Huntington's Disease in Washburn Ancestor?
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Huntington's Disease in Washburn Ancestor?
 hmbabb
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Posted: 29 Feb 2004 1:51AM GMT |
Classification: Query
Surnames: STEMLER, MORGAN, WASHBURN
My maternal grandfather, Laurence Morgan, and two of his four children died of Huntington's. He was born in 1880 in Kearney, NE and adopted a few years later by his stepfather. Neither his mother nor his stepfather ever developed the disease. His mother, Catherine Stemler, had married a "J.R." Washburn in Polk County, IA in 1876. I don't know what happened to J.R. yet, but I suspect he contributed the Huntington's gene.
Does anyone have anything on this?
Does anyone have anything on this?