# Another brother is in ICU.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-brother-is-in-icu/62537>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 19, 2001, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-brother-is-in-icu/62537 "2001-04-19T13:18:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-brother-is-in-icu/62537/41 "2001-05-12T15:43:50Z")

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Wow…what a bummer mother’s day for your mom…my heart goes out to your family.

I knew a guy a few years back, there was a gene in his family (sorry, i don’t remember what it was called…), all the guys carried it, and it basically proclaimed their deaths from an early age. His mom had 5 sons, he was the only one who didn’t carry the gene. I can’t imagine knowing from birth that 4 of my babies wouldn’t make it past age 21…it must be a horrible feeling. Even worse, the gene passed on to his baby boy…he’s the sweetest guy in the world, and he’s now lost 4 brothers, and eventually a son too…poor Ryan…

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