No, we didn’t just open a trunk and find a surprise from Mother. It’s just an expression used by Scandinavians to complain about joint pain, which seems to be a gene passed on through generations. Sometimes genes carry the predisposition to certain ailments and diseases. The Russian Royals are an example of this. Too many intermarriages produced hemophilia. A scratch shortened the lifeline of the Romanov Prince.
People have become more aware of preventative medicine…