Hello my name is Deborah Byrd and I am trying to do a little medical genealogy sluething.
My family has a degenerative eye condition which is genetic, Retinitus Pigmentosous, RP
for short. Double recessive gene meaning both parents must have. My sister has it and so
does my paternal Aunt.. Is there anyone out there related to the following couples Ida
Weed Starling and Clarence Seavy Langston, Andrew Byrd and Catherine Burnett, John Andrew
Albert Byrd and Leila Patience Peterson, and Charles Ivey Burnett and Elizabeth Carter?
Am curious if it has shown up in your families.
RP causes permanent blindness, the rods and cone within the eye deteriorate. Usually a
person is totally blind or leagally blind by the age 35. It had late onset in both my
sister and my aunt. Sis became legally blind in mid 40's hit my Aunt in mid
50's.
Thanks for your time and Help
Deborah Byrd
dbyrd(a)lightcom.net