“I tell all the families,” said the doctor, “this is what we know now, but it is going to change.” DNA testing, which is rapidly advancing, offers answers without certainty.
Hillary Savoie wanted clear answers. Instead, the genetic testing results for her 4-year-old daughter, Esmé, sent her reeling. “I’m pale. The bags under my eyes are purple,” she wrote in her blog started when Esmé was a baby.
“My lips are drawn tight in a thin line.”United States Latest News, United States Headlines
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