ankylosing spondylitis
Anyone with this surname have the autoimmune disease ankylosing spondylitis? If so, email me because I believe this would tend to corroborate my theory that this is a Scandinavian/Norman name. About 25% of Scandinavians are
HLA-B27 positive which is associated with this disease and this disease is in my family. Dupytren's Contracture--the "Viking disease"--is also in my family.
Ruth