Chat
|
Daily Search
|
My GenForum
|
Community Standards
|
Terms of Service
|
|
|
In 1996 the mutant gene C282Y was isolated as a primary cause of iron overabsorption (a common but underpublicized genetic disorder) in people afflicted with a disease called hemochromatosis. Excessive iron build-up, particularly in the liver, pancreas, and kidneys can, through time, result in disasterous health consequences in later life. However, if detected early, regular blood letting is an effective remedy.
Several of my siblings have been diagnosed with this disorder for which there is now a DNA test. To be afflicted with hemochromatosis, both parents must contribute a mutant gene and my mother was Violet Pilon. Her parents were also both Pilons; Celina Pilon (daughter of Orphir Pilon) and Phileas Pilon (son of Albert Pilon) both from Grenville, QC.
Celina and Phileas Pilon had only one offspring (my mother), as Phileas died young, in the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic.
Is there any other evedence of hereditary hemochromatosis in the Pilon Family?
Notify Administrator about this message?
Followups:No followups yet |
| http://genforum.genealogy.com/pilon/messages/558.html | ||
 |
Link to GenForum Add Forum |
|