Can my health results affect my family members?

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Inherited traits are passed from parents to children generation after generation through DNA. For this reason, your health results may have implications for other members of your family, as conditions of genetic origin are inherited.

Therefore, if your results indicate that you have a higher risk of suffering from a certain condition or that you are a carrier of a certain pathogenic variant, it is very likely that your most direct relatives also have it. In these cases, it would be interesting for you to share the information with your family members so they can consider the possibility of undergoing genetic testing. Additionally, you should keep in mind that the genetic variants analyzed in the tellmeGen test can also be passed on to your offspring.

Among our results, the most relevant block for family health is inherited conditions. These conditions are due to a single gene, which allows for their detection with complete certainty and facilitates their tracking through lineages.