Nigerian man cries for help after discovering his daughter is SS while he and his wife are SC and AA respectively (video)

A Nigerian man recently discovered that his 5-year-old daughter has sickle cell anemia (SS), which left him feeling confused and puzzled. Both he and his wife have different genotypes, SC and AA, respectively. In a video shared online, the man expressed his worry as his daughter has been frequently falling sick. 

After undergoing a test, they found out that she carries the sickle cell gene. The father of three was surprised by the test result because, based on their genotypes, the probability of his wife, with an AA genotype, passing on the sickle cell gene was considered to be zero. Seeking answers, he went to the hospital where the child was born, LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, but they couldn't provide any explanations. 

Now, he has turned to social media, seeking the assistance of netizens to help him understand the root cause of the situation and to find ways to help his ailing child.

A Twitter user @Letter_to_Jack who relayed the incident on the microblogging platform wrote,

“I heard the most shocking story yesterday:

An indigent married man living with Sickle Cell Disease reached out to an NGO that his 5 year old daughter, one of their 3 children, was constantly falling ill. They got help and went to a hospital to carry out a series of tests. The tests revelead that the little girl is SS.

The result shook the parents, given that the mother is AA and the father is SC. That is, it is scientifically impossible for any of the couple’s biological children to be SS. Even in the worst-case scenario, where the mother commits paternity fraud, it’s still scientifically impossible for any of her biological children to be SS— as both the mother and the father must pass on the defective form of the sickle cell gene for a child to be affected.

The mother was advised to repeat her genotype tests, she obliged and results from different laboratories revealed that she’s indeed AA. Their daughter remained SS.

The man went back to the state government hospital where the child was born (name withheld for the time being), the hospital repeated the tests and results were exactly as they were (Mum- AA, Dad- SC, Daughter- SS).

All evidence at hand points to the possibility that the baby may have been swapped at birth. Can you imagine this madness?

That, however, is the least of the family’s immediate problems. The poor child had a severe crisis a couple of days ago and they are seeking for financial assistance to take good care of her and keep her alive, pending the time they get to the root of the matter. I did my part, but unfortunately, it’s nowhere close to being enough.”

https://twitter.com/Letter_to_Jack/status/1686285756937986048

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