Adams Brothers Raise Nearly $4 Million for FTD Research as They Face 99.9% Risk
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Updated · AOL · Aug 16
Adams Brothers Raise Nearly $4 Million for FTD Research as They Face 99.9% Risk
1 articles · Updated · AOL · Aug 16
Summary
Nearly $4 million has been raised by Jordan and Cian Adams through their FTD Brothers foundation after the pair learned they each have a 99.9% chance of developing the rare dementia that killed their mother.
A 55-pound fridge carried through the London Marathon was their latest awareness stunt, following 33 marathons in 33 days and a run the length of the UK to draw attention to frontotemporal dementia, which has no cure.
The brothers, 31 and 26, expect symptoms could begin in their mid-40s based on family history; their mother Geraldine was diagnosed at 47 and died at 52.
Jordan tested positive for the mutation in 2018 and Cian in 2023, then turned the diagnosis into full-time advocacy through a foundation launched in 2025 and social accounts that now reach more than 1 million followers.
Their campaign reflects a broader push to fund research into frontotemporal dementia, a disease affecting personality, speech and mobility and believed to affect hundreds of thousands worldwide.