Do you have a Mother and/or Grandmother with thyroid?

[foreverlostmom]

I am just curious how many have a Mother and or Grandmother that is affected with hypo/hyper?

While we are at it what about other family members?

[foreverlostmom]

Yes it can have a hereditary link.

My Grandmother on mothers side has hypo.  Her sister has celiacs and thats all I know of.  Her husband has had 2 heart attacks and I have been reading so much that it can be related to hypo.
My Grandmother on Fathers side was killed in a car accident with a train but makes me wonder what caused her to get in that accident.  And the only thing I remember him telling me the few times I ever saw him was be careful all the women on that side tend to gain weight so that makes me wonder also.
My Brother feels he has a problem, I think my mother has a problem, and my other brother I think may have Graves.  But my family is stubborn and uninsured so probably never know.

[MANmom]

My dad had Hashimotos, so do I and two of my brothers.  I had papillary cancer and a thyroidectomy, I told my sisters to get tested, one also had Pap cancer, one has nodules that are being watched, she also has Graves disease.  Does thyroid disease run in families?  5 of 9 of my siblings and I have some form of thyroid disease, and my dad, too.  

[bubbles102982]

My grandmother and grandfather on oposite sides of the family had Hypo my grandmother also wound up getting celiacs which she passed away from.  I have hyper and graves

[yallolorry]

my older sister and brother have both been hypothyroid for over 20 yrs.

my brother tells me our paternal grandmother was aswell, but I'm not sure if he's right as no-one else knows about thi.

both our parents are dead, my sister thinks my Dad might have had undiagnosed hypothyroid. my Mum died such a long time ago, when I was really  little, no-one really had a clue what happened to her, it was a whole medical disaster with no real answers and by the time I was old enough to ask for her records, they'd been destroyed.  I can't help wondering if some of my issues might have something to do with what was wrong with her but I'll never know and I'm probably over thinking it.

[Kaz1969]

My Mother and 2 of her 3 brothers are all Hypo , her mother wasn't but her grandmother had a large scar on her neck so we think she had some sort of thyroid related surgery all of us diagnosed in at 39 years old.

[Super_sally888]

Hi,

I am told my grandmother had a goitre, but I don't know about meds.

One of my sisters tested low after giving birth but seems to be ok now.

I'm the only one we know of in my family with overt thyroid failure.  Mine  happened in my late 20s/early 30s.