I have an extaended family member who married a man (and then divorced) who supposedly is bipolar. There is now a baby in the picture and everyone one is saying that the baby wil be bipolar. I am tired of ignorant people talking about it and wanted to get some facts. First of all, I don't even know if that father is bipolar. First I heard that he was living with two women who were... like it's an STD or something. (I know it's not!) The next thing I hear is that he is bipolar as well. Now they assume the baby will be this huge problem. Is Bipolar genetic and when is it usually diagnosed or detected? I'm personally more concerned that the mother is a single mom than the chances of her baby being bipolar but wanted the share facts with other noisy./ignorant family members. Thanks for the info.