i need information about albino people?

Question

hi there , i am having a great relationship with a girl that i really love but she is albino , and people around me r causing problems to my relationship and making it difficult or maybe impossible to get into marriage stage ... i am asking if i don't have the albino gene and she has it what is the possibility of having albino kids ? and how my grandkids will be effected as well ?

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u guys helped a lot , i have visited wikipedia and i found something confusion when it says that there is one to four possibility to have albinusim child ..
does anyone know the real percentage of having albinism child ? and if the child came normal what about my grandsons ?

Answer 1

For nearly all types of albinism both parents must carry an albinism gene to have a child with albinism. Because the body has two sets of genes, a person may have normal pigmentation but carry the albinism gene. If a person has one gene for normal pigmentation and one gene for albinism, he or she will have enough genetic information to make normal pigment. The albinism gene is "recessive" — it does not result in albinism unless a person has two copies of the gene for albinism and no copy of the gene that makes normal pigment. http://albinism.org/publications/what_is_albinism.html

If you don't have the gene, you will not have a child with albinism.

Answer 2

Hi,
I'm very close to being albino but I don't think I am. Albinism is broken into various parts. A OCA1 is when there is little pigmentation (coloring to the hair, skin, and eyes) and these people are very sun sensitive. There is another kind where the people have some color to their skin and hair, but none to their eyes. They very often have vision problems. If you go on wikipedia.com there is plenty of information about genetic albinism. Just because 1 parent is albino, doesn't mean the offspring will be.
I hope I helped and good luck!

Answer 3

I married an albino girl 41 years ago. We have six children. The oldest has masters degree in computer Science, one has an associate degree in engineering, one has a bachelor of science in Computer Science, one to graduates this year with a bachelor's degree in family counselling, one is chef, and one that is very talented and gifted is a shuttle driver. But the crowning act of all that we are we have children that love us and has never had a problem with there mother being an albino. Yes, we thought about that before we were married but that was never an issue after the wedding. As you can tell we have not let that be a reason for not having children. My wife is very active in church, and the community. Even thought she is subject to sunburn she is leader of a group of young people that camp out at least twice a year. She is well respected in our community and in our conference a region of 5 states. She has led those children to activities in the US ( Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, 12 states in the west) Canada, Bahamas, Jamaica. She is very active and has proven to be a powerful and dependable youth leader. One thing I will tell you is that the most important thing in our relationship is that we are committed to each other for the long haul. We have the usual family problems. We had no Albino Children. But each has a strand of hair that represents their mother. This is not scientific data this is lived data.

Answer 4

I'm afraid I don't know but I am watching your question with interest.