Comment by OddDragonfruit7993 on 06/02/2025 at 00:48 UTC

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View submission: Living with no Retirement money

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My family has a hereditary mental illness and sets up trusts for those in the family who cannot make or have no money.

Fortunately all my cousins, my siblings and I have all decided to not have kids, so that gene in our family branches dies with us.

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Comment by RenaissanceGiant at 06/02/2025 at 02:58 UTC

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Kudos for them being open and proactive about it. A guy I knew in college didn't learn about the family history until after his suicide attempt. The family was hoping it had skipped him...