Client Names:

Pedigrees R Us

Peter 23 Native American

Anna 21 Hispanic, Latino
Simple information on genetic disorder: Muscular Dystrophy is a group of
muscle diseases that weaken the musculoskeletal system. It is a hereditary disease
characterized by gradual wasting of the muscles with replacement by scar tissue
and fat, sometimes also affecting the heart. In some cases a person with a muscle
disease will get progressively weaker to the extent that it shortens life span due to
heart and breathing complications. A known treatment is a breakthrough medical
procedure where stem cells are administered intravenously (under the skin) in
Muscular Dystrophy patients. The stem cells will travel throughout the body,
detecting damaged cells and tissue and attempts to restore them. This procedure
has no known negative side effects.

Family Pedigree

I
II

1: XRY or XrY

Peter
1: XRY

III

Anna

2: XRXr

3: XRXr or XRXR4: XRXr or XRXR 5: XrY

2: XRXr or XRXR

XR

R
XRYX

XRXR

XRY

R
XrYX

XRXR

XRY

X
XR
Xr

XRXR
XRXr

Annas Genotype:

Annas Genotype:

XRXr (Carrier)
Possibility
of Inheriting
the Disease:

XRXR (No
Possibility
ofDisease)
Inheriting
the Disease:

Boy: 25% Girl: 0%

Boy: 0% Girl: 0%

Famous People with disorder:

Teri Garr

Alfredo Ferrari

Conclusion:
In conclusion, there is only a 25% chance that your child could possibly have the
disease. But that is only if Anna is a carrier. However, there is also a 25% chance
that your daughter may be a carrier, but that would only give a possibility of
affecting her children.