From: utzoo!decvax!ittvax!swatt Newsgroups: net.social,net.singles Title: Re: Age differences Article-I.D.: ittvax.566 Posted: Thu Jan 6 19:25:43 1983 Received: Fri Jan 7 03:06:56 1983 References: sdccsu3.222 Another point to consider in marriages with age differences is that the risk of children with Down's Syndrome (Mongoloidism) increases sharply after the woman is 35. I don't know of any studies linking older fathers with genetic defects. - Alan S. Watt