Charles - I definitely agree, a key part of genealogy is the medical mental and physical facts. What were the names of your uncle and Grandfather HODGES??? Gerry Hodges Hackley in Houston At 06:09 PM 8/13/1999 -0500, you wrote: >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. > >