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Hemophilia has affected the Royal Families of Europe for the last few centuries. The origins of the disease in the family have been traced back to Queen Victoria, though it has been shown that neither of her "parents" were affected or were carriers. This suggests that her mother possibly had an extramarital affair with a hemophilic man. It used to be the trend that royalty had to marry other royalty, which was very conducive to keeping the disease within the Royal Family. With the more relaxed rules of the Royal Family in the current time, the disease hasn't been seen in almost 100 years in the family.
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The figure shown above is a pedigree of the Royal Families of Europe. It was modified using MS Paint v98 by Microsoft Corporation. The picture was obtained from the University of Cincinnati by Janet Stein Carter. Click on the picture to view a large version of the family pedigree!
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