Dear Melvin, Wisner, and Carpenter folks, I have recently learned that a weakness or predisposition for fever convulsions is a genetic trait. Because a few of my relatives children had convulsions with fevers and our whole family always had concerns re. fevers in children, I had assumed that such reactions were very wide spread and had not considered them to be a "genetic" trait. My recent research has led me to find/believe that, in fact, such a predisposition is inherited. One of my grandchildren has developed recurrent seizures and I am interested to know if any other folks in these families have had such problems. This child's first seizure was associated with a fever, but his recurrent seizures do not seem to be. I would appreciate hearing from any members of either family who many have some information re. seizures in other family members. This actually could be an indicator of a family line, I suspect. Thank you, Phoebe in CA My lines descend from John Melvin of Concord, MA and Johannes Wisner of Orange Co. NY.