The breed is subject to a number of hereditary diseases.

"How does a hereditary disease get passed on if it makes its victims sterile?"

Can I avoid my family history of hereditary disease?

No one wants to wind up with the family's hereditary disease.

Nor is it because Ashkenazis in general have higher rates of hereditary disease than other groups - they do not.

Such a difference can account for differences in eye color or cause a hereditary disease.

A hereditary disease that is usually first noticed in infancy.

A hereditary disease, and never before in either of our families.

Genetic testing is generally performed in families with hereditary disease.

It's a hereditary disease that has been around since before our recorded history began.