Hey Larry,
It has been an awful long time since you were active on the board and good to see you here.
Back to the bar thing,...a lot of myths going on in this hobby but one thing is for sure,...Y shaped and broken bars is seen in all discus, wilds, and domestics. It has nothing to do with health or genetics and is completely normal. Most breeders cull fish with broken bars or they don't show them on boards because the man made standard is straight bars.