Posted by Jack Boyd (205.188.197.186) on August 13, 1999 at 19:42:16:
In Reply to: Generations of CH? posted by Judi Mosley on August 13, 1999 at 17:10:23:
Clusters are very rare - no matter how you look at it. The chances of any individual from any family getting clusters is pretty small.
However, I find it absolutely fascinating that our survey results show that 11 % of us have famly member with clusters. That number is a lot higher than I would have supected.
I think my now deceased first cousin may have had them but I am not sure and I did not report it in my survey.
My read on this goes something like this - if someone in your family has clusters you are a lot more likely to get them than someone who comes from a family with no cluster incidence - but because they are inherantly rare, the chances of any one getting them is still very small.
So don't worry.