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Very, very genetic. Depending on the study it’s between 70% and 80% genetic, with environmental factors making up the remainder....

Apparently my dad was a stutterer, but i never knew because he died before i was born. But my speech therapist told me that it’s a lot easier to treat a stutter in kids, since they carry less emotiona...

Im not a geneticist, so I could be misspeaking to a point. I reference Dennis Drayna in a previous comment. He estimates at least 50% of cases to be hereditary (based on what I heard last) (or it co...

My mom stutters. My sister does not have a stutter, but I do. I've had a stutter for as long as I remember. I'm 20 now and still have a stutter. I'm the baby if that matters...

Wait… stuttering is genetic? I thought it was mostly in the mind? My parents don’t stutter much(it’s very minor if they do), so I thought when I do it was just me and it was all in the mind...

How did it go? When I was in secondary school, (UK) I had no probs reading from books in front of class, as long as I kept my eyes always on the book and not look away... however no way could I j...

There is a genetic component and it can be passed down generations. My dad had a stutter (he outgrew it at 20), and I have a pretty severe one (neither of my two siblings do). For a long time I did ...

Bad stutterer here and raise 2 kids in their late 30's now. They have poked fun at me but they never had an issue with their speech....

Parent of 1 here. I'm the only stutterer I know in my family - going generations back even. My 20 year old kid is super fluent. Non-stutters don't understand how truly traumatizing that stuttering can...

I've never read or come across that. Quite the opposite. I thought perhaps you had a source. I've seen the term "clusters" of families used in stuttering and genetics studies. Specifically Dennis ...

Maybe it's a possibility? I'm in no way an expert. None of my kids stutter. But I achieved my fluency before they were born. My situation is, of course, purely anecdotal. It wasn't until recently t...

I stutter (my dad stuttered as a child) and I have an almost 4 year old son. He does not stutter (yet), but he has been diagnosed with Apraxia. He also has a significant expressive speech delay beca...

Parent of three. I was a severe stutterer as a child. None of my kids stutter. There are genetic factors, but don't think of it as hereditary. Although stuttering can cluster in families. Speech is ...

My dad has a pretty severe stutter that (as far as I know) has not gone away or improved over the 40+ years of his life, and I have a moderate one that is not improving either (late teens). I don't kn...

I've never had a stutter and my son's mom never did either, however my son has a severe stutter along with adhd. No issues with stuttering in either of our families either, so I'm gonna say it's not a...

I have heard that stuttering may be hereditary. I have brothers and an uncle who have a nearly unnoticeable stutter. I am a moderate stutterer/clutterer. I was first diagnose with speech impediment...

Stuttering is genetic and therefore can be, but doesn't necessarily is passed on. Even if your child stutters, it does have the big advantage that you probably didn't have: A very close person that ca...

Are there any stutterers with kids?

Are there any stutterers with kids? I have a son on the way and was curious as to whether or not stuttering could be passed on. I've read somewhere that there are theories of stuttering being genetic,...

While this list has some good things on it, it is a bit too general for my tastes. 1. True. 2. No, but it definitely can be exasperated by nerves. 3. True. Stutterers can learn behaviors that mimic l...

Stuttering can be caused by nerves, and it can be hereditary. This is a good infographic though....