Hi there
I have been recently diagnosed B27+ and so have both my children (9 and 11). The advice of my RA specialist was to notify my family as knowledge of the gene can affect future treatments in the case of symptoms relating to the spine / skeleton. But he also advises that if diet affects my condition just take more NSAID so maybe he doesn't know everything.
Both my parents are dead so I don't know which one carried the gene. I have told my siblings and have been surprised at the range of responses. An elder brother, with only adopted children, has taken a great interest, been tested himself and looked back into the history of the family to identify which parent most likely to be the carrier. On the other hand my sister, with children and grand-children, didn't want to know.
At the moment I am stalling on notifying the kids they are positive while I think about it. I would be interested to hear the experience of others.
Wally
