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JustAnotherGen

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4. My AS appeared full blown in my mid 30's

Reply to lunatica (Reply #2)

Sat Aug 30, 2014, 05:23 PM

Aug 2014

All of those years of being 'sickly' - ugh!

My brother shows trace amounts of pink, blue, and orange - but we know my dad was coming home from playing "war games" from Central Amerca when my brother was very little.

I worry about him - after watching what those did to my dad when he was dying. Their organs start to melt 50 years later . . .

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The Toxins That Affected Your Great-Grandparents Could Be In Your Genes [View all] NutmegYankee Aug 2014 OP

I have HLA-B27 triggered Ankylosing Spondylitis JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #1

One of the women that works with me has trace amounts of Agent Orange lunatica Aug 2014 #2

My AS appeared full blown in my mid 30's JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #4

I think it's connected to a bunch of diseases. NutmegYankee Aug 2014 #3

Makes sense to me,,, benld74 Aug 2014 #5

Environment becomes heredity etherealtruth Aug 2014 #6

Just bloody wonderful. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #7

Oh Lord jehop61 Aug 2014 #8

Epigenetic discoveries have occurred at a furious pace in the 21st Century ... eppur_se_muova Aug 2014 #9

A link to article on PTSD affecting offspring genetics Ilsa Aug 2014 #10