Albinism is an autosomal recessive disorder that is mainly familial and often occurs in people who are consanguineous. In a family tree of albinism, both parents can carry the gene for albinism without developing the disease themselves. If both spouses pass the gene to their children, the children will develop the disease. In the case of ocular albinism, which is generally X-linked recessive, the albinism gene carried by the mother develops when it is passed on to the son, and does not generally develop when it is passed on to the daughter. Therefore, albinism is a concomitant genetic disease for which there is no good treatment, but only prevention to reduce the suffering.