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Old 03-30-2013, 08:07 PM
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My family doesn't come near to that 1%. ALL my mothers siblings, about 11 of them, got Alzheimers after about age 80. They're long livers into their 90's. My eldest cousin now has it. We're just all waiting until it's our turn. You can see where I believe there's a definite genetic component.