Why is Tay-Sachs disease common in Ashkenazi Jews?

Question: What makes them more likely to get it than other cultures?

Answers:
Genetic diseases are passed within that culture....only plenty out breeding out of that culture will change the genetic bloodlines that dominate the disease.
Sickle cell stricks only African Americans. My husband has a disease that only Swedish people get.....it's in the genes.

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Tay-Sachs is a genetic disease. It's simply a matter of certain peoples having that defective gene in a higher concentration than others.

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