You! Out of the gene pool!

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Let me start by saying that nobody forced me out of the gene pool. I left by my own free will. Now, granted, I never wanted kids. I am, by nature, lazy, and babies are a lot of work. I was old enough to see how much when my baby sister was born. However, as I got older I started studying genetics, just because that's the kind of geek I am. I realized that 1- Migraines are inherited. I got mine from my father, rather than my mother, rarer, but still done. 2- Allergies are inherited, I got them from both parents. Now, my sister got more of the more typical allergic reactions, runny nose, congestion, sneezing. My brother and I got some of those too, and my brother is allergic to penicillin, as is his daughter. His daughter has a lot of allergies too. In fact, growing up, I remember her taking fists full of pills every day to get by. For all I know, she still is, but she's a married woman now, she's 30 now! However, while my sister got some headaches too, they were nothing as common as mine. Honestly, its a wonder I made any kind of grades in high school or college considering how bad my head hurt most of the time. Then, when I got out of college I decided to go to an allergist. That's when we discovered I was allergic to food. I originally went in 1976. I went again in the mid-1980's and the first thing I eliminated on the elimination diet was... the diet! I kid you not, the few things they allowed me on the diet made me sicker. It was at this point I started getting really glad I had removed myself from the gene pool. Why on Earth would anyone want to pass these problems on to some, unsuspecting baby?