Thalassemia Patients and Friends

Discussion Forums => Thalassemia Intermedia => Topic started by: asma on June 13, 2013, 05:48:01 PM

Title: do children have the same mutations as their parents
Post by: asma on June 13, 2013, 05:48:01 PM

Hi everyone
My daughter is thalassemia intermedia. My
Understanding is that she got this from both me and my husband.
Since I am cap + 1 silent carrier ( I got this from my father )and my husband is thalassemia minor.
My question is would she have the exact same mutation as me
And my husband.

Title: Re: do children have the same mutations as their parents
Post by: Andy Battaglia on June 13, 2013, 06:07:30 PM

The child would receive one beta globin gene from each parent. In this case it means that the child received one beta thal globin gene from each parent.