I was just wondering how many of us have a family history of obesity. I have read about there being a so called "fat gene" and I just wonder if it's true. Almost everyone on my Mom's side is obese. Not just overweight, but severly obese. My Dad is overweight as well, but most of the people on his side don't have weight issues.

Obesity runs in my family...just on my mom's side it seems though.

Most family members on my dad's side are relatively normal weight. My mom's side has weight issues. Most of the women start out thin, even tiny (90-100lbs.), until they have kids--then they inflate like balloons! I don't have children, but had a miscarriage in 2001, and thus, my inflation began. Most of the women (including me) on my mom's side are also hypothyroid and have a myriad of gynecological issues.