Kidney stones run in this family, both sides, several generations back at least (and perhaps even clear back to the beginning of time).
Myself, I've never had them, and I'm somewhat past the age when the parents and siblings first developed them.
I've always wondered if this is because of my tendency to drink rather more water than is usual. (Water only, not counting other liquids such as coffee or milk.)
I surely drink more plain ordinary water than I recall them drinking.
I'm not exactly thrilled about water, but there seems this subconscious compulsion that I'd better take it, and I do. It depends upon the season of the year, but I assume it's perhaps at least a gallon per day, and this is water only, no other liquids (other liquids, about a gallon per day).
I've never understood this aversion to water; water is water, a perfectly harmless and neutral substance. There exists no law that says that water has to be tasty or appetizing or sensual. There however is a rigid ironclad law that says that if one doesn't do water, one's health and life are imperiled.
