Kyrin Has Several Relatives Who Are Alcoholics,who Are Clinically Depressed,or

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Kyrin has several relatives who are alcoholics,who are clinically depressed,or who suffer from schizophrenia.Kyrin has decided to have a vasectomy so that he will never father any children.He explains that his children would surely have a mental illness.Is Kyrin right?

• A) He is wrong, because none of these disorders show any degree of heritability.
• B) He is overreacting, because the odds are low that his children will have a disorder.
• C) He is correct, because the chances are extremely high that his children will develop one or more disorders.
• D) He is overreacting, because if he doesn't have any of these disorders, his children would have no risk of developing them either.

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