Genetics 101
- There is no evidence—zero, nada, zip—that anyone on either side of the family ever suffered from an affliction like Auggie's.
- Here are the specifics: August has a "previously unknown type of mandibulofacial dysotosis caused by an autosomal recessive mutation in the TCOF1 gene, which is located on chromosome 5, complicated by a hemifacial microsomia characteristic of OAV spectrum."
- And though there's no visual indicator when you see them, both of Via and August's parents are carriers of that particular gene mutation.
- Via is also a carrier.