Proponent Dean Hamer see this predisposition as increasing optimism, which has positive effects on other factors such as health and reproductive success.
The 1993 study by Hamer examined 114 families of gay men in the United States and found increased rates of homosexuality among maternal uncles and cousins, but not among paternal relatives.
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