My mother has recently been reconnecting with my grandfather’s side of the family. She hadn’t talked to them in a rather long time, but after the death of a close cousin, she started visiting them again. My grandparents got divorced when my mother was baby, and due to my grandmother being rather abusive, overtime my mother was convinced (by my grandmother) that her dad didn’t care about her. She naturally fell out of contact with that side of the family until she found out that her cousin committed suicide. So since then she started seeing them all again. That side of the family is the typical Mexican family living in northern Houston. My mom’s family have never had a lot of money, and it’s strange seeing that side after my mom has worked so hard to have as much as we do. I’ve spent a lot of time on this part already. Anyways, as she is learning more about that side, I am as well. Of course she knew some stuff that she told me. All the alcoholism, abuse my grandfather took as a kid, and the PTSD my great grandfather suffered after WWII (I think WWII?). But there are some other things she didn’t know. Like that my great grandfather had schizophrenia and the family denied it until almost the end. Several of my great aunts had mental disorders as did second cousins. I knew that mental disorders ran in the family, but I honestly didn’t know to what degree. I still am not completely sure what types of disorders the others in my family had. So that got me curious. Specifically about the schizophrenia part. I started doing a bit of googling (research) and I’m starting to get a bit worried. The first symptoms appear around the ages of 16-25. Social withdrawal is a common symptom as well as anxiety. It’s not necessarily recessive or dominant within genes, so it’s a toss up if I inherited it. I’ve never had anything rather traumatic happen to me. Considering the guy was a war vet with PTSD and underwent shock therapy (This was in the 40s), it seemed like his life was rather traumatic, so I guess schizophrenia makes sense. Other than him, I’m not aware of any other members that had it. It seems like I’m in the clear, but you never know. I don’t know why I felt like sharing this. Maybe I’m still a little worried. I don’t know. I should really ask my mom anything more she knows. Depression is enough of a ***** to deal with I don’t need voices on top of that. Only time will tell I guess. Although I think things are looking in my favor. I don’t know. Thoughts?