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Originally Posted by sosed
I know cancer analogy is extreme, but on the other hand it have different influences, that is why it is interesting. One extreme: in Ukraine high rate of cancer is not because of lifestyle, but because of nuclear power plant disaster in Chernobil or in Vietnam because of chemicals, US army use in time of war to destroy jungle (agents orange and purple). OK, this is extreme, leave it.
One think is sure. Transgended person happened in time of pregnancy. It's not necessary in gens of child, but thare could be some influences, which happened to mother between or prior pregnancy. Child in time of pregnancy is more open to these influences, that is why mother must not smoke in time of pregnancy, eat and live healty, don't lift heavy, etc.
After all why do you think external influences could not have influence on child in time of pregnancy?
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It is true that science has not found an explanation for gender identity in any application of classical Mendelian genetics, and yet the consensus is that there is some genetic basis -- either errors or differences in fetal development, or alternate genetic paths that have yet to be isolated (e.g., the so-called "gay gene"). So, in the case of fetal development, external influences could play a role -- but scientists who are exploring this, almost without exception, agree (at least to date) that there is no geographic prediliction to transgenderism, which by inference rules out almost every possible explanation for Brazil and Thailand except the proximity of rain forests and tropical climates.
Or could it be that they have the letters a, i, and l in their country names in the same sequence? By that measure, shouldn't we be seeing a lot of transmodels from Swaziland?