Several dyslexia susceptibility loci and candidate genes have been identified over the last two decades, with DYX1C1, DCDC2, KIAA0319 and ROBO1 established as the main candidates from linkage and fine‐mapping association studies (for reviews, see Carrion‐Castillo, Franke, & Fisher, 2013; Kere, 2014; Paracchini et al., 2016). Here, DCDC2 is linked to dyslexia.