<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Leucemia a.k.a. leukemia and leukaemia: diferent spellings different parts of the world. I regret the confusion reported by several subscribers. I have since heard that there is also a very high incidence of diabetes in the same family but, whereas this seems constant in the lineage, the leucemia/leukemia jumps evey other generation. Nevertheless, acquired (?) diabetes is abnormally high in the whole population of the Canaries, apparently due to diet. The messages are coming in and I will summarise them in due time. Martin Harris