Celiac Hereditary?

[mymagicalchild]

I quoted from my "Prescriptions for Nutritional Healing" book on another "topic" and am curious about other folks' experiences.

That book says Celiac disease is "...caused by a hereditary intolerance to gluten...." and "...it is known to affect mostly Caucasians of European descent."

My nephew's wife is expecting their first child in early October. My brother, his Dad, died of intestinal lymphoma at a young age. He had many symptoms that I now know to be indications of Celiac disease. As did my deceased Mother. As did my Mother's deceased sister. As do I.

What would my nephew's wife be looking for to indicate gluten intolerance (or lack thereof) in her baby? Or should she not even be thinking about it?

I notice in so many of the "topics" that there is only one child or one adult in a family on a gluten-free diet. Yet it is supposedly hereditary. HELP! I'm not getting my brain wrapped around this.

[elonwy]

Basically what that means is that there is a change for the gene to be passed on and for celiac disease to be triggered. I don't remember what the percentage chance of first degree family members is off the top of my head, but there are many stories on here, including my own, where once the first person discovered it many other people in the family did too.

As far as your nephew's wife is concerned, if he has the gene then her child has a 50% chance to get the gene (or genes, this is still being determined). Then there is whether or not the disease is triggered, since you can have the gene but never have onset of disease. So she should keep an eye out for it but not be in a panic, I would think. As far as indicators, I'm sure parents on here have a better chance of answering that than me.

[mymagicalchild]

What I forgot when I started the topic was: All three of my nephews had what their Mom (a nurse) called "an allergy their own poop," which manifested itself as a horrendous diaper ultra-rash which she couldn't cure. It lasted, you guessed it, until they were out of diapers.

[Indea88]

My child was DX at 18 mos. His father was told he had IBS, was never tested for Celiac, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that he does...His mother, the MIL talks about the fact that "oh he always had yellow runny poop" Wouldn't you get this checked out? I don't get it...

My son never had a formed stool, never gained weight, dark circles, I said "no something is so wrong." His father refuses to be tested, won't change the diet, refuses to admit he is affected and it makes me crazy. He suffers..But my child won't.....