Question

Which statement best describes how heredity affects a person’s likelihood of acquiring a mental illness?

If a parent or sibling has a mental illness, a person will have the same mental illness.
If a family member has a mental illness, a person is more susceptible to having a mental illness.
If a parent has a mental illness, a person is less likely to acquire the illness since most mental health disorders skip a generation.
If a parent or sibling has a mental illness, a person will be twice as likely to pass the gene to his or her children.

Answer 1

If a family member has a mental illness, a person is more susceptible to having a mental illness.

Step-by-step explanation:

as you know genetics are passed down from generation to generation and to know if you are gonna have the same illness as a family member of your is a guess. the probability of having it is 50-60% of a chance.