Are you genetically predisposed to certain medical conditions?

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Both my mother and my aunt have sufferred both breast and ovarian cancer and they both got it fairly early and oth have survived their ordeals with it. We don't know their mothers medical history because the were adopted and te records sealed back then. I also don't know ow my father's mother's health was because she died in childbirth fairly young and my grandfather remairried quickly after. That woman is my grandmother in my heart but as she is not my genetic forbear we can't take her health or klongevity into the equation. However based on that history my doctor says that the chances of me contracting either type of cancer is high and that I must be vigilant now that I am getting older or I may not catch it in time to enjoy the recovery that both my aunt and mother have made. Does your family medical history say that you are predisposed to certain genetic diseases or hereditariy inherited conditions? What are they? Do you know the first warning signs for the diseases that run in your family? Or do you just blithely hope and pray that you are spared and you ignore the vigilant route?