I'm very saddened to learn of this for VY... unfortunately he brought this on himself. I hope that some around him will work to get him some help. He can still turn this around if HE wants to and is willing to work to do it. I suspect he is broke and now with this firing there is no net.
Genetically the key word is "predisposition". They are passed along.
From what I have read humans do genetically inherit / gain / pass along predispositions to mental and physical conditons - including diseases.
If you have a family with a history of cancer, diabetes, alcoholism, etc. it's not a guarentee you will have it / experence it, but you will have a greater predisposition than someone else without that family history. I think there are probably varying degrees of predisposition to certain things.
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