Kitashida Hereditary Disease

The Kitashida hereditary disease is yellow fever that skips one generation and often kills the next. Every couple of generations however, a Kitashida with yellow fever may survive the disease and go on to live.

This is how many known people have died from the disease so far: Not much is known about Grandfather Kitashida because he was only mentioned once while Yuriko was talking about yellow fever in her family. Grandfather Kitashida died sometime before Yuriko turned 13 because of the disease. After his death, Yuriko asked many questions, to which her parents decided it was time to tell Yuriko that in the future she would get the same illness that caused her grandfather to die and that there was not a very high chance of Yuriko living. After a talk with her parents, Yuriko learned that she would grow up and probably die from yellow fever. Yuriko was very scared and sad at the thought of this, but as she grew, Yuriko looked up to her predecessors. When Yuriko got the disease, she passed away only 4 months after catching it. Yuriko’s physical condition worsened more than she ever thought possible. There was lots of vomiting, leaving Yuriko at 83 pounds after a week of throwing up. The puking and weight loss got so intense that Yuriko would faint sometimes. Yuriko would have terrible coughing fits out of nowhere until she fell over from all the uncontrollable hacking and wheezing. The disease was all a secret to Yuriko’s daughter, Yuri II. Yuriko was very happy for Yuri to not be getting yellow fever. After Yuriko’s tragic passing, life was completely different. Everyone was made to convince Yuri that her mother was just on a long holiday around the world. Yoshimi Yoshida would dress up as Yuriko and come to the Kitashida Manor on Yuriko’s birthday every year to let Yuri see her “mother” at least once a year.
 * Yuriko’s grandfather
 * Yuriko Kitashida