Geneoloy testing, family history

[EmmaReed84]

Has anyone ever had to have geneology test because of a strong history of Cancer? My Great Aunt, Mum and Sister have all had/have breast cancer. Mum was 42 and sister is 48. Me, my other sister, my niece and great neice all have to go and get tested for a fault in the gene BRCA1, BRCA2 and TP53... Does anyone know how they do this? Or been to have something similar... what do they do? Feel really nervous now.

[FussyElmo]

Dont know hon but I know my dd's will have to be tested for a mutant gene when they are older as I have one that causes blot clots (dont know the name). They found mine through a blood test :) so hopefully thats how they would test my dd's :thumbsup:

[AgentTink]

I have prior to getting pregnant as my partner has a condition that they had to check if I carried the faulty gene too as it would have meant that they would have had to do egg selection for me. Anyway it was just a simple blood test which was then grown under specific conditions for 3 weeks before I could be told.