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Autoimmune diseases: Genetics Information. Genetics of Autoimmune diseases: Autoimmune diseases also seem to have a genetic component, but, mysteriously, they can cluster in families as different illnesses. For example, a mother may have lupus erythematosus; her daughter, diabetes; her grandmother, rheumatoid arthritis.
1 People with a family history â Some autoimmune diseases run in families, such as lupus and multiple sclerosis. 2  It is also common for different types of autoimmune diseases to affect different members of a single family. 3  Inheriting certain genes can make it more likely to get an autoimmune disease. Some autoimmune diseases, like diabetes and thyroid disease, can affect the body's ability to make substances it needs to function. 2  With diabetes, insulin injections are needed to regulate blood sugar. 3  Thyroid hormone replacement restores thyroid hormone levels in people with underactive thyroid.