How will I cope if the test shows I am a Tay-Sachs carrier?
Simply being a carrier has no impact on your health. Your children, however, could inherit the Tay-Sachs gene. If I have the Tay-Sachs gene, can I have children who don’t have the gene? Yes, but you need to “do the math” to understand the risks of passing on the mutated gene. If you’re a Tay-Sachs carrier and your partner is not, you have a 50-percent chance of passing the gene to each child. Even if your child inherits your copy of the Tay-Sachs gene, the child will NOT have Tay-Sachs, but simply will be a carrier, like you.
