Js.mom
It probably would dowse for anyone that's also had the MMR shot, but mumps dowsed strong for myself and the MS friend. I didn't get them as a child like my cousins and brother did. I got the MMR shot when I was an adult, because the OB Dr told me they had checked me for measles (if I had resistance to them if I were exposed to them), and that I needed to have the MMR shot :( I got it after my son was born.
So- thanks again. I saw on the news recently that people that have had the vaccine, are still coming down with the mumps, and there's been a recent surge of them.