Elroy Willis <elroywillis@swbell.net> wrote in message

Robibnikoff <witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote in alt.atheism

Elroy Willis <elroywillis@swbell.net> wrote in message

I have two cousins whose internal organs are reversed. Their hearts
are on the opposite side than normal, but it doesn't seem to cause any
problems for them. I guess it must be inheritable, but it's
recessive, since neither of their parents have the condition.

I have a niece who has the same condition. Unfortunately, this is
the same niece born with the under-developed heart. One condition
doesn't have anything to do with the other - just a strange coincidence.

It's apparently more common than I thought. I figured maybe it was
one in a million or so, but it turns out it's around 1 in 6000.

I didn't know it was that common either. At least in my niece's case, it
made her heart surgeries a little easier :/

I envisioned a story about it the other day...
Teacher: Class, put your hands over your hearts while we say the
pledge of allegiance.
All but one student places their right hand over their left chest,
while the one student places his left hand over his right chest.
The other students notice the lone student while they say the pledge.
During recess, they single him out and start calling him names.
Lefty! Weirdo! Freak! Sinister!
The schoolyard bully steals his lunch money.
Soon thereafter, the boys parents contact the ACLU and get the
school to do away with the hand-over-the-heart part of the pledge...

An Elroy classic in the making! :)

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Robibnikoff <witchypoo@broomstick.com> wrote in alt.atheism

Elroy Willis <elroywillis@swbell.net> wrote in message

I was wondering the same thing, whether it was inheritable or not.

I have two cousins whose internal organs are reversed. Their hearts
are on the opposite side than normal, but it doesn't seem to cause any
problems for them. I guess it must be inheritable, but it's
recessive, since neither of their parents have the condition.

I have a niece who has the same condition. Unfortunately, this is
the same niece born with the under-developed heart. One condition
doesn't have anything to do with the other - just a strange coincidence.

It's apparently more common than I thought. I figured maybe it was
one in a million or so, but it turns out it's around 1 in 6000.

I didn't know it was that common either. At least in my niece's case, it
made her heart surgeries a little easier :/

I envisioned a story about it the other day...

Teacher: Class, put your hands over your hearts while we say the
pledge of allegiance.

All but one student places their right hand over their left chest,
while the one student places his left hand over his right chest.
The other students notice the lone student while they say the pledge.

During recess, they single him out and start calling him names.

Lefty! Weirdo! Freak! Sinister!

The schoolyard bully steals his lunch money.

Soon thereafter, the boys parents contact the ACLU and get the
school to do away with the hand-over-the-heart part of the pledge...

An Elroy classic in the making! :)

On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:25:40 GMT the ET form known as Elroy
Willis<elroywillis@swbell.net> sent a radio signal across the vast
expanse of deep space -._.--._.--._.--._.--._.--._.

MarkA <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote in alt.atheism

Elroy Willis wrote:

Therion Ware <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote in alt.atheism

in alt.atheism, Jon Skinner said

In a funny kind of way it personalises the evolution/creation debate
for me. I'm an evolved life form, and I've got the mutation to prove
it!

I wonder if the mutation will be passed on, or if any of your
antecedents had the same thing.

I was wondering the same thing, whether it was inheritable or not.

I have two cousins whose internal organs are reversed. Their hearts
are
on the opposite side than normal, but it doesn't seem to cause any
problems for them. I guess it must be inheritable, but it's
recessive,
since neither of their parents have the condition.

Most likely, you would inherit the *tendency* to have reversed organs,
duplicated ureters, etc. How such things turn out depends on multiple
factors, both local to the developing fetus, and genetic. How the
factors
interact is not well understood.

So it's different than things like having red hair, which is recessive
and needn't be present in either parent or even grandparents?

My mother had brown eyes and my father had blue eyes. Brown eyes are a
dominant trait over blue. Between 4 kids not one had brown eyes and 3
had blue eyes. The 4th were green.

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On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:25:40 GMT the ET form known as Elroy
Willis<elroywillis@swbell.net> sent a radio signal across the vast
expanse of deep space -._.--._.--._.--._.--._.--._.

MarkA <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote in alt.atheism

Elroy Willis wrote:

Therion Ware <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote in alt.atheism

in alt.atheism, Jon Skinner said

In a funny kind of way it personalises the evolution/creation
debate for me. I'm an evolved life form, and I've got the
mutation to prove it!

I wonder if the mutation will be passed on, or if any of your
antecedents had the same thing.

I was wondering the same thing, whether it was inheritable or not.

I have two cousins whose internal organs are reversed. Their
hearts are on the opposite side than normal, but it doesn't seem
to cause any problems for them. I guess it must be inheritable,
but it's recessive, since neither of their parents have the
condition.

Most likely, you would inherit the *tendency* to have reversed
organs, duplicated ureters, etc. How such things turn out depends
on multiple factors, both local to the developing fetus, and
genetic. How the factors interact is not well understood.

So it's different than things like having red hair, which is
recessive and needn't be present in either parent or even
grandparents?

My mother had brown eyes and my father had blue eyes. Brown eyes are a
dominant trait over blue. Between 4 kids not one had brown eyes and 3
had blue eyes. The 4th were green.

On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:25:40 GMT the ET form known as Elroy
Willis<elroywillis@swbell.net> sent a radio signal across the vast expanse
of deep space -._.--._.--._.--._.--._.--._.

MarkA <manthony@stopspam.net> wrote in alt.atheism

Elroy Willis wrote:

Therion Ware <autodelete@city-of-dis.com> wrote in alt.atheism

in alt.atheism, Jon Skinner said

In a funny kind of way it personalises the evolution/creation
debate for me. I'm an evolved life form, and I've got the mutation
to prove it!

I wonder if the mutation will be passed on, or if any of your
antecedents had the same thing.

I was wondering the same thing, whether it was inheritable or not.

I have two cousins whose internal organs are reversed. Their hearts
are on the opposite side than normal, but it doesn't seem to cause
any problems for them. I guess it must be inheritable, but it's
recessive, since neither of their parents have the condition.

Most likely, you would inherit the *tendency* to have reversed organs,
duplicated ureters, etc. How such things turn out depends on multiple
factors, both local to the developing fetus, and genetic. How the
factors interact is not well understood.

So it's different than things like having red hair, which is recessive
and needn't be present in either parent or even grandparents?

My mother had brown eyes and my father had blue eyes. Brown eyes are a
dominant trait over blue. Between 4 kids not one had brown eyes and 3 had
blue eyes. The 4th were green.