Thinking about having kids one day, but worried about Autism running in my family
I was born in Peru with my older brother from my mom (Peruvian) and my mom's ex-partner in Peru(Italian descent). When my mom and her family arrived in America, our family started having some problems.
My mom married my step-dad (American), and had an autistic boy and a normal healthy girl.
My mom's sister married an american guy and had an autistic boy.
My mom's brother (Uncle #1) married a peruvian lady in peru and had two healthy girls before moving to America. However one of their daughters married an american and had an autistic boy.
My mom's other brother (Uncle #2) has had a son who was normal and a daughter who is normal with two different american girls.
So from the above information it looks the females in my family have started having autistic boys, but not autistic girls. My uncle #2 having a normal healthy boy is my only evidence that a man in my family can have a healthy boy.
My question is could it be that the autistic gene is just being transmitted by the females in my family? Given the recent surge of autistic males in my family, should I be worried having a child with my future wife?