~James Family Tree~
William Thomas Hall (1853-1920)
His children-
Clay Alexander Hall (1880- aft. 1898)
James Nole Hall (1884-?
His daughter- Maud Leonna Hall, Wright (1913-1979)
Her son- Paskel Leroy Wright (1937-1993)
His daughter- Heidi Ellen Wright (1972-2006)
Clara Josephine Hall, Chiddix (1889-1956)
Her children- Thomas Binkly Chiddix (1905-1960)
Archie Gross Chiddix (1910-1946)
His Son's, Jerry Allen Chiddix (1939 -2014)
Roger J. Chiddix ( 1943- 1996)
His Son's, Jerry Allen Chiddix (1939 -2014)
Roger J. Chiddix ( 1943- 1996)
Loys Alvin Sanders Chiddix (1914-1972)
Thomas Edward Hall (1877-1944)
His children - Coye Resi Hall, Vestal (1919-1994)
Her son, Kermit (had HD but he died after a truck hit him)
Tommie Juanita Hall, Carpenter (1929-1976)
Archie Monroe Hall (1912-1965)
His children- Dannie Dale Hall Sr (1938-1991)
His daughter- Amber Lynn Hall (1960-008)
There are most likely more to be added as I research more of the family and their children. Heidi Wright was the most recent recorded.
There are most likely more to be added as I research more of the family and their children. Heidi Wright was the most recent recorded.
~Betty's Family Tree~
James Cordell Anderson (1916-1982)
His children- Arena Rebecca Anderson, Kaiser (1949-2019)
Her Son- Jim Kaiser
Her Son- Jim Kaiser
HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE
What is Huntington's Disease?
Huntington's Disease (HD) is a brain disorder that affects a person's ability to think, talk, and move.
The disease destroys cells in the basal ganglia, the part of the brain that controls movement, emotion, and cognitive ability. HD is caused by a mutation in a gene on chromosome 4. The job of its protein product, huntingtin, is to direct the delivery of small packages (vesicles containing important molecules) to the outside of the cell. Normally, the coding region of this gene contains the DNA sequence "CAG" repeated again and again. The number of times this triplet is repeated varies from person to person, ranging from 10 to 26 times. People with HD have an abnormally high number of these CAG triplets, approximately 40 or more. This likely disrupts the function of the gene's protein product, but how the expansion of the CAG repeat causes disease is unknown. Somehow the brain cells of HD patients accumulate clumps of protein that become toxic, resulting in cell death. Some patients lose more than 25% of their brain cells before they die.
How do people get Huntington's Disease?
Huntington's disease is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern. This means that everyone who inherits the faulty gene will eventually get the disease. A parent with a mutation in the HD gene has a 50 percent chance of passing on the disease to their children.
What are the symptoms of Huntington's Disease?
Huntington's disease affects the part of the brain that controls thinking, emotion, and movement. Most people who have the disease start to see symptoms between the ages of 30 and 50 (but symptoms can appear earlier or later in life). The disease gets worse over time.
Some of the symptoms include: poor memory, depression and/or mood swings, lack of coordination, twitching or other uncontrolled movements, and difficulty walking, speaking, and/or swallowing. In the late stages of the disease, a person will need help doing even simple tasks, such as getting dressed.
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What a devastating disease! How unfortunate that it is so widespread in your husband's father's family.
ReplyDeleteI have been keeping records in my genealogy database of medical information, gleaned mostly from death certificates. Admittedly, that is such a narrow scope when you think of all the health issues a person may encounter throughout life. I wish there were a way to document the whole spectrum of health issues.
For instance, my first husband, who died young, had a genetically-linked syndrome called Marfan's Syndrome. I can trace that through his family tree. A cousin of my husband now has a blood disorder that she was told has a genetic link, and so she is delving into her family tree history specifically for that reason. The only difficulty with a search like that is that so many diseases that we know a lot about now were not even subjects that doctors in the past had much information on--or even a diagnosis for!
I have not thought about this before Betty, but what a good idea.
ReplyDeleteYou probably already know that the HD in your husband's family likely came through Polly Butler, and before that, her mother, Marietta Curtis. Marietta's brother, Isaiah Curtis, has HD in his descendants as well.
ReplyDeleteDo you have the family dates and names and those that dued frim this? Marietta was the only child we had in our data. What relationship in the family are you? Your comment came without a name. Any information on this diease in the family tree would be appriciated.
DeleteI'm not related to this family, but research Huntington's Disease genealogy.
DeleteHere is some info you might find useful. You may not know that there is a mailing list for people who are trying to research HD in their families.
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/huntington-disease/2001-04/0987771244
Just this year I discovered that Huntington's Disease runs in the Curtis family. The oldest known ancestor with the disease was probably Paten Eli Curtis, born 1829 in TN.. I do not know which of his parents had the gene for Huntington's. Paten Eli passed it on to one child by each of his two wives. One was Stephen I Curtis and the other was Henry Monroe Curtis. They, in turn, passed it on to one child .
The father of Paten Eli was Isaiah Curtis, born 1800 in SC. The family lived in Lawrence Co. TN, Lauderdale Co. AL, Hempstead Co. AR and then into Red River Co and Lamar Co. in TX.
Paten Eli had seven brothers. They were, Henry, John Morgan, Jasper Newton, Houston and two that are unknown.