Charles , who were your Hodges grandparents, and Uncle I'm not beeing nosy but we lost a charles hodges , and his sister theodosia would not discuss him at all She as a matter of fact disowned him, and she died in her 90's talking all to the grave with her, all we know is that his name was Charles and that he was bn in pa around 1863 moved to lancing Mich around the middle of 1870's parents divorced and nancy Hodges went to Scranton area of pa with her 2 other dau Lodema and Jennie and the Father took the younger ones Addie and theo with him- No mention of Charles anywhere. that why you note was so intresting to me and there is some problems in this family has affected the males mostley,but in one the it hit the girls, 3 out of one family/ christy ----- Original Message ----- From: Charles Duncan <duncan38@home.com> To: <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 7:09 PM Subject: Re: [HODGES-L] Insanity Question.... > My uncle and my granfather, both HODGES, apparentely had serious mental > problems. My sister and I were shielded from the facts of what was really > going on and we probably will never know. Both died in the early 1940's > when no one really talked about mental problems. And our family members who > did know, wouldn't talk about it to us. > > I think this is a key part of genealogy...medical facts, both mental and > physical. > > Charles Duncan > > > \-----Original Message----- > From: Christine Hodges <chodges@erie.net> > To: HODGES-L@rootsweb.com <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Friday, August 13, 1999 5:23 PM > Subject: Re: [HODGES-L] Insanity Question.... > > > >Hi . when I first started digging into the family history, that was one of > >the main reasons that I began, now its just more for fun, as mosy of the > >answers I have already found. > > asthma can be gentic > >glomaca can be gentic > >obesity , the being if short or tall blur eyed or what ever, > >also in some cases some types of mental retardation, > >the futher I dug the more I disliked what I was finding. but in the long > run > >it was very helpful to my Doctors. > > and be ver careful as allergies can be passed from gereration to > generation > > Believe me I know! > >Seems if I got all they had to offer, > >Now hooked to a 50 foot oxygen tube- just like Father, grandfather, and > >several others in my paternal line. > >christy > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <ConPutnam@aol.com> > >To: <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 5:57 PM > >Subject: [HODGES-L] Insanity Question.... > > > > > >> Wondering....? The brother of my maternal g-grandfather ended up in > >insane > >> institution. Haven't done any research on insanity per se [yet] and > there > >> seem to be no other known instances in this family line...[that's not to > >say > >> that I don't have my share of crazy relatives]....Has anyone done any > >> research on the genetics of this? Is it primarily considered > >environmental > >> and stress related.....or are there several types of insanity and > multiple > >> causal factors? Guess I'm not asking a simple yes or no type question, > >but > >> perhaps someone out there has some references for the layperson to > peruse? > >> Thanks for suggestions......connie > >> > >> > >> ==== HODGES Mailing List ==== > >> Searchable Archives at: > >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >> Archives help at: http://www.shelby.net/shelby/jr/robertsn/rwsearch.htm > >> New threaded Archives at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > >> > > > > > >==== HODGES Mailing List ==== > >Searchable Archives at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >Archives help at: http://www.shelby.net/shelby/jr/robertsn/rwsearch.htm > >New threaded Archives at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > > ==== HODGES Mailing List ==== > To subscribe, send a message to: HODGES-L-request@rootsweb.com > Put only the word Subscribe in the body of the message. >