Yes it can skip a generation my dad's grandmother had epilepsy it skipped his mam, himself, his brother, his nieces and nephews, and my two younger siblings except me I'm the only one who has it so far hopefully none of the others get it. But according to the records it MAY be genetically passed down through the family as mine has. Hopefully goes no further. Hopefully this is usefully for you but I'd suggest you talk to a neurologist for more information and leaflets hopefully speak soon.

@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member I was under a year old when I was diagnosed so that theory would not be true. The real way people are diagnosed is if they have two seizures in a row that were not caused by anything like trauma, fever etc.

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@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member according to Johns Hopkins Medicine, when a person has two or more unprovoked seizures, he or she is considered to have epilepsy. Unprovoked meaning not caused by fever, drugs, alcohol, ect.

So they would not need to have them 5 years in a row, this is also how babies are diagnosed with Epilepsy.

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My mother has seizures, but they're considered noneptileptic but I have epilepsy. I'm the only one in my family with it

MY mother HAS EPILEPSY n SO DO I.my brother does not .SO FAR my 4 grown bys do NOT. It IS a geninects disease by hereditary.