Tourette Syndrome, also known as Tourette Dissorder, is a genetic disorder named for a French neuropsychiatrist who successfully evaluated the disorder in the late 1800’s. Tourette Syndrome is frequently found in children ages two to fifteen. Symptoms of the disorder usually become known in the earlier years of a person’s life.  TS usually begins with facial tics like eye blinks and twitches of the nose.  TS can also produce sharp, uncontrollable movements of the body such as kicking and stamping the ground.  Many people reported having sudden urges to perform a motor activity.  Parents with TS have a 50% chance of passing the gene along to their children. A female child with the TS gene has a 70% chance of getting the disorder. A male child with the TS gene has a 99% chance of getting the disorder.  Tourette Syndrome is actually very common. One to ten people in every one thousand to two thousand people has the genetic disorder. Tourette Syndrome is more common in males than in females.