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Yes, stuttering has a strong genetic component. The Stuttering Foundation, one of my favorite sources for information about stuttering, says the following on their website: “The evidence for geneti...

Is stuttering genetic? Three people in my family stutter

Is stuttering genetic? Three people in my family stutter My mom, brother and my mom’s sister all stutter. They all started when they were kids. My moms stutter is very mild and she’s always been able ...

What type of stutter do you have? Do you block on words e.g. no sound comes out, or do you bounce on words e.g. you repeat the first letter of a word? Mmmmmmmmummy or m-m-m-mummy? The exact cause o...

Men are more prone to genetic "diseases" such as a predisposition to stuttering, a direct stutter directly or color blindness for example. The genetic difference between men and women is that men ha...

My dad stutters and my mom lived with him for a long time. Now I have it, and she's used to stuttering. It doesn't bother her....

How do your parents/guardians respond to your stutter?

How do your parents/guardians respond to your stutter? Curious how they respond when you stutter and their general attitude towards your stutter in general. For a little of my own context, my mums t...

Sorry. That may have been poor wording. I meant everybody in my family has gone through hardships and my mom did everything she could to minimize the pain of these hardships. Nobody else in my family ...

How should I have acted/how can I do better in the future?

How should I have acted/how can I do better in the future? I was at work today when a customer came to the counter and tried to ask me where an item was. He could repeatedly say, "where is the h-' and...

no prob man. my family was great about it growing up because my dad stuttered too. he mostly grew out of his but i haven't so far. as for relationships with girls, it hasn't hindered that at all, exce...

Truthfully not at all - I'd rather my kids didn't have a stutter (one doesn't, one may develop one - it's iffy right now) but I know that they can live a solid, full life whether or not they stutter. ...

I definitely think it's a factor, my mam has some mild form and my uncle used stutter (not sure if he still does) and my mam mentioned one or more of my aunts having a stutter to some (?mild) degree b...

Sure, heredity probably factors in. It's not known exactly how stutter works, though, so it's likely not the sole explanation. Also probably doesn't mean you can expect your kids to stutter - statisti...

In my case it is genetic, my mum had it bad and oddly my grandad from my dad's side had it. I got it, but my brother does not. Weird how it works...

It's more common for women to stutter as a child, what would be rare is if she kept three stutter. But I also believe it's genetic as my father stutters. Your boys will have roughly a 1:4 chance and a...

It is. It’s rare that your mom has it though. Usually it effects males. But my dad has it, I have it, and my son is starting to develop it....

I been wondering how old you are and now I must know... Avg age is 80, 1/4 would be 20 Yes?...

My grandma has a mild stutter, but she is pretty good at hiding it so you can't really notice it unless you have a long conversation with her. Mine is a bit worse than hers though. We don't talk about...

My dad had a bad stutter up until the age of 11 or 12 until he got over it through speech therapy. Now, his is barely noticeable unless he drinks a lot of coffee and does some minor repetitions. He st...

My dad and I both stutter. His is far worse, although getting better. I had speech therapy as a child which helped a lot. We don’t talk about our stutter at all although I do think about it when I see...

There's different ideas on what causes it, but really no one knows for sure yet. There's a goog chance that it's neurological and psychological, but it's also different for everyone. We know genetics ...