It is known that there is a high degree of inheritance in ones developing OCD. The exact role that genetics plays has yet to be determined. But the search continues. And they have found something interesting.

Impaired Cognitive Flexibility and Motor Inhibition in Unaffected First-Degree Relatives of Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder — Chamberlain et al. 164 (2): 335 — Am J Psychiatry
Impaired Cognitive Flexibility and Motor Inhibition in Unaffected First-Degree Relatives of Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

The abstract is in shrink-speak and that’s not a language I am all that conversant in. Like “extradimensional set shifting”. Say what? But it is good to know that all this research continues.

I still have hope that they will find (soon), if not a cure that at least an improved treatment that works for all of us.