On being hereditary and insecure

[sunshine_agent]

Is this hereditary? How am I the only to get it? I have two children and neither of them have this. No one in my family has this. The only thing I can rely on is knowing that hyperthyroidism runs through all of the females in my mother's side. They are also all white. I'm the first colored child throughout all of my mother's family line. My skin is

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[riff17]

Hi, this isnt hereditary. I am the second child of the 2, and the only one affected by this 'evil' thing called Vitiligo. It all started back in 1994, when I was 12- with a small white patch beside my eye, and with medication and sun exposure-it left. Till 2008, I visited a filthy beach and had extreme sun exposure, the vitiligo recurred and started spreading like wildfire. I have small sporadic spots on my feet, hands, fingers, lip area.. I never thought it would spread like this. I am married for 3 years now with no children, as I used to get scared that my child may get affected and will never forgive me, but the doctors said it isnt genetic or hereditary