Identify the carrier.

[aadilmadarveet]

How to diagnose if I am the carrier or my wife is. The doctors just assume that it's my wife. The reason why this is important is because I am getting a bone marrow transplant done for my elder son and I 'll be the donor for him. So trying to verify with all the sources I have as to what I am doing is right. And I have evaluated all the variables beforehand.

[fightald Partner]

You can only give the ALD gene to daughters as it is on the X chromosome. Girls have two X's, and boys have one X and one Y. You pass the Y to boys. Therefore, your wife would have to be the carrier for your son. Where are you having the transplant?

[aadilmadarveet in reply to fightald]

Thanks for the quick response.

I am from Bangalore, India. I am getting my 8 year old son treated at a hospital here.

We were not aware of this disease and identified it too late. But luckily my son does not have any such symptoms yet. So getting the transplant done as soon as possible to avoid any issues later.

Thanks,

Aadil

[fightald Partner in reply to aadilmadarveet]

I hope everything goes well and with your son a speedy recovery. Please feel free to post any questions, comments and/or updates along your journey.