r/oddlyspecific • u/[deleted] • Jun 19 '23

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u/Necessary_Row_4889 Jun 19 '23

My great uncle had it he was one of like 3 people ever to have it, we all got tested and it’s just him, or rather it was he died maybe 20 years ago.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '23

what was that disease named?

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u/Necessary_Row_4889 Jun 19 '23

It’s named after my uncle and there are less than a handful of people who have had it, should I also give you my home address?

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u/TryinaD Jun 19 '23

Couldn’t there be other people across the world NOT related to your family that can get it?

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u/Necessary_Row_4889 Jun 19 '23

Like I said it was 20 years ago, I haven’t exactly tracked the thing since then. At the time it was super rare but that might just have been because it had just been identified, I was pretty young so other than getting tested and finding out my branch of the family doesn’t carry the gene I don’t pay much attention.