere and I can't find anything that fits. Is this something that hasn't been discovered yet? Just tp checklist the symptons: short, red hair, hypothyroid, adhd. And there may be other symptoms but all of us have above average IQ so there is no mental retardation involved, and no early onset obesity, it is not albrights.
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