Day to Day happenings in my life

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On this day in 2018 a study was done by data from 400 million people from Ancestry.com stating- Human longevity is less than 10% dependent on genetics published in the journal "Genetics.. Looking at your own family genetics: what is the eldest family's member age, is this a typical age for your relatives. (Like for instance, my grandparents on both sides died in their mid 80s and my parents both died in their mid 80's, is my life expectancy also in the mid 80s? The question is are genetics a denominator in our life expectancy or do you believe environmental factors have more to do with life expectancy than genetics?

There are so many factors influencing the age a person will reach. I remember we were taught at school three score and ten were the years we’d been allotted as human beings. Nowadays 70 sounds young to me.

I was in my forties when my parents died, both early seventies, I was devastated of course, but that wasn’t because I thought them too young, I didn’t think that at all.
But now when anyone under eighty dies I always think how young they were.

Surviving childhood is the first major hurdle—perhaps not so much these days with so many curable diseases, or have a vaccine to prevent any life threatening illnesses.

Then surviving being a teenager: a tricky stage of life. Fast cars, inattention when driving, alcohol and drugs.

After those two stages we can do so many things which will shorten our lives. Smoking, over eating the wrong foods, alcohol, working too hard, lack of exercise and lots more destructive habits.

If you do manage to get to old age then thank those good genes and good luck.