Good Morning! Is That Hereditary?

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I stayed up a little late reading a novel, till 1 am, so I set the clock so not to sleep all day and I was up just after 9:30 this morning. Last night we went out to dinner and to walmart for hooks and Tony a face mask when he is with me and I am working in a dusty area, Anyways, we seen Tony`s kin folks (moms side) and talked to them for a while out in the parking lot. I listen when people talk, well at home I can space out the t.v. when I am writing or reading and Tony, but when just chatting people get my full attention. I often have wondered about some mental health problems, if they are learned, induced by chemical addiction (aka alcohol or drugs), Trauma or if it is actually inherited. When I was very young I wanted to be a doctor and treat people with mental illness, but I did not go that path, however that did not keep me from reading book after book after book on all the different types of mental conditions. I do think that some forms of mental illness is inherited and when you listen to people talk about who is suffering in their family you know. By listening just a short time last night I heard of three generations in one family that does have issues, not exact but almost. and one is not on medication at the moment and this persons actions. Not everyone in a family will inherit, a gene maybe?, but I am seeing how its passed down. Passed down like the alcoholic gene, my dad was an alcoholic and 3 of 4 of his children got that gene, I am the only one that did not. However, at an older age my father stopped drinking as well as my brother and one sister, one still drinks and she is in her late 50`s. I had doubted many times about some forms of mental illness being hereditary but when people open up and tell the truth, my doubts just might be wrong. I do not worry about going crazy or getting any type of illness, nowadays they make pills for sickness, unlike the past. Well Good morning! Deep thinking before work today. Have a wonderful day!