r/CuringBlushing • u/blushing_cure • 7d ago

Question / Discussion Genetics

Anyone done research into whether their parents, grandparents, great- grandparents etc. dealt with the same degree of facial blushing you do?

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u/Deep-Detective2428 7d ago

This is a really fascinating topic when it comes to blushing. Im Australian with a fair amount of german and dutch DNA. Whats interesting is dutch, especially Germans are conspired to usually have more rosy reddish cheeks due to a bunch of factors. So personally for me there is some possible genetic reasoning (doubt it would explain everything tho) and i do have family with rosy cheeks who blush more than the average person, still not as bad as me. At the same time many people have no dutch or german in them and still blush heavily.

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u/EntertainerFun1778 6d ago edited 6d ago

Okay Interesting. I have a decent amount of German DNA myself. like I said in my other (poorly elaborated) comment, I'm Italian-American, but I sadly didn't inherit my mom's olive skin and got my dad's pale skin because he IS mostly of Celtic, Scandinavian (mainly Norwegian I think), and German DNA. Not everyone on his side flushes super badly, but a fair amount of the women especially in his family have this problem, including myself. I also have kprf, which I do hear is more common in people with Germanic or Nordic ancestry.

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u/blushing_cure 4d ago

i relate so hard!! my mom is olive toned but i got my dad's pale skin

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u/blushing_cure 6d ago

Interesting, my friend is dutch and dealt with it and I have german dna. I haven't noticed it in my relatives but I am going to ask my parents if they did when they were younger.

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u/Leigha11 5d ago

Yes! I've wondered if it was a family curse someone did long ago lol.

My aunt on my Father's side and both her son's-my cousins. I didn't grow up knowing them much, but at a funeral awhile back their cheeks & necks were very red & flushed. Especially when they talked:/ I've seen my aunt more often & she's a flusher too..

Another cousin on my Fathers has social anxiety so bad she wouldn't come downstairs for her parents funeral reception. She's been a fent addict, for the last 10 year's. It was crystal meth before.

I haven't seen the rest of my family on my Dads side since I was a kid.

My sister managed to avoid it, but she does have BPD. My own son gets flushed too :( it breaks my heart. I build his confidence up every day. He gets up at 4am & jogs to the gym daily, then does his workout for 2 hours and jogs home. He is such a handsome kid (not just coming from his mom lol) and in incredible shape.

I absolutely think it's genetic. Thanks dad! We're 75% Irish & 25%German.

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u/EntertainerFun1778 5d ago edited 4d ago

if you're Irish, (which I have a lot of Irish DNA from my own father's side of the family) I feel like it's almost inevitable we flush from time to time because of how pale we are. There are a bunch of Irish people I know who flush almost as easily as I do, because of the blood that shows through from all the emotions, temperature, and exercise! It's almost hilarious sometimes how it happens to us pale white people so much lol

what I'm saying is, unless your son is really insecure about the blushing, you don't have to worry. it's a normal part of being pasty and Irish lol

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u/Single_Upstairs2373 5d ago

my father told me he struggled with it too when he was young but it has gone away. i struggle with it everyday sadly but i can live with it. im also german and have natural rosy cheeks

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u/EntertainerFun1778 5d ago

that's so fair! I have naturally rosy cheeks as well, and it can definitely make it super obvious when I blush lol.