Fort Dix. Fort Dix is named for Major General Adams Dix, a veteran of the War of 1812 and the Civil War. Fort Dix is part of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JB MDL) and is co-located with McGuire AFB and Lakehurst NAS in Burlington County, New Jersey. Contact Rapid Rover shuttle at ground transportation desk in baggage claim areas.
Occasionally parents can pass on genes that make it more likely that their kidsâ kids (the parentâs grandchildren) will have Down syndrome (click here for an example). Scientists arenât totally sure, but it isnât thought to be very common. In the other 5% of cases, children inherit Down syndrome from a healthy parent.
Down syndrome is caused by a problem with a baby's chromosomes. Normally, a person has 46 chromosomes. But most people with Down syndrome have 47 chromosomes. In rare cases, other chromosome problems cause Down syndrome.