Anemia anyone? Part of our Celtic heritage?

[gilmore]

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My father and brother had/have Dupuytrens contracture on the palm of one hand. That also is a 'Viking' trait - or at least Scandinavian.

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Dupuytren's syndrome also runs in my family. My mother and I have it, hers at 96, being much worse than mine. I don't know where it came from---other than it is said to be more prevalent in Scandanavia---and her mother was a Gilmore whose family came from the Viking-ridden Hebrides, although that was over 250 years ago.

[Pleater]

Oh 250 years isn't even an eyeblink in the existence of a gene.

My father's family surname is Gillott - they will become extinct in the male line if my brother doesn't ever have a son - unless I have some older half brothers - my dad went to France, Holland and Germany with RAF bomber command, and always had thoughts of returning to visit...

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[kiltedsawyer]

I have also heard that "hemo-chromatosis," (spelling?) is more prevalent in persons of celtic and scandinavian heritage. This is a tendency to store too much iron in the blood. The result is usually a tendency toward lethargy at best and more serious problems of which I can't remember. I tested negative for this, guess I'm just lazy.

[ronstew]

I don't know how Celtic I am. But My haemoglobin is so high that my physician is keeping tabs on it.