UC and kids

Does anyone know if UC can be passed from father to children? I am really worried because I have a seven year old son and a eight month old daughter.

I got UC. Since it is hereditary. My Dad got it and had his colon removed in 92, right when I was showing symptoms of getting this thing.

I am the only person in my family that has UC (including aunts, uncles, cousins, etc). One of my cousins has Crohn's, but she's adopted. Anyway, I think I read that about 20% of people with UC have a family member who also has it. I'm not sure what they meant by "family member" though...like would that include third cousins and such, or just parents, siblings, grandparents? I'm personally not going to worry about whether or not my son will have it. If it happens, it happens. I just hope that if it does, he's at least in his late 20s before it starts. And if I am able to keep my UC under control, I'll probably have another child.

No one in my family has it either, I have 23 cousins and they are all healthy. There's no way of knowing if it's passed on to your kids. I sure hope I didn't pass it on to my daughter. I was diagnosed a few weeks after she was born.

IBD is not "hereditary" in the traditional sense. Some families do have a genetic predisposition, and it's known that children of people with IBD do have a higher incidence. That said, it still takes a trigger to bring it on. Probably this DD is really several different but very similar diseases that may be carried on multiple genes or result from new gene mutations. It's known that everyone has multiple gene mutations, but most of them never affect us. With the proper trigger, IBD bothers us plenty.

15% chance that your children will have IBD with one parent having IBD. 50% chance if both parents have it.