𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬 🧬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐌𝐮𝐦 👱🏻 𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐝 👨🏾?

As humans we all have the same DNA and we each have around 20,000 🧬 genes. Most gene variants are the same in all of us and it is only a small fractional change in these variants which makes us all unique.

The science of genetics and DNA 🧬 health testing is helping us to understand what these small differences mean.

You might have your blue eye genes from your mum and curly hair from your dad, as you get half of your genes 🧬 from each parent. But what about the genes which you can’t see, such as those associated with your health.

𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 🧬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬!

Do you stay up late and a bit of a night owl 🦉 like your mum? Or love a piece of cheese 🧀 like your dad? Where and who do you get most of your genetic 🧬predispositions from?

Well recent studies on mice 🐁 have indicated that you might get more of your genes from your mum 👱🏻, but the genes 🧬 from your dad 👨🏾 could be more dominant and expressive.

Unfortunately, certain health and disease traits can also run through a family as well, such as heart ❤️disease, diabetes 💉, and certain cancers.🦠

This is important to discuss and understand but just because you have a genetic 🧬 predisposition in your family for a specific illness, disease, or frailty, does not mean it will develop and come into fruition.

In the vast majority of cases your genes 🧬 only act as the possible bullet in the gun 🔫 with the subsequent lifestyle 🥗🏃‍♀️ and environment 🌎 being the actual finger that pulls the trigger.

How does your family compare? which parent do you take after slightly more, or who do your children get most of their traits from?

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