Summary
The condition appears more often when parents are closely related, such as cousins.
Key Points
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Friedreich's ataxia is a genetic disorder that can make walking hard.
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It occurs more frequently in people whose ancestors are from Europe or Asia.
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Close family marriages increase the chance of the disorder.
New Words to Learn
6 wordsgene
a tiny instruction in our bodies that tells cells what to do
disorder
a problem that makes the body not work right
Eurasians
people whose families come from Europe or Asia
consanguineous
when parents are close relatives, like cousins
diagnoses
finds out what illness someone has
medical geneticist
a doctor who studies how genes affect health
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