We did it. For me – my family risk of cancer made me want to know. My husbands family leans torwards heart disease and stroke… As well as some family history of dementia. If we had the increased risks we wanted to know to address bucket list things sooner than later. For the most part we got good news… No increased risks.
For the biggies, you have to go through several locks to make sure you really wanted to know. Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, colon cancer, breast cancer.
As far as the family and genetic stuff… My husband has connected with several 3rd cousins in the old country…. (He chose to respond to the anonomyzed inquiries… And was able to trace back the common ancestor.). That’s been cool and we’ll probably meet them when we next go across the pond. Less luck on my side.
