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<blockquote data-quote="catapillar" data-source="post: 1221709" data-attributes="member: 32394"><p>There must be other twins with type 1 - I read that if one identical twin has type 1 the chance of the other twin getting it is about 50%. So there are sets of identical twins where both have it and about an equal amount of sets of identical twins like you and your sister, where only one lucky twin has it. So as well as the genetic predisposition, there must be some environmental factor to trigger. It's just it must be a very subtle combination of environmental things that cause the trigger, because I'm going to assume you and your sister grew up together so had a very similar environment. Maybe you caught a virus that she never did or something? Or maybe had a traumatic/stressful experience that she didn't.</p><p></p><p>I'm afraid, because no one has identified the genes that put us at risk or the environmental things that can trigger type 1, the best you can put it down to at the moment is plain old bad luck.</p><p></p><p>Edit: I found where I had read it - <a href="http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/genetics-of-diabetes.html" target="_blank">http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/genetics-of-diabetes.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catapillar, post: 1221709, member: 32394"] There must be other twins with type 1 - I read that if one identical twin has type 1 the chance of the other twin getting it is about 50%. So there are sets of identical twins where both have it and about an equal amount of sets of identical twins like you and your sister, where only one lucky twin has it. So as well as the genetic predisposition, there must be some environmental factor to trigger. It's just it must be a very subtle combination of environmental things that cause the trigger, because I'm going to assume you and your sister grew up together so had a very similar environment. Maybe you caught a virus that she never did or something? Or maybe had a traumatic/stressful experience that she didn't. I'm afraid, because no one has identified the genes that put us at risk or the environmental things that can trigger type 1, the best you can put it down to at the moment is plain old bad luck. Edit: I found where I had read it - [URL]http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/genetics-of-diabetes.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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