What is the likely that my daughter will be autistic?

Question

I have a step son whom is 7 who is autistic. His father is my husband. Whom we are now pregnant with a baby girl, what is the likeliness that my baby girl will be autistic if we still dont know what side causes the autistic gene- the mother or the father?

Answer 1

There is no way of knowing. Until they know what causes autism then this kind of question can't be answered. I know some families that the children all have the same parents (mom & dad) and only one of their children have autism. I know other families (mine included) who all of their children have autism.  

Answer 2

I know this won't help much,but it could.The study found it is more likely to be passed from mother to child than from father to child, although the reasons for this are unclear. There is no genetic test for autism. There are, however, prenatal biological tests for other conditions sometimes associated with autism, such as Fragile X syndrome. The fact that autism is now known often to have a genetic component (with recurrence risk in some studies of up to 7% in siblings) offers hope that prenatal diagnosis or screening may someday be possible .

Answer 3

You don't know if the Autism came from his mother or father so if it came from the mother than you shouldn't have anything to worry about.  Autism does run in families.  I do know families with more than one Autistic child or their kids have other learning disabilities.  Autism is four to five times more prevalent in boys than in girls.  My son and my sister's son are both Autistic and my cousin was ADHD so I think it came from my mom's side.  So the chance is there put I don't think there is a huge chance.  I would think that it is probably unlikely.  Don't stress about it.  I had a daughter after I had my son who is severely Autistic and she is absolutely fine and my sister's daughter is fine too.  Just enjoy your baby girl and try not to worry or you will drive yourself crazy.

Answer 4

according to statistics--when there is full biological sharing of teh aprents--it is about a 4% chance the second child will have autism--it may be less since only one parent is in common