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My 4 brothers and I all stuttered as children. The oldest 3 of them grew out of it, but me and the brother closest to my own age didn't. I could attribute this to just about anything. Maybe we got a l...

For me it is the other way around. when i speak spontaneously i usually have a really hard time to slow down my speech and control it. But when i read out loud i find it much easier to speak slowly an...

> For example, my mom, my aunt, and my maternal grandmother all stuttered. > stuttering can be passed genetically down in families. Just because something is passed down in families does no...

My dad, my brother and me, we all stutter. My mom always told me that when we came back after a weekend at my dad's house (they are divorced), we stuttered more, like if we tried to copy him. Me and m...

I'm pretty sure that saying applies to stuttering. If I remember my thesis research correctly, genetic predisposition (or physical trauma) is the underlying "cause" but whether or not stuttering actua...

From my understanding it is passed hereditary and the possibility of triggering is higher for male than female offspring. For example, i got the stutter from the family tree of my mothers dad. He stut...

I'm 27 and have been a severe stutterer for as long as I can remember. My 7 year old son thankfully doesn't stutter and talks every second he can. As annoying as it can be at times, I love hearing his...

Astute observation! There's a saying: "genetics loads the gun, environment pulls the trigger". With stuttering though, it seems like a loose trigger so if it wasn't family, it would've been something ...

First, stuttering can be passed genetically down in families. It's pretty common. For example, my mom, my aunt, and my maternal grandmother all stuttered. This has been well documented. Not all cases ...

I'm not a speech pathologist, just read what I could about it & have my own hypothesis - I think that it could be an inherited tendency, possible mix of DNA. This can be triggered by an incident ...

To add on to this; I am a female and the only person in my extended family who stutters. I also was a "toe walker" (walked on my tippy toes) and I've seen some research that makes a connection between...

32 year old life long stutterer. Daughter age 7 talks basically every single second she is awake and has never stuttered. Son who is 9 has other speech issues. Stuttering is rare. Mostly pronunciatio...

I haven't been up to date on stuttering research as of late, but what I do recall is an environmental factor that has been studied is persistent childhood ear infections. Whether this may trigger a la...

Genetics of stuttering on my paternal side is weird. My grandfather was a stutterer and he had five boys, 1 of them (my uncle) used to stutter. My dad does not stutter at all, but I do (I'm an only ch...

How many of you think that the predisposition to developing a stutter can be passed on through genes, and whether one develops it depends on environment?

How many of you think that the predisposition to developing a stutter can be passed on through genes, and whether one develops it depends on environment? I just have a general question, just for fun.....

It's weird because the "stutter" gene passes on only to the boys in my family, never the girls....

My father stutters, I do as well. Thankfully, my children do not. It was a huge fear of mine when they were little. ...

I don't know if there's any conclusive figure for inheritability, but it's pretty sizable. That said, it can skip generations or not. I used to worry about it too, but like you I know when I have kids...

I stutter, but my brother doesnt. My father had problems with stuttering. I guess I drew the short end of the stick :(...

I have stammered since I was 4 years old, now 62. I have 2 sons, in their mid twenties, both to damn eloquent !!! When they were were little it was a MASSIVE FEAR of mine, but all is great. ...