DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My brother was recently told he has ankylosing spondylitis. He's in his early 50s and has posture like Ed Sullivan, who had the same disease. He gives himself a shot of Humira. He has a lot of pain. Is ankylosing spondylitis inherited? How likely is it that some of the rest of us nine kids could inherit it? -- K.H.

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