What would be the medical, physical differences in a baby that was the result of incest of a biological father raping his daughter?
2006-10-04 14:25:21 · 7 answers · asked by kl7hiw 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
Oh God, please tell me that didn't happen to you. The child could have many abnomalities.
2006-10-04 14:28:21 · answer #1 · answered by Easter Bunny 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no one condition or set of conditions likely to affect a child conceived through incest. Children with serious disorders can be born to unrelated mates and children conceived through incest can be perfectly healthy. Because relatives already share some genetic material, there is a greater risk that incest will result in a child who has a rare genetic disorder carried as a recessive trait. Recessive traits may cause no symptoms at all in those that carry the genes, but when combined can result in seriously affected offspring. The closer the relationship of people in an incestuous relationship, the greater the risk that they both carry the same recessive genes; however, it is also possible that neither person is carrying any harmful genes in which case the child produced has no greater risk of disease or malformation than any other child.
Some congenital malformations are not the result of genetic diseases carried by the parents but rather result from a complex variety of causes which could include virus infections, genetic mutations, exposure to toxins, abnormal division of cells, age of parents, and physical causes. None of these would be affected by incest.
2006-10-04 21:28:37 · answer #2 · answered by **KELLEY** 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I really hope that this didn't happen to you or anyone you know.
It really depends on the kinds of diseases or genetic abnormalities that run in the family. Like, some diseases are genetic, but can lie dormant unless both the parents are carriers, like hemophelia.
Also, some genes are mutated, and a normal child can just take that gene from the other parent, but if both parents have passed along the mutated gene, then it can cause physical or medical abnormalities, like albinoism, for an example.
But it's not likely at all that the baby will be born with like...eight fingers on each hand and blue skin. Those are more like urban legends that actual fact. Well, maybe in the parents were like...radioactive or something...
2006-10-04 21:35:43 · answer #3 · answered by Queen Queso 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My understanding is that the only proof that the child was a result of incest is genetic testing. There are no set physical differences.
2006-10-04 21:33:54 · answer #4 · answered by Clown Knows 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh man i hope this never happened to you, poor thing!
anyway i'm not sure if there are visualy signs, the baby may have some abnormailities at birth other than that i think only a DNA test would be 100% accurate
2006-10-04 21:30:25 · answer #5 · answered by Krissy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, there is a family friend whos sister is her aunt. incest by the father. she has severe medical problems, is almost completely blind (she's about 30).
2006-10-04 23:42:17 · answer #6 · answered by Lissa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes alot of abnormalties could happen. I would let whomever know to tell someone about this,and seek help ASAP..Not only for them,but for the child..Good luck
2006-10-04 22:00:28 · answer #7 · answered by Holly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋