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That genetic abnormality is not unknown among the Amish, but it's no more common than in Germans, which are the largest part of White America. (German immigrants vastly outnumber English ones.

In fact, the inbreeding in a small population brings genetic problems to the forefront, so if a genetic flaw affects the ability to reproduce (and it's reasonable to assume this one has at least some affect), it rapidly leaves the population. The Amish are thus cleaner, genetically, than most groups. Inbreeding produces individual tragedies, but it improves the population.

The Amish have a tendency to have six fingers rather than five. No big deal. The extra finger usually surgically removed at an early age, just as some children have their ears pinned back, or tubes inserted in their ears.

They may also have maple syrup urine. No, it's nothing you want to pour on your pancakes, and it is quite a serious condition. Dr. Morton Holmes gave up his life and career in Philadelphia to make it his life's work to study and treat this disorder, and his clinic in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, has spawned a similar clinic in Holmes County, and will probably eventually find more clones in smaller forms where ever there are significant Amish populations.

If you've never met a saint. Dr. Holmes is one. He's also a genius mind that it takes hard work, not just sparking neurons, to be one. If you win the Powerball Lottery, please give his clinic half your winnings. Or head for the mud sale every spring, and buy a quilt at auction, to benefit the clinic.

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