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3 Things Your Family History Could Tell You About Your Future

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Though it’s good to leave the past in the past, sometimes you need to revisit it in order to figure out your future, especially when it comes to your family history. Not only can it be eye-opening to rediscover who your family was back in the day, but it can also be very beneficial to do so. There are so many hidden gems that you can learn about. In some cases, you can figure out if you have more family members than you thought you did and how close they may be. In other instances, you get to learn what your loved ones did in the earlier days, like what their occupation was, if they traveled often, or played a part in any type of life-changing and history-making movements such as the civil rights movement or did something remarkable for their community. Learning these things can impact future career decisions for you. Going back and learning about your family’s history can be very insightful. It can even be extremely helpful when it comes to your health. Your family history could tell you all you need to know about your future health. 

How Genes And Genetics Work

Your genes are the makeup of your body that basically explains how it’s going to function. Think of them as a playbook or an instruction manual. Your genes contain “instructions” that tell the cells in your body to make a specific type of molecule. This molecule is called protein.

These proteins are what your body needs to stay healthy and each gene helps determine your features such as your eye color and your height. This is your DNA, the chemical that your genes are made of. Your genes are inherited by your mother and father and this is how the word genetics was determined. 

Genetics is the study of genes and heredity. Certain traits from your parents’ genes are passed down to you but it’s through changes in the DNA sequence.

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For example: if your mother has brown eyes and your father has blue eyes, you will get brown eyes because the brown-eyed gene is more dominant, hence a change in the DNA sequence.

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Why It’s Important To Know The History Of Your Family’s Health

You should be aware of the history of your family’s health for many reasons.

One reason is because it can help you understand why you’re living with certain medical conditions or experiencing certain symptoms in the present. If the women in your family have a history of heavy bleeding and painful cramps during their menstrual cycle, there’s a big possibility that those traits can be passed down to you. As well as suffering from mental health conditions such as major depression, PMDD and anxiety. These can also be caused by genetics and passed down to you from your parents.

Another reason why it’s important to know the history of your family’s health is because it can help you prepare for the future. Is diabetes something that’s common in your family? What about heart failure or high blood pressure? 

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What This Could Prepare You For

Discovering the history of your family’s health can help you in more ways than you may know. If your family has a history of

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