is connective tissue disease hereditary?
<answer> Yes <context> Connective tissue diseases are actually a group of medical diseases. A connective tissue disease is any disease that has the connective tissues of the body as a primary target of pathology.The connective tissues are the structural portions of our body that essentially hold the cells of the body together.he specific causes of most connective tissue diseases are not known. However, there are genetic patterns that are considered to increase the risk for developing connective tissue diseases.