Joselin Linder is the author of The Family Gene: A Mission To Turn My Deadly Inheritance Into A Hopeful Future. This is a true story about her health. Beginning in her 20's Joselin experienced swelling in her ankles. Her father, a physician in Ohio and a very healthy man, also had the same issue. Gradually they came to realize that a great uncle and a great grandmother also had the same issue which stems from a blockage in her liver. Joselin and other members of her family visited a geneticist at Harvard. Fourteen members of her family had a private gene mutation. There is no cure for this genetic mutation but some symptoms can be relieved. Her story was interesting. I don't agree with all the choices she made. Grief comes in many forms I guess.
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