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Albinism Genetyic Disorder How the disorder is inherited is rescessive Symptoms: having light colored skin, white hair, and impaired vision

Treatments Options:no treatments to care fore albinism Other facts:number of people who have it have low eyesight

Pedigree Description Bob is an albino, who married Judy who is a carrier. They had four kids Steve, Patrick, Aidan, and Samantha. Steve, Patrick, and Samantha all carry albinism Aidan has albinism Steve married Kathy who does not carry albinism Steve and Kathy has two kids, Beast and Charming Patrick never married. Aidan married Patty who carries albinism They had three kids Belle, Arial, and Cinderella. Arial and Cinderella has albinism, Belle does not she carries. Samantha marries Tim who is a carrier Together they have sis kids, Bay, Becca, Blue, Blake, Blaze, and Brian. They are carriers. Blue married Jacob who does not have any albinism. They had two kids, Bartholomew and Jamie, both are carriers.

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Albinism <span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 18.66px;">The child to the side has albinism. Today albinism affects 17,000 Australians today. Side effects of having albinism are light hair and light skin color. This is caused by a lack of pigments in the hair, skin, and eyes. Albinism people are considered to be legally blind. When they go out on the sun they have to cover up and put lots of sun tan lotion on. They have to do this because the skin can't protect itself from the harmful rays of the sun. There is no treatment or cure for albinism. Albinism is a recessive gene, meaning you can carry it but not show any signs of having it at all. <span style="font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 18.66px;">Today we asked a child who has albinism to talk with us, his family is African American. "Sometimes I feel odd cause my mom and dad are different looking than me. I have a lot of troubles sometimes fitting in at school, cause I stick out so much. My twin brother sometimes is my eyes, since I can't see that well. " Albinism can happen to anyone.