Can "gay" be hereditary?

Although I am not totally dismissing the idea of "being gay" as an heredity issue, I don't really think a lifestyle could be inherited from the parent's bloodline. That's all gayness is to me, is a lifestyle. And having 4 of 8 children come out and say they were gay is just a big coincidence. Though I am open to being told otherwise. It just better be highly convincing for me to change my mind.

Scientists have shown where being gay is genetic so it follows that if there is a genetic issue in one that it could happen with others within a family. This would really be true when you are dealing with several off spring. The more off spring the more likely it is to come out. I'm sure there are other aspects that would effect them but genes do play a big part in it. Let's face it with all the hatred, bigotry and even violence in the world towards those who are homosexual do you really think someone would choose it? I seriously doubt it. There has to be more then just a choice to it all.

As I know being "Gay" is not learned but one is born that way one would assume that being born with certain traits which come from their genes then I think it would be hereditary.

It could be nothing more than following the trend. I'd be willing to bet that at least 2 of those 4 weren't gay 20 years from now. teens claim to be gay all the time, mostly to shock people and because some idiot has told them they are.

I have a few friends who are gay. But I totally dont believe you can be born gay or it can be inhertied. Its a choice. You cant tell me otherwise. So I am not saying I hate gay people or I wouldnt be friends with them. I just dont think its something you are born with or comes from the same family.

Wel there cold be a few reasons for this thing to happen. First of all i am a big beliver in the gene. i really think that there is a gene that makes people gay. there alote of friends that i know that are gay, and there is always someone in their family that is gay also. for instance. i have a very good friend, that jut came out of her closet as a lesbian, she has 2 close gay cousins that are brothers. Another reason for this thing to happen, is the relationship with their parents. you can see alote of gay people that will tell you that they never been close to their father or mother, or came from broken families, and that they are looking for that missing part in their partner.

I do recall hearing a good while back that there was thought to have been a 'gay' gene. I do think that someone is either born gay or straight, I don't think it's a choice as many people wouldn't choose that lifestyle for reasons such as all the criticism it brings etc.

Medical research has done autopsies on straight and gay men and women and discovered there is a pattern in gray matter which is consistent in gay people. The gray matter of straight people doesn't have the same patterns. This to me is pretty strong evidence that it has something to do with the way one is born.

i don't think that gayness can be hereditary, because it's not a disease. maybe they we're just more open minded, they see that as a normal option. and the truth is that we always look up to our sisters and brothers, and we always want to be like them. i think that this is it, following the leader, but no way gayness being hereditary.

I think it's most definately a hereditary thing. Being gay has to be genetic, I've never known a homosexual that told me they woke up one day and just wanted to be gay, they were born this way. With the issues that face the gay community I couldn't imagine any one would "choose" this lifestyle. It would be a wonderful day when we live in a society of tolerance, so these people don't feel the need to hide who they are.

I do not think it is hereditary...it just so happen that every male has a feminine side (the chromosome thingy). It is mostly the environment factor...how they were brought up, the people around them. Some say that if a boy grew in a family where the mother is very dominant, his tendency of becoming gay is much higher.

I go back and forth with this, I think it can be and cant be. some people are born this way and some arent. I think some people also choose to be there.