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Therefore, this study aimed to construct pedigrees of HAE-C1INH families harboring SERPING1 mutations and to investigate whether mutation type is associated with phenotypic characteristics, particularly age at disease onset and C1 inhibitor functional activity. Materials and Methods: Eleven HAE-C1INH probands and their families were followed up at the Allergy and Immunology Department of Internal Medicine, Ege University Faculty of Medicine. Of the 295 family members identified through pedigree construction, 109 had symptoms compatible with HAE-C1INH, and 53 of these symptomatic individuals had both a confirmed SERPING1 genetic result and an available C1-INH functional measurement. Pedigrees were created using the Progeny Pedigree Drawing Software (Progeny Genetics LLC, Delray Beach, FL, USA). Demographic data, disease characteristics, C1-INH function levels, and SERPING1 mutation types were obtained from patient files. Results: A total of 295 individuals (151 males and 144 females) from 11 HAE-C1INH families were identified through pedigree construction. The analytical cohort comprised 53 symptomatic individuals, of whom 7 (13.2%) were homozygous for the variant. Among heterozygous patients (n = 46), 27 (58.7%) had missense mutations, 7 (15.2%) had nonsense mutations, 7 (15.2%) had large deletions, and 5 (10.9%) had frameshift deletion mutations. Patients carrying missense mutations had significantly higher median C1-INH functional activity (28.5%) than those with other mutation types (14.1%) (p = 0.026), and the median age of disease onset was significantly later in the missense group (20 years) than in the non-missense group (8 years) (p &lt; 0.001). Annual HAE attack frequency was also lower in the missense group (median, 12 vs. 48 attacks per year; p = 0.009). Conclusions: Exploratory individual-level analyses showed higher residual C1-INH functional activity and later symptom onset among individuals carrying missense SERPING1 variants than among those carrying pooled non-missense loss-of-function variants. 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