Christine: I just read your post. I posted data on my grandfather & uncle on the HODGES site just a few minutes ago. Charles -----Original Message----- From: Christine Hodges <chodges@erie.net> To: HODGES-L@rootsweb.com <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, August 13, 1999 7:09 PM Subject: Re: [HODGES-L] Insanity Question.... >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. >> > > >==== HODGES Mailing List ==== >Please remember that it is okay to post any information on any Hodge/Hodges/Hedge to the list. The more info we post, the more likely that we will find connections. > >