I am wondering whether within that gene pool there isn't something that 
causes tongue tie to be an adaptative mutation, like sickle cell anemia and 
malaria. For instance, my daughter has enormous tonsils, I mean enormous, 
almost the size of ping pong balls. I am wondering whether in a preantibiotic 
age, if she developed tonsilitis and further enlarging of the tonsils, whether it 
would have been an advantage to have her tongue anchored down in the 
front away from her tonsils to prevent airway obstruction from these ping 
pong balls in her throat. In essence the tongue tie might have been 
responsible for saving her life, and though it can cause problems with 
breastfeeding, perhaps in certain gene pools it saved more lives than it took...

Kathy Lilleskov RN IBCLC (speculating wildly because it is so much more fun 
than cleaning up the breakfast dishes in the sink, which I should be doing!!!)

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