Have you ever created a medical history of your ancestors' causes of death? It's a very interesting, and I believe valuable, exercise. I created one for my husband's family on his father's side. It starts with hubs' grandparents. For each generation I listed the name of the ancestor, the age at which they died, and the cause of death (if I have found it)After I created it using Excel, it was easy to see that heart problems appear to run in the family! This will be something for hubs to be aware of - to exercise more, eat healthy, and have regular medical checkups.
Gen 3 GrandParents
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Charlie
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77
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heart
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Kak
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91
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heart
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Gen 4 Great Grandparents
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John Massey
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85
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Myrtle Sandercock
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48
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Aneurism
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Archie Demeulenaere
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58
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heart
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Maggie Butler
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84
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Gen 5 Great-Great-Grandparents
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Tom Massey
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53
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heart
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Harriet Purdue
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81
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Henri Demeulenaere
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96
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Maria Blondeel
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88
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Joseph Butler
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55
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Heart attack
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Carrie Kirsch
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72
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Cerebral Hem. (stroke)
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Sam Sandercock
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78
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Heart
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Ann Jackson
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76
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Stroke
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Gen 6 Great-Great-Great-Grandparents
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William Massey
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45
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Disease?
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Ellen Montgomery
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53
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Inflammation
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Frederick Purdue
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93
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Heart failure
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Margaret Cowan
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92
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Heart
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Felix Demeulenaere
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72
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Amelia Grootheart
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35
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George Sandercock
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77
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Fanny Joll
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72
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Allen Butler
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48
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Heart
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Catharine Weiss
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84
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Old Age
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John Kirsch
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37-47
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Veronica Schiebel
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83
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Senility, pneumonia
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William Jackson
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65
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Stroke
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Catherine Hogan
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44
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Typhoid Fever
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An interesting project! Thank you for the idea.
ReplyDeleteI did something similar for my husband when we switched heart doctors - Dr was very impressed and gave him great info on passed medical history - I also passed it along to his sisters and their children - since some have had heart issues.
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