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Is it Possible that a Typical Quantity of Sneezes is Inherited/Genetic?

I regularly sneeze five times, as does my mom, brother, uncle and one of two aunts (both on mom's side, RIP), and my son.

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Most people in my life sneeze in clusters of three
On QI (bbc quiz show) they once said the sound you make when you sneeze is cultural/learned, so I wouldn't be surprised the number of sneezes is also somehow cultural.
People who have sun sneezes tend to sneeze a bunch of times at once. Sun sneezes are genetic.
- I have sun sneezes but I only sneeze once.
- Check out wiki on Photic Sneeze Reflex, pretty interesting. I have it.
- Yes—sun sneezes are genetic! I have an ex who straight up said I was lying that looking into a strong light source helped me sneeze. We both didn't know it was a genetic thing, I suppose.
- I have sun sneezes, I didn't know this was also why I sneeze multiple times in a row. Thanks! Haha
Probably only in that your sinus and nose structure is shaped similarly.
I would say that it probably is but if it turns out to be cultural then that would be very interesting.
Reading this post made me sneeze.
No lie.

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