Question

Explain why it can be useful for you and your doctors to know your family's medical history, including information about parents and grandparents. (5 points)

Answer 1

It would be useful for my doctors and I to know my family’s medical history because we would be able to find out what kind of diseases my ancestors have. Also, we could consider the possibilities of how they got the disease in order to prevent the disease from spreading.

Answer 2

Hello,
By knowing the family's medical history doctors will be able to be able to track hereditary diseases and genes that may have been passed on by the ancestors. This information could be very useful, for ex. in finding the reason why a disease exists in a person.