What is the BEST "thing" in your family's health/ genetic legacy that you're aware of?

[ohiosmith]

The men tend to keep their hair into their 80s.

[livetohike]

1. The women live long

My Great Grandmother was 97 when she died and my Grandma was 92.

[ohiosmith]

2. cool

[NewWaveChick1981]

3. Extremely low incidence of heart disease in women in my family.

:toast: :woohoo:

[BarenakedLady]

4. My Nana just turned 102 last Wednesday

Her sister lived to 106. I hope I inherit that gene.

[EFerrari]

5. We laugh at ourselves.

I'm not sure where this is in the DNA, but it's gotta be there, somewhere. :)

[LeftyMom]

6. My paternal grandparents both lived to 93 with no dementia.

:)

[NightWatcher]

7. thick hair, long life, and height

My grandfathers lived to 87 and 92, and one of them had thick lush hair all his life.

Plus, my dad's 6'9'' and I'm a scrawny 6'6''. My bro's 6'6'' as well.

[skygazer]

8. Dimples!

:bounce:

[Arkansas Granny]

9. Most people in my family live long, active lives. When they die

it's more like they just wear out and go quickly instead of succumbing to a long illness.

[Deep13]

10. longevity and native sense

Paternal grandfather--dead at age of 94.
Paternal grandmother--dead at the age of 82 (emphysema, I don't smoke)

Maternal grandfather--82, showed me all the old stuff in the attic last weekend.
His mother--dead at the age of 99. His father died of emphysema in his 70s.

Maternal grandmother--78?, survived cancer and a heart defect from rheumatic fever as a child. Still going strong.
Her mother--doing well at age 96. Her father died, age and cause unknown.

On the other hand, my father died of a stroke at age 52. He always was high-strung.

[MissMillie]

11. teeth

great teeth

[A-Long-Little-Doggie]

12. My dad is 76 and weighs 300 lbs.

and has diabetes and high blood pressure. His doctor says that he is the healthiest person he has ever seen with these symptoms. His mother used to put a big pat of butter on her boiled eggs and lived to be in her 80's. My mother's mother also lived into her mid-80's. My mother's sister smoked and drank alot and never exercised and lived to be 80. My dad's sister smokes like a chimney and drinks like a fish and she is 85. My mom is careful about her weight and does not smoke but does still drink.

So I guess I need to gain a bunch of weight, develop high blood pressure and diabetes, put butter on my eggs, start smoking and drinking and stop exercising if I want to live as long as my parents, grandparents and aunts!

[Initech]

13. Extremely high alcohol tolerance levels.

:beer:

[kwassa]

14. Longevity, low blood pressure, no heart disease, no cancer.

on the other hand, we are all near-sighted.

[Parche]

15. Pubes?

:shrug: :hi:

[cobalt1999]

16. We die quickly

No long lingering deaths. We all drop dead quickly and unfortunately all before the age of 70.

So, I'll probably die an early death but at least I'll go fast.