Re: Hi - I'm new to the list Well, welcome aboard!

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Welcome, ; none of us really knows the past family history of cf as they

have only been scientifically able to determine it with about 90% accuracy

since about 1993, and lor knows how many carriers have been floating around

passing on carriers, etc. This is, as Barbara Palys of IACFA, says, a

very old gene with close to 900 alleles, and has been being passed around for

a very long time. Heaven knows how many families have hundreds of

carriers--even those who marry--but just luckily do not produce a child with

cf, or a KNOWN child or person with cf. You are not alone, as you will find

out on this list. There is so much support for you, Blake--the whole family

from so many of us as this list grows logarithmicly! Love from our house to

yours to all of you,

n Rojas, 62, and far from the real oldies, mom of three adults, one of

whom has cf and just turned 35, leading pretty normal life after rough start!