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Can you be born with some kind of sexual disease even though your mom and dad doesn't have one?

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No: You have to get the germ from somewhere.If mom didn't have it she couldn't pass it to her newborn.If she didn't pass it , the baby couldn't be born with it.

Answered 10/3/2016

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