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Hereditary Aspects of Type 2 Diabetes. Type 2 diabetes tends to be fairly hereditary in contrast to type 1 diabetes. Approximately 38% of siblings and one-third of children of people with type 2 diabetes will develop diabetes or abnormal glucose metabolism at some point.
Type 1 diabetes is primary insulinopenic diabetes that is subclassified as autoimmune type 1 diabetes (type 1a) or idiopathic type 1 diabetes (type 1b).2 The most important factor differentiating type 1a from type 1b diabetes is the presence of islet autoantibodies.3.