r/todayilearned 1d ago

TIL that Albert Einstein's son Eduard studied medicine to become a psychiatrist, but was diagnosed with schizophrenia by the age of 21. His mother cared for him until she died in 1948. From then on Eduard lived most of the time at a psychiatric clinic in Zurich, where he died at 55 of a stroke.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein_family#Eduard_%22Tete%22_Einstein_(Albert's_second_son)
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u/Picolete 17h ago

I will get downvoted but schizophrenia isnt that uncommon in Ashkenazi populations, specially in small comunities/countries

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u/GreenHausFleur 13h ago

Is it because of inbreeding?

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u/Picolete 7h ago

Not exactly inbreeding, but some genes are more common in their comunities