What happens when you don’t know your family medical history?

• Adopted and looked-after individuals may lack access to family medical history, creating diagnostic and preventive care challenges in clinical practice
• Absent genetic risk information limits ability to screen for hereditary conditions and tailor individualised health management strategies
• Clinicians should proactively explore patients' care background and consider alternative risk stratification approaches when family history is unavailable

People who have been adopted or in care sometimes struggle to access family medical history which would be crucial to their own health.

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