Thank you for responding! Yes it fascinates me too. I know sugar and alcohol are big on the list of possible causes, however neither my mom nor I ate lots of sugar aside from the Coke and Diet Coke. My mom did drink Tab at one point I remember that growing up, but nothing like the amount of Coke which of course has very high sugar content. She drank Coke daily I drank Diet Coke. We weren’t big alcohol drinkers really did drink socially I guess is the term. Not huge red meat eaters but what is a lot steak every night. I just want to know if there is some connection that’s why I’m asking, something else we might all have in common.