Family Ties
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 2:46 pm
Earlier this evening I phoned my Brother, mainly to check my contacts details were up to date, and that I had the right Phone No., Address, etc., so they can be added to my Next of Kin at work.
Now, although we've always been very close, we are at opposite ends of the country. He has his own family up there & I'm very solitary down here, so we are very rarely in touch. In fact, the last time we spoke was a couple of years ago when he had problems tracking down my contact details to tell me my Father had died.
The interesting thing is, though, that whilst we were talking it came to light that his younger son (my nephew) has Autism, and as such is very computer orientated or, as my Brother puts it, always sitting at Mission Control in his bedroom, even though he hates games. What I found interesting, though, is that I, too, have been diagnosed as borderline Asbergers, which is a form of Autism, which explains my own rapport with computers. When I checked it up online, my suspicions were confirmed that Autism is Genetic & apparently has a slight higher frequency among families who have a history of twins. My mother was one of a pair of twins, although her sister was stillborn, as was the case with her Grandmother.
My nephew, apparently 14 years old, and this is the first time I've ever known about it. The last time I saw them both the boys were in matching Buck Rogers jim-jams, aged about 2, and the older one (17) is just about to go up to Edinburgh for his final stage recruitment exams for the Navy. Naturally, I wish him all the very best.
Now, although we've always been very close, we are at opposite ends of the country. He has his own family up there & I'm very solitary down here, so we are very rarely in touch. In fact, the last time we spoke was a couple of years ago when he had problems tracking down my contact details to tell me my Father had died.
The interesting thing is, though, that whilst we were talking it came to light that his younger son (my nephew) has Autism, and as such is very computer orientated or, as my Brother puts it, always sitting at Mission Control in his bedroom, even though he hates games. What I found interesting, though, is that I, too, have been diagnosed as borderline Asbergers, which is a form of Autism, which explains my own rapport with computers. When I checked it up online, my suspicions were confirmed that Autism is Genetic & apparently has a slight higher frequency among families who have a history of twins. My mother was one of a pair of twins, although her sister was stillborn, as was the case with her Grandmother.
My nephew, apparently 14 years old, and this is the first time I've ever known about it. The last time I saw them both the boys were in matching Buck Rogers jim-jams, aged about 2, and the older one (17) is just about to go up to Edinburgh for his final stage recruitment exams for the Navy. Naturally, I wish him all the very best.