A page 1 story that was a natural to turn into a BJ Alums blog item was written by a former BJ staffer and included a photo of the granddaughter of two former Beacon Journal staffers.
Former Beacon Journal reporter Marilynn Marchione, now the medical writer for the Associated Press, is no stranger to the BJ front page. She was there again today with another fabulous story of gene testing. A couple of years ago she reported that a rare, inherited gene may have caused the Hatfield-McCoy fued.
Today’s story reports more people are using genetic testing to decide whether to have children. The photo shows Thad and Beth Meese with their daughter Julia, 2. Beth is the daughter of Art Krummel and Charene Nevada.
The story notes that Beth and Thad were stunned to learn during her second pregnancy that they carried the genes that can cause cystic fibrosis. Tests showed this would not be the case, but they have decided against having a third child or to screen embyos if they do.
“I feel like we got lucky” and should not tempt fate again, Beth said.
Read the story. Be sure to click on “view larger version” of the photo to get a good glimpse of beautiful granddaughter Julia.
Read the original story on Hatfield-McCoy
Check the blog story of the Hatffield-McCoy story by Marilynn or just type “Marchione” in the blog search box at upper left to read previous blog items about her.
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