The 'why' question?
This part of diabetes, can for some diabetics cause more stress and up-set , than there diabetes! As humans I think we cope with a situation or illness better if we know why it has happened or as hana said be able to lay blame somewhere else!
The more the 'why' is researched, the more triggers are found, to why, could be, may do, might have played a part into 'why' we have diabetes...
Take me for example, not only do I have a twin sister, but we are the youngest of a family of 9 children, when I became diabetic 20 years ago it was a complete bolt out of the blue, as there was no histroy of diabetes to be found any where in the family, if you take that my oldest nephew is only 4 years younger than me, and now 20 years on with the family increaseing in size to great nieces and nephew (oldest being 17) and I have my own children oldest being 22, and I'm still the only diabetic!
Add to that my Husband is also a long sanding diabetic of 30 years, and was medicaly discharged from the RAF, and at the point that he became diabetic there was also no history of diabetes in his family, but in the last 10 years 1 uncle has become T2, and 1 of his uncles sons has become a T1 diabetic 2 years ago, so a history is starting to build..
So for me it's a case of the 'why' will always I think remain unanswered, and for hubby and his family they can go with genetics!