Dear Melvin, Wisner, and Carpenter folks,
I have recently learned that a weakness or predisposition for fever
convulsions is a genetic trait. Because a few of my relatives children had
convulsions with fevers and our whole family always had concerns re. fevers in
children, I had assumed that such reactions were very wide spread and had not
considered them to be a "genetic" trait. My recent research has led me to
find/believe that, in fact, such a predisposition is inherited.
One of my grandchildren has developed recurrent seizures and I am interested
to know if any other folks in these families have had such problems. This
child's first seizure was associated with a fever, but his recurrent seizures
do not seem to be.
I would appreciate hearing from any members of either family who many have
some information re. seizures in other family members. This actually could be
an indicator of a family line, I suspect.
Thank you,
Phoebe in CA
My lines descend from John Melvin of Concord, MA and Johannes Wisner of
Orange Co. NY.