family history

Example Sentences

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It is part of the family history that Hill embraces.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

That means men with a BRCA2 gene variant and a family history of breast, ovarian, pancreatic, or prostate cancer.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

But when the researchers took into account confounding factors such as a family history of neurodevelopmental disorders or mothers’ preexisting mental health conditions, the correlation disappeared.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Frankly, it’s hard for any of us to look at our own health and family history and make the call that perhaps our estimated death date will come sooner than we would like.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

He’d done two tours in Vietnam, and he had a long family history of war-related deaths, which rendered me almost incapable of not calling him Lieutenant Dan.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia