Ugh, thanks. This means I'll probably read it eventually, but I won't go out of my way, and I'll be prepared.
"Instead of the problem being what birthing a six fingered child was supposed to say about the parents."
Yes, this. It's also the entire plot of "The Mountains of Mourning."
I remember so much that after my sister got diagnosed, my paternal grandmother not only refused to get the blood test (so we could figure out which side of the family to tell to go get tested), but she flat out insisted it didn't come from her and it must have been from my mother's side of the family, even when my dad was like, LOL, Ma, that's not how autosomal recessive genetic diseases work.
Like, 1 out of every 27 American Ashkenazi Jews carries Tay Sachs, but nope, didn't come from her or her precious kid, couldn't be.
So, yeah, good medical care would make things better for the disabled kids, but it's not magic.
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"Instead of the problem being what birthing a six fingered child was supposed to say about the parents."
Yes, this. It's also the entire plot of "The Mountains of Mourning."
I remember so much that after my sister got diagnosed, my paternal grandmother not only refused to get the blood test (so we could figure out which side of the family to tell to go get tested), but she flat out insisted it didn't come from her and it must have been from my mother's side of the family, even when my dad was like, LOL, Ma, that's not how autosomal recessive genetic diseases work.
Like, 1 out of every 27 American Ashkenazi Jews carries Tay Sachs, but nope, didn't come from her or her precious kid, couldn't be.
So, yeah, good medical care would make things better for the disabled kids, but it's not magic.