Muriel, our son-in-law with Parkinson's was born in 1967. He is a very gifted musician, only 32. He was adopted so he doesn't know about the inheriting part. I do not ever remember people so young getting it!!My grandfather and his brother each had a son that had it. (the Parkinson's was in my mother's family RAMEY, but could have been in the MCCANN or HENDRICK great-grandmother's family) or before. Josephine Turner Bryant Mobile, Alabama, USA ================================= Many thanks for writing, Josephine! I do not know whether people are getting these diseases at an earlier age -- or if the diagnosis procedures are more accurate. Hopefully, it is the latter -- not the early ages. As for adoption, each child should come complete with at least two generations of possible inheritable diseases and blood types -- not names of parents or locality. Senator Lorna Milne is pushing for this in her petitions to free our post-1901 census records. Muriel M. Davidson <davidson3542@home.com>