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> Verzonden: woensdag 16 februari 2000 5:43
> Onderwerp: family size and birth defects
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>
> > Pat asked, "any clue on why the increase in birth defects?" when haredi
> > families increased to very large numbers.
> > .... order to help fund the special education needed for their very high
> number of
> > disabled children; in newspaper coverage of that case this phenomenon
was
> > discussed also.
> >
> > Elisheva
In very orthodox reformed christian communities in The Netherlands there are
big families of up to around 10 or more (not all mothers do like to have
their family that big, but feel they have to want a big family for religious
reasons!) and a relatively high rate of mentally disabled children. I don't
think that this has only to do with higher maternal age but that 'inbreed'
could it have to do with, too.
Gonneke van Veldhuizen
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