Will your family line die off and disappear forever?

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I've always wanted to be a mother since I was little. But I know the reality of my situation means i'm highly unlikely to ever get married or have kids.

NO.

Even though my family doesn't breed like rabbits, I'm the only aspie. With 5 NT sisters, one is bound to have a child sooner or later

My sister has two kids (which must be adults by now), but the family name will die with me. All my cousins on my father's side of the family are women, and my father's parents had high hopes that I'd carry on the family name some day. No idea why that mattered to them. Personally, I hate my surname and would have happily adopted my hypothetical wife's name if I lived in a time when male aspies still had a chance to get married and found a family. But since I live in the 21st century, I'll die alone and childless. Which is better for the gene pool anyway.

I think people like the idea of their bloodline surviving because they like the idea of passing their way of life on to someone else, and that someone else living on after them.

It's just my guess, really; I don't get that sort of desire with other people, but I do want to pass on ideas to others. In a way, my ideas are the "children" I want to pass on to last after I'm gone.

I have no idea whether my family line will go on. At the same time, though, I don't care at all. All of our family lines are bound to die off at some point.

My wife and I cannot have children. The only other male in my line from my father's father is a cousin with a genetic disorder, it's unlikely he'll have kids either. Our name will pass away, at least from this little branch of the tree.

Let's clarify it. Is this whole thread based on a premise that people with ASD are always barred from having kids? I'm not sure if that's accurate. If so, it's just another reason to avoid diagnosis and continue giving myself a benefit of doubt that I'm a normal persosn.

Hell no, I won't go!

Perhaps. I'm leaning towards asexual but might adopt some kids single someday.

Possibly but who knows what the future holds. Honestly if I ever wanted kids, I'd probably adopt.

I don't want to have my own children, maybe adopt, but I don't want to have them myself. My sister can't have her own children because of antiphospholipid syndrome, and my older brother also can't have kids, but my younger brother will probably have children. So will my cousins. So 4 out of 7 will still have children.

Aspergers and autistic features are very inheritable.

Aspies and baps throughout history must have been successfully procreating for you to be here today.

The only scary thing is if the rates of diagnosis improve and aspies choose to avoid having children, then perhaps these genes will start to become extinguished.

Jason

i've too many relatives who want kids for that to happen though i myself want none. my family is really really big. there is pressure on me to have kids though and relatives make it a point to talk about how important it is to marry and have kids(in that order). i come off as asexual and they think it is unnatural. they should give up. no grandkids, neices or nephews from me!

My sister is making up for my "failure" (one of her children has an ASD too).