Can my health results affect my family members?

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

Therefore, if your results indicate that you have a higher risk of developing a certain condition or that you are a carrier of a certain pathogenic variant, it is very likely that your close relatives will also have it. In these cases, it would be helpful to share this information with your family members so that they 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 descendants.

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