With knowledge of genetic information, what is the family narrative based upon? Does the family’s sense of identity become entwined with an experience of illness?
An ancestry chart traditionally accounts the family history of marriages, births and deaths. The Price family tree follows the story of the BRCA gene’s path throughout the generations.
A family identity constructed by shared genes and mutations also manifests itself through the social experience of the family members. When a genetic disease runs through the family this identity is strengthened by a shared experience of clinical diagnosis, decision making, and the experience of the illness, prevention or fear of it.
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