Cousins with Down Syndrome

[Shelly30]

How common it for two children with Down Syndrome to be born into a family?

[cayita]

I am not familiar with any statistics that can tell that for sure, all I can say is that I have a daughter with DS and there was no history in my family.  Is like the lottery!

[SimplyStar]

don't know how comman  but I am the mother of a DS and my hubbys nephew had a DS child that died at 2 yrs during heart surgery. So my hubbys brother was the grandfather of that child. I worked in a facility of adults with disabilities for many years, it was rare to have two children there that were related but not unheard of, with the genetic makeup it is possible that the faulty gene does exsist and gets passed on.  I know of two families that had two each, but they were not DS but micro cephalic, I had genetic testing after my son was born and was told that he was a DS because of my age and that it was not a genetic  thing,  I did this so that my grandchildren could know and that their chances of having a DS baby would be no less or more than the average population.

[MrsRConnors]

My maternal sister and i both have children with Down Syndrome. She was 21 when her daughter was born. I was 35 when my son was born. We were to a Geneticist, it is the most common form of Trisomy 21 our children have. So, extremely rare. I found out at 14 weeks pregnant he had DS and at 20 weeks a heart defect. I wouldn't trade my son for the world! He's changed my life for the best. And has and is teaching me a lot about life. He doesn't know how to stay mad or hold grudges. He doesn't see race, religion or orgin. Oh, how we wish we could be like that at times! He is a precious gift. I love him so much!