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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.
If you have recently been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, look around. There is a good chance that youâre not the first person with diabetes in your family. However, not all of your type 2 diabetes risk is genetic. Major risk factors for type 2 diabetes also include obesity and a sedentary lifestyle. That said, several gene mutations have been associated with type 2 diabetes risk. None of these genes cause diabetes on their own.