Personal Statement : My Genetic Inheritance

I have three children two boys and one girl, but when I got pregnant of my third baby I did not planed to have another baby. I was using calendar method because the pills method had side effect in my body; so I decided to use the calendar method, but just worked for three years the calendar method because I got pregnant. I was in shock because I did not want to have another baby. I remember when I went to the doctor and he told me that I was pregnant I started cry and my husband was with me and he told me that everything will be okay not to worry.

The word family has changed so much in the past century. A family back in the 1950’s was probably considered a husband, wife, and one or more children. Times have changed and families have become much different. The Interpersonal Communication: Relating to Others book defines family as a, “Unit made up of any number of persons who live in relationship with one another over time in a common living space who are usually, but not always, united by marriage and kinship” (Beebe, Beebe & Redmond, 243). Families can be broken up into five different types. The first is the traditional family, which includes a mother, father, and their biological children. Next, is the blended family which includes

I find the field of biology fascinating and I thoroughly enjoy learning the subject. It is an ever changing and developing subject with new advancements every day. These advancements can change people’s lives for the better and I want to be part of that.

Throughout my life I never really had parents; coming home to a drug abuser who was constantly zoned out was a normal day. I wasn't loved or even thought of as a child. My biological parents never once came to my awards or conferences. I used to lie to my childhood friends and say that my parents had to constantly work. In reality they didn't care at all.As a child I had both of my parents; when I grew up everything collapsed. I was in 7th grade when I realized that my life would change dramatically. My biological mother fell deeply into drugs, as for my biological father he left without saying anything. At the age of 12 , I was placed with a family friend, while my biological mother was in rehabilitation.

The intergenerational factors that influence family relationships and behaviors can be mapped out in a genogram. These maps assist counselors in getting to know their patients, the family, and the family dynamics (Galvin, 2010). When gathering the information for my own family, there was not any new or shocking revelations. However, when the data was presented in the genogram, it became a revealing diagram of patterns and non-patterns of substance use and mental illness.

However for as long as I can remember I thought about my biological parents. Always wondering about them and wondering if they ever thought about me. My parents had no information that could help me fill in these gaps. Questions began to form that I wanted answered desperately. I would make up elaborate stories in my head about what I thought led to my mother leaving me at the police station. Sometimes the story was because she was a single mom and knew we were going to be adopted and loved us enough to give us a better life. Sometimes, in my mind, it was

Family genograms are essential to discover family history; it helps doctors and therapists to go deeper into an individual’s background to analyze the individual’s mental, physical and behavioral condition. In this paper, I will introduce my family’s genogram information to analyze three generations with events that impacted each generation. These generations include my grandparents, my parents and my own generation of procreation. I will examine the family structure of each generation, the family relational patterns and the critical family life events that took place. I will discuss the role that culture plays in my family genogram in regards of family development, interaction patterns and communication.

In today’s modern society, there are over 10,000 diseases that are said to be monogenic, meaning that only one gene is involved in the disease ("Genes and Human Disease"). Many of these diseases are incurable and can prove to be terminal, one of which is Huntington’s disease. Not only is this disease physically detrimental to the well-being of the individual, it can also affect other loved ones such as offspring. An example of such issues is exemplified in Alice Wexler’s memoir Mapping Fate: A Memoir of Family, Risk, and Genetic Research, where she describes the struggles and challenges her and her family must face as her mother is diagnosed with Huntington’s disease.

Your family history defines who you are and why your are that way. From where you are born to when, it all defines who you are today. How you got to the place in your life

After examining my family’s health genome, I am able to identify strengths and weaknesses of my family’s health. For strengths, my mother’s side has little to no health conditions or concerns. Also, neither side has had a history of cancer. However, there are some weaknesses in my family health tree. My biggest concern for my immediate family, and my dad’s side is hypertension and heart disease. Even though this may just be due to lifestyle factors, I think there may be a genetic factor involved as well. This is because hypertension appears in both my aunt and dad.

Please read Rana et al. (1999). You may also find parts of chapter 6 in your textbook helpful. Then answer the following questions. You will also use some datasets to conduct your own analyses.

From early on in life I knew that I was adopted. Unfortunately, that was about all I knew. I knew when and where I was born and the approximate age of my biological mom, but the rest was left to question. I often found myself wondering, "Who was she?" "Who was he?" "Was it love?" "Where are they now?" "Did they end up together?" "Are they even alive?" "Who would I be had I stayed with them?" "Where did my characteristics come from?" Questions like this ran through my head almost daily. It wasn’t until my eighteenth birthday that I got any answers; it was then that I learned some life changing information about my origins.

The objective of doing the genogram is to get to know the patient by gaining understanding of his/her family background. Assessing the family using systemic approach enables health care providers to learn about the ways in which family members interact, what are the family expectations and norms, how effective is the members communication, who makes decisions and how the family deals with life time stressors (Hockenberry & Wilson, 2007). This paper outlines the assessment and analysis of the three generation of Wits’ and Smiths’ families, its relationship, health pattern, habits, tradition and structure. It also provides a nursing teaching plan. The interview was conduced with Alina Wit, a second generation mother of three.

Family history is very important to an individual. By knowing where you come from, you can have a better perspective of your life. Having a clear understanding of your family background allows you to better appreciate the things that you would normally take for granted. The house, the car, and the average clothing may look better when one sees the sacrifices their family has made. They will see that their family has worked very hard just so their family can experience the better things in life. A persons roots and origin is one of the most important things to explore. It alone can bring you closer to self-discovery.

It’s crazy to think that the way you were raised is what has made you become the person you are today. Everyone has their own story about how they were raised, where they were raised, and who they were raised with. Each person has their own type of heritage with how they are raised based upon their family, where they were raised, religion, family traditions, values, and beliefs. The way you were raised in life has influenced your personality. The way you act and the way you are viewed as are both influenced by your family’s heritage.