Is this hereditary?

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Here are my Personal Story & Before and After Picture links:

www.craniofacial.net/BaDetail.aspx?Pict ... Category=8
www.worldcf.org/support_groups.cfm (Craniofacial anomalies)
www.cleftadvocate.org/ff0104Georgette.html
www.cleftline.org/som/0507/som0507couval.htm
www.apert.org/couvall/index.html

Is this type of Craniofacial Deformity hereditary? If I ever have children, is there a chance that they will be born with this type of Craniofacial Deformity or any other type of Craniofacial or Cleft Deformity? Thank you so much.

Sincerely,

Georgette Couvall
georgettecouvall@hotmail.com (Email)
(Illinois)