Jordan Olerud, the daughter of Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners All-Star John Olerud, has died at 19. She spent her life battling a rare chromosome disorder that required special attention.
The news was confirmed by New York Mets vice president Jay Horwitz, who handled public relations when Olerud played for the team from 1997-1999.
Jordan Olerud was born in August 2000 with a syndrome called tri-some 2p, 5p-, which signifies that she had an extra second chromosome and missing part of her fifth chromosome.
According to an interview with The Globe and Mail, doctors told Olerud that Jordan was the only person in the world known to have the condition.