Parents with aspergers also

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Has anyone else realized that one of their parents probably has aspergers as well? I recently have been thinking about my father and some things that make him different. My whole life, he never watched anything but martial arts things and I can't remember him talking about anything else that he liked. He's very obsessed.He hates fake martial arts movies, but loves real martial arts. He once went away for a month during my childhood to some kind of martial arts camp he'd seen in a magazine. He has managed to collect all the books Bruce Lee had in his library(he's obsessed with Bruce Lee, who he sees as the best martial artist to ever live) and has read them all. He also collects dictionaries to learn more about things he reads in his books, which enabled me in my obsession with my words. We spend holidays alone with only him, my mom, and me because he doesn't like to go to other people's houses, but I just assumed he was very impersonal. I just always assumed these things were normal until my friend made me think about them recently....but it really all makes sense.

My father actually flaps his arms, and I never realized that was what he was doing until the last time i visited.

So, yeah.

i'm fairly certain my late mother had it. also fairly certain her father had it as well.

My dad has so many characteristics of AD/AS that both my mother and I mentioned them during the family history part of my AS diagnostic assessment interview.

We specifically mentioned abruptness in social interactions, verbal tics, food preferences and obsessions (his work as a physicist/engineer) as telling traits.

From reading other AS folks' experiences, it sounds as though seeing some traits in your parents (though they may not be the same AS traits you have, as in my case) is quite common.

Both my parents have characteristics of ASD but have seemed to adapt reasonably fine, and are probably borderline or BAP.

None of my parents have AS. Mom loves her home and garden and fixates on it and watches lot of shows on it. She is also sensitive to light.

Dad, lacks empathy and says rude things and doesn't seem to understand what he said was offensive and why my mom is so upset by what he said. He also loves his sports and couldn't even miss a game and always had to hear it on the radio when he drive or find a sports bar to watch the game. Also had to be home to catch the game. Then he tries to talk about it like I am supposed to care. But I hear he has gotten better at controlling his obsession.

Yes. After reading how One of the suspected causes of Asperger's could be genetic, I started to pay more attention to my parents, particularly my mom.
I recently realized how she is very narrow-minded and is very mistrusting of people. She notices details in people's expressions and determine who or who not to trust. And of course the majority is the latter. However, she misunderstands and appears to have trouble distinguishing between people's intentions and their actual thoughts. She thinks them as one and therefore chooses to further mistrust people.
She is also very good with numbers and can calculate problems rather quickly in her head.
I don't know for sure. But I think this is why she fails to see me as n aspie too.

My late father was obviously an undiagnosed aspie. His symptoms were more pronounced than my own. He was obsessed with gardening, beekeeping, and theology. His movements were often clumsy. He didn't do small talk. He was very intellectual and intuitively lacking.

My late father was highly probably AS. He was much more severe than me in a number of respects. Even I thought he was dificult to talk to. Talk about the kettle calling the pot black!

He was very withdrawn and spent much time on hes own. I'll never know what his special interest was, he certainly didn't talk about it and I didn't ask. He often appeared confused about day to day things but he was a bright chap.

He never expressed any emotion but after he died I found some very heart breaking poems that he wrote after my mother died. His loneliness must have been all bottled up inside.

I wish I could give him a hug and let him know how I feel (can't even do that effectively with my wife though).

I'm not sure but my father likes animals more than people. He hates all social functions but doesn't appear to have any anxiety issues. He has an obsession with Karl Marx and doesn't know how to take care of everyday stuff (bathing, fashion, bills, cooking, shopping, etc)? He can't read instructions and prefers to do it by playing around with stuff (he's very mechanically-oriented). He flaps around one of his hand a bit and doesn't like bright lights. He has trouble expressing emotions. He has a great memory.