An article in New York Times....

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Hello Members,

In the February 27th issue of the New York Times I was reading the article, It

Seems the Fertility Clock Ticks for Men,Too.

In it as quoted Geneticists have been aware for decades that the risk of certain

birth defects increases with the father's age. One of the most studied of these

conditions is a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia, but the list also

includes neurofibromatosis and mentions a few other disorders. Then it also

mentions that a father who is 45 and older the risk increase up to 3 percent.

I always just figured that it was a start of a new mutation and that no one

parent was the true factor of the cause. Though my father was 47 when I was

born. So I was wanting to take a survey to see those whom are diagnosis with

dwarfism in which at the time they were conceived how old was their father?

Thanks,