In both the Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jewish communities there is an increased rate of a number of genetic disorders such as Tay-Sachs disease, an autosomal recessive disorder that goes unnoticed in carriers but is fatal within the first few years of life in homozygotes.
There is an increased rate of a number of genetic disorders such as Tay-Sachs disease. This was in both the Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jewish communities. Sachs disease is an autosomal recessive disorder. This autosomal recessive disorder goes unnoticed in carriers. This autosomal recessive disorder is fatal within the first few years of life in homozygotes.