What have you been genetically gifted with and genetically cursed with?
What are things about yourself you see as genetic gifts and curses?
26-30, F
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dancingtongue · 80-89, M
Obviously, good genes on aging. Still haven't reached my parents' ages, but getting there. Curiously, the two cancers I'm currently fighting aren't in those genes. No history of cancer in my family, and DNA shows no genetic predisposition.
The most obvious bad would be a predisposition to Rheumatic Fever -- an aunt died of it in her 20's before antibiotics -- as it cost me four years of bedrest as a pre-adolescent. Otoh, that four years shaped a lot of my intellectual & academic curiosity while costing me important years of socializing with peers, so I consider it more of a push.
The most obvious bad would be a predisposition to Rheumatic Fever -- an aunt died of it in her 20's before antibiotics -- as it cost me four years of bedrest as a pre-adolescent. Otoh, that four years shaped a lot of my intellectual & academic curiosity while costing me important years of socializing with peers, so I consider it more of a push.