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An Extra Chromosome in the Mix
by Jessica Fender, The Orange County Register, September 24, 2004

Five-year-old Adam Shelton’s mom and dad say they are the envy of their fellow parents. Their son is caring, handsome – he’s done some modeling – smart and well-behaved. People’s jaws drop, the Sheltons say, when they reveal that Adam is one of about 500,000 people in the nation dealing with a chromosomal variation…. (complete article)

The Havoc of an Undetected Extra Chromosome
by Jane E. Brody, The New York Times, August 31, 2004

Sam’s parents began to suspect something was not quite right when at age 2, their son still was not walking and he said nothing that made any sense. Laboratory and neurological tests showed no abnormalities. But a genetic test revealed that Sam’s cells contained an extra copy of the X chromosome…. (complete article) (read KS&A’s comments)