Polygamy is a risk factor for incest. This case report of incest and polygamy portrays the dynamics that dominated this family's identity. The father indoctrinated and groomed his biological daughter and stepdaughter for sexual gratification in a cult-like atmosphere, and secretly married both of them. He justified his acts to the family members under the guise of religion, but he later denied ...

Myotonia congenita is a rare muscular disorder with autosomal dominant or autosomal recessive inheritance, and is characterized by painless myotonia. A 44-year-old mother presented at our clinic with a son and a daughter, all sharing the same complaints of difficulty in relaxing their hands and beginning to walk, and spasms during chewing. The family had also another 16-year-old daughter, but s...

Biography Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, on December 10, 1830, the elder daughter of lawyer Edward Dickinson and Emily Norcross Dickinson. Dickinson was the second of three children, a year younger than her brother, William, and three years older than her sister, Lavinia. She was born in a large house built by her grandfather, Samuel Fowler Dickinson; except for a...

Miranda is the dear daughter of king Prospero. She only king. understands human values though she had to live with her father in secluded island. When was watching sinking crews ship tempestuous waves ocean, heart begins wavering if they will die or not. cannot see passengers hue and cry. Being a loyal daughter, begs save his supernatural powers. Prospero’s deep love for perhaps striking, so he...

33 T he full but shortened life of Kristen Forbes is chronicled in the book Love, Kristen, written by her father as a tribute to his young, vivacious, funloving daughter (Forbes, 2009a). Kristen had just graduated from college when, in June 2007, she woke up one morning with a swollen right ankle. The following day, her entire right leg was swollen. At 21 years of age, the unlimited opportuniti...