How is it possible for two people with down syndrome to produce a normal healthy child?
Two people with Down syndrome cannot produce a child without Down syndrome. Every parent contributes half the genetic material to form the child's genetic makeup. A person with down syndrome has an extra chromosome 21, so even if the other parent contributes genetic material without this anomaly, the child will inherit the extra chromosome 21 and will still have down syndrome.
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