Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Statistically, I Shouldn't Be The Only One

I've been thinking a lot about the statistics behind my CAIS. We believe that my condition was passed down genetically, instead of it being a random mutation. If that is the case, that means my grandma would have to be a carrier as well. All carriers have a 1:4 chance of passing the mutation down to their children, and 1:4 chance of their children being a carrier. My grandma had 13 kids, so genetically, wouldn't it make sense that she would have had about 3 kids with AIS? And 3 kinds who were carriers of AIS? So even if my some miracle none of my mom's siblings have AIS, there is still a 12.5% chance that my cousins would have it. I know I have at least 20 first cousins, so that means statistically there should be 2.5 of us. But I don't know of anyone in my family. And on top of my first cousins, I have a crap ton of 2nd cousins. So where are all of my relatives with AIS?!?!

A Video To Replace My Words

So I recently came across a video online dedicated to women like me. I have yet to watch the entire thing, mainly because I started watching it about 10 minutes before Pretty Little Liars came on, but I just wanted to share it. You can watch it at...

http://www.megavideo.com/?d=A04WT7XU