What do you think about having children

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I'm 25M, I'm a mild deutan and I found out about it when I was 15 when doing a routine eye examination. The first couple of years after finding out I was mad at everyone and everything because I really wanted to join the army and this was obviously going to make it very difficult to clear my medicals. I also have a brother who has normal vision so I was very pissed at life in general. However over time things started to get better as I joined college and this wasn't the most concerning thing in my life. Luckily I was also able to pass one of the lantern tests for the army so I was able to clear the medicals there. Coming to the point, it occured to me that if I had a daughter, she would become a carrier and that my grandchild could very likely also end up becoming color blind. This is obviously not something I can control but in a weird way I feel guilty because having a kid knowing I have this condition basically means I'm also ok with my grandchild having the same condition. On the other hand if I had a son he wouldn't be a carrier nor would he be affected at all so this condition will die with me. A lot of deep thoughts when it comes to this, I'm definitely overthinking but what do you guys think?

Posted Sep 1, 2026, 4:34 PM UTC

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