[tri-med] Re: GINA~ tri children and reporduction

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gina L Anderson"
> now i'm confused. i was told that are kids could be sterile too..

Yes Gina - they may be - this is what was posted

> > > Some chromosomal anomalies, for example Turners Syndrome (monosomy X),
> > > Trisomy 21 etc usually have high incidences of infertility. However it
> is
> > > not an absolute fact and there have been cases where pregnancies have
> > indeed
> > > happened.

So yes - Taylor may be infertile, and he may not be. The only way to tell is
to wait untl he's old enough to have a favourite pastime like Dom :-))

Way back when I was first studying it was always assumed that males with
T-21 were sterile. Time changed that, because when they were
"de-institutionalised" and started living on their own they also started
fathering children and so the absolute rule that all males were sterile had
to be rethought.

>> i;ve read too of a lady having a triosmy 8 mosaic and she
> got tested and found out that she was also trisomy 8 mosaic. .

Where did you find this? I would love to read it myself as it would
certainly turn the genetic world on its ear if the mosaicism had been
inherited. My understanding is that mosaicism cannot be inherited because
mosaicism occurs after conception not before as with full trisomies. So
either the theories of the genetic world are wrong wth regards to how
mosaicism occurs - or else this person was very unlucky. Either way I would
guess that she has been hounded for research purposes.

The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you
can become.
-- Harold Taylor

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Karen, Mum to Alex (8 years, T-18 Mosaic)
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