In comparison, Montgomery County has 19,500 people. It is the most prevalent abnormal gene there is. Josephine Thomas said. But there is a treatment for it. Sandra Thomas said.
Nobody has to die.
But many do. Thomas said people relate stories about a family or loved one who had iron overload, but it was discovered only in the autopsy. Thomas believes her grandfather and Josephine's father, Joseph Chenault Bogie, may have died from hemochromatosis. He had diabetes, cancer, and heart trouble, which are all manifestations of it. This is the scenario in a lot of cases, according to Thomas.