Reply #2: My father is convinced

[JustAnotherGen]

That I have A.S. and that my brother's heart issues are due to his exposure in Vietnam. It's my understanding it gets into the DNA of the person exposed to it. We both also have had terrible allergic reactions all of our lives - where there has been no allergies in either side of our family previously. He's further convinced about my A.S. because my great grandfather ALSO developed it aside from his HLA-B27 gene. That great grandfather was an immigrant from France -- who had served in World War I and been exposed to chemicals while in the trenches.

Unfortunately, we'll never know.

And yes - my dad has the Agent Orange Spectrum of health issues and again . . . no history of those in our family before.