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Many members of my family suffer from Huntington disease. What are the Chances of Getting Huntington's Disease (HD)? my mother and father ages are over fifty-year-old and they did not show symptoms

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Huntington's disease is an autosomal dominant condition. That means, if one parent is affected, the children have a 50% chance of developing this condition.

The clinical features of this condition usually become obvious between 35-45 years of age. Since both your parents are still fine, you getting this disease are very unlikely. You may opt for genetic testing too, which is a blood test that look for the genetic abnormality in your chromosomes.