Suppose a girl has a special needs sibling, what is the probability of the girl's future child will be affected by any anomalies? Or is this just a myth? I have a friend who is getting married to a girl having a deaf/dumb younger sibling, my friends family is quite apprehensive about the health of the future offspring.

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