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A Famous Family Pedigree
Hemophilia is a disase in which th body can not make blood clots. A small cut or bruise could cause the person to die. Hemophilia effects both men and women. Hemophilia effects mostly men but women only sometimes get it. Hemophilia is a x-linked recessive disorder. It is a x-linked disorder because the blood cloting gene is on the x chromosome. Men only have one x chromosome so the disorder will be seen right away. Women who get it normally are not effected but carry the disease. media type="youtube" key="X9Qrm6o4tNQ?fs=1" height="385" width="640"
 * The British Royal Family developed a disease. So did other royal familys in Europe. The disease traveled thur the decendents of Queen Victoria. That is how the other royal familys got this disease spread to them. This disease enfected some and not others. The disease was Hemophilia. The disease was first found in a child of Queen Victoria of Great Britain. It was found in her eighth child Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany. Leodold died at the age of 31 from a minor fall. As arranged marrieges were made for political reasons the disease spread to the other royal families of Europe.**
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