Eye problems!

[Adam]

I have always seemed to have some sort of eye problems throughout my life. Now I wear contacts and/or glasses daily. What are the chances that my daughter will also have eye problems when she gets older?

 

[SamMo]

It seems to run in families sure enough. I know that I wear glasses all the time and all four of my daughters either wear them or contacts. Likewise my stepchildren have inherited their bad eyesight from their mother.

 

[Richard]

Yup; I'm with Sam - I've needed glasses since I was a kid, and 2 of my three kids now wear glasses at least for computer work and reading. I'm sure my youngest needs them too, he's just not in front of a computer or reading a book often enough to notice, I think.

 

[Cruise]

So, such an eye problem are hereditary. What if someone got it because of his bad reading habit instead of from his parents? Would he also pass it onto his children?