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To: Ilaine who wrote (96733)	1/25/2005 2:43:04 PM
From: aladin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793698

CB, We have had substantial discussion on the mongrelization of America, however being of Jewish heritage increases likelyhood of some diseases. Ditto with being caucasian or african-american. Now regional subgroups exist within these broad 'race' categories. Eventually simple genetic tests will exist for a ton of ethnic diseases, but until then the initial marker is ethnic heritage. BTW - The Tay-Sachs society has the following on that disease: Are certain populations at higher risk? RECESSIVE DISEASES SUCH AS Tay-Sachs often occur more frequently, though not exclusively, in a defined population. A person's chances of being a TSD carrier are significantly higher if he or she is of eastern European (Ashkenazi) Jewish descent. Approximately one in every 27 Jews in the United States is a carrier of the TSD gene. There is also a noticeable incidence of TSD in non-Jewish French Canadians living near the St. Lawrence River and in the Cajun community of Louisiana. By contrast, the carrier rate in the general population as well as in Jews of Sephardic origin is about one in 250. Fact: A person's chances of being a TSD Carrier are significantly higher if he or she is of Eastern European (Ashkenazi) Jewish descent. John