The first thing that happened was my daughter was diagnosed with MS. No one else however that I know of in my family had this diagnosis. She was almost 2O then.Three years later when I was 50+ I had transfer Myelitis.It left me rather numb from my chest to my feet. Within a week or two most of the numbness went away, but permanently left my toes and the balls of my feet permanently numb . I had before that which I didn’t know at the time were MS hugs. I didn’t know what they were. Neither did my internist! It was probably my first MS symptom. So three years after my daughter was diagnosed. I had an MRI of the brain and was diagnosed with MS. That was about 20 odd years ago.