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Mary's Story

An example story about using genealogy DNA to find relatives
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Lisa's Story

At age 37, I found a breast lump. My doctor thought it was something benign and sent me for a breast [...]
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Tom's Story

An example story of using message boards to find others
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Leann's Story

2017 was quite the year for my family. My oldest sister, Becky, was diagnosed with breast cancer in February and started [...]
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Adair's Story

Adair s diagnosis of stage III triple negative breast cancer didn t seem to make sense. She was forty years [...]
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Marisol's Story

I Did Not Want to Leave My Kids Like My Mom Had Left Me When I was 8 years old, my [...]
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Linda's Story

An example story about using genealogy DNA to find relatives
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Participant Stories

This section highlights a ConnectMyVariant member in their own words. We aim to share a range of experiences, struggles, victories, [...]

Why Connect?

Why connect row - col1 If you know about your hereditary disease risk, you have the key to helping stop [...]

Genetic Inheritance Comic Book

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Annual Impact Reports

Annual Impact Report FY2025

Media Kit

Our Mission: To end hereditary disease by bringing families together Our approach is low cost and is 25 to 50 times more [...]

FAQs

What health conditions are associated with pathogenic variants In general, genetic tests look for pathogenic variants in your genes. More [...]

Overview

Do you want to connect with others who have your variant Do you want to link your family trees Do [...]

Contact Us

For help signing up: signup connectmyvariant.org For information about volunteering opportunities: volunteer connectmyvariant.org If you are a researcher [...]

ConnectMyVariant

Do you want to connect with others who have your variant Do you want to link your family trees Do [...]

Disclaimer

The ConnectMyVariant website provides educational material and resources. All information provided on this website is for informational purposes only. You [...]

Privacy Statement and Participant Consent

Introduction The purpose of ConnectMyVariant services is to help you share prevention, treatment, and family history information with other individuals [...]

Hereditary Cancer and Non-Hereditary Cancer Risk

Cancer is common. Almost 40% of people will develop cancer sometime in their life. Most cancer is caused by random chance. [...]

Website Contributors

Website Contributors Website Contributors Our Team - Column 1 Amy Coffin Carmen Ng, MPH Jennifer Huey, MS, LCGC Lauren Thomas Garrett, [...]