>One-in-400million disability becomes COMMON in tiny poly

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>One-in-400million disability becomes COMMON in tiny polygamist Mormon town Hilldale where sufferers can't sit or stand without help after generations of inbreeding
>Fumarase deficiency, an extremely rare disease, has become increasingly common in the fundamentalist Mormon enclave on the Arizona-Utah border
>It causes severe mental and physical retardation
>Occurs in the towns of Hilldale and Colorado City on the Arizona-Utah border
>Town is infamous for being where FLDS head Warren Jeffs abused children
>The disease is recessive, which means that in order to get it, both parents must pass the gene on
>It's become a problem in the FLDS community, since many in the insular community are related to each other
>Occurrences of the disease are exploding too because the community practices polygamy, and men try to have as many children as they can with multiple wives
>Experts have warned the community against continued inbreeding, but they have refused to take the advice

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