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I don't have sickle cell disease but he does, will our child have it?

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Depends: If you have no sickle gene at all, then all the offspring would carry trait but not have the sickle disease. If you carry the trait, you have a 50% risk with any pregnancy of producing a kid that has sickle cell disease.

Answered 5/6/2013

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