Can bad eyesight be passed down?
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Something like "nearsightedness" is probably made up of more than one disease and each disease probably has more than one gene involved! Poor eyesight definitely runs in families. Recent studies have shown that if both your parents are nearsighted, then you have about a 1 in 3 chance of being nearsighted too.
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Something like "nearsightedness" is probably made up of more than one disease and each disease probably has more than one gene involved! Poor eyesight definitely runs in families. Recent studies have shown that if both your parents are nearsighted, then you have about a 1 in 3 chance of being nearsighted too.