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Is Asperger syndrome hereditary

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Ben Pouros

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5y ago
Updated: 7/26/2021

Yes! Asperger's Syndrome is definitely genetic! It's a 50-50 possibility my paternal grandmother had it, because she was "eccentric" herself!

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