Prevention through Connection: Connect with relatives, Reduce inherited disease risk

Learn how family history can save lives. When people have a single mutation in a gene, like BRCA1 or MLH1, that raises cancer risk, they can take steps to prevent cancer. Millions of people have a mutation but don't know. This webinar shows how genealogy can find those who have a mutation so they can work with their doctors to prevent cancer. The webinar will give a brief overview of hereditary cancer and illustrate why genealogy is important to prevention. Knowing about a single one-in-a-million genetic mutation, or pathogenic variant, in your family creates a unique link to distant relatives. Discover how to become a disease prevention superhero by helping your close and distant relatives get genetic testing and prevention. Join a community of extended relatives who are dedicated to finding the ancestor where the mutation originated in their families. Learn how the nonprofit ConnectMyVariant works to introduce people who have the same mutation and helps build big family groups. Sponsored by ConnectMyVariant