[pinemarten]

Originally Posted by bekyboo44

Hi,

My husband is Jewish, so we have had to consider a number of different tests. The most important is Tay Sachs which should be tested for really before couples begin concieving.

RT

Er, what's all this about? My husband is half-Jewish, do I need to get special tests done? Having trouble finding info on this on Google.

[bekyboo44]

Hi,

If your husband is only half Jewish and you are not Jewish at all then there is no need to be tested.
Tay Sachs is caused by a gene, carried mainly by Ashkenazi Jews.
There are other genetic tests- I shall have to ask my husband again what they are.

[bekyboo44]

You can check out, www.jewishgeneticscenter.org

The best thing to do is ask your ob, most tests are only reccomended for parents who are both Jewish.

[pinemarten]

thank you! have now found some info that seems to indicate that Tay Sachs is the most common one, and that in a jewish-non-jewish couple there is only a 1 in 30,000 chance that the baby would be affected. So in a half-jewish-non-jewish couple, it would be lower again. Bottom line, no test, hurrah! One less thing to worry about...

[geiboyi]

cinnamon - your white husband should have an AIDS test??? Because somehow he is more at risk than all those local men visiting prostitutes over the border every weekend? I would have given the doctor a good piece of my mind and found another one sharpish. That's on a par with the doctor at Tsan Yuk asking me (unmarried, and yes, white) if, being unmarried, I only had one sexual partner...
What do people get taught here in school about other nationalities??? Actually please don't answer, I can guess.

[capital]

My mother-in-law told my husband when we were dating that because I had large breasts (which are not large, but average for a caucasian person) that I would be after him for sex all the time. Needless to say he is disappointed that the myth is untrue!!