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My Family Health History

Check your risk for certain common diseases in your family

Check Your Familial Risk

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Manage your data

Save Data

- So you can use and update it later (do not use browser menu “save”)

Share Data

- Save for use by a family member

Start Over

- Delete all unsaved data and restart with new data, or load saved data

View and print data

Pedigree Drawing Family Health Table

Edit your family and health histories

Add a Family Member

- Add another family member and enter their health information.

Click Update History in the table below to make changes to a family member’s information and health history.

Click Remove History in the table below to remove a family member and their data.

Remember to click the “Save Data” button above if you want to save your changes for future use.

Name	Relationship to Me	Update History	Remove Relative
	Self

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Update My Family History

On this screen you can:

Change your information or a family member's information by pressingUpdate History next to the name in the list.
Remove a family member from your history by pressingRemove next to the name in the list. (You cannot remove yourself, your parents, or grandparents.)

You can Also:

Restart your family history by clicking on the 'Start Over' button

Save your history to a file on your computer or into the cloud by clicking on 'Save Data' button

Add another family member to your family history by clicking 'Add a family member' button
View a diagram of your family tree by clicking on 'Pedigree drawing' button. Alternatively, you can click the 'Family Health table' button to navigate to the table directly

Export your family information to give a close relative a headstart on his/her family tree by clicking on the 'Share Data' button

Use one of the Disease Risk Calculators to determine if you are at increased risk of a disease based on your family history by clicking on the 'Check your risk' button
Get additional Help by clicking on the 'Get Help For This Page' button

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Created By NIH NHGRI

Managed By CDC OGPPH

Updated By NCI hosted at GitHub Pages

Disclaimer: The Surgeon General's My Family Health Portrait tool does NOT allow the government or other entities to access your information. The tool provides the software for organizing your information, but your information is not transmitted back to government or other servers and can only be downloaded by you. Your information is never available to anyone else, unless you choose to share it. The Surgeon General's tool does not provide medical advice. For questions related to family health history and your health, talk to your doctor.