He's got women, money, and a good career. Everything is perfect for him. Then one day an 8 year old girl shows up at his door telling him that she's his daughter from a past relationship. Once he has proof that she is for a fact his, he tries but fails miserably at parenting..
Huntingtonâs disease (HD) is a fatal genetic disorder that causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain. It deteriorates a personâs physical and mental abilities during their prime working years and has no cure.very child of a parent with HD has a 50/50 chance of inheriting the expanded gene that causes the disease. If the child has not inherited this expanded gene, he or she will never develop the disease and cannot pass it on to their children. Huntington's disease is inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion.
1 Genetic testing can be performed to check whether someone is at risk of Huntingtonâs disease. 2  A blood sample is taken and checked for the mutation in the patientâs two copies of the Huntingtin (HTT) gene which codes for the huntingtin protein. People born to parents with Huntingtonâs disease can undergo genetic testing for the condition after the age of 18. 2  If the faulty gene is detected, they will develop the disease but the age at which this will happen cannot be determined.