Good Genes?
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (189836)
Boise, Idaho
March 28, 2026 3:07pm CST
It wasn't until the 1990s that researchers reported the first studies and multiple observations of the influence genetics has on aging. That if your parents and grandparents lived to an older age you probably would too. (Barring of course any unforeseen diseases, diet or environmental effects.) Experts say that genes probably account for 20% to 30% of a person's biological age.
I found this interesting.
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@Ineeddentures (34177)
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28 Mar
Oh please don't tell me that
My grand father went on and on and on for what seemed like forever
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@RasmaSandra (97956)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Mar
Well, before she succumbed to sclerosis in the brain and could not think, my mom could even do some dancing ar the age of 80. But if I am already tired of being alone at 69, I cannot imagine all those added years to 80.
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@celticeagle (189836)
• Boise, Idaho
29 Mar
You want to join your fella don't you?
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@ptrikha_2 (49753)
• India
29 Mar
I think this observation is quite true.
However, there are exceptions I have seen.
People living up to 90+ and some dying before 70 in the same family.
And someone dying young.
Some people having more health issues than others.
Still quite a valid sounding research.
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@celticeagle (189836)
• Boise, Idaho
29 Mar
I think so and each generation has different experiences and issues to contending with.
@celticeagle (189836)
• Boise, Idaho
29 Mar
You don't? I'm just the opposite. Might change my mind further down the road though.
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@celticeagle (189836)
• Boise, Idaho
29 Mar
Yes, that's true. It's like 70 is the new 30 or something.
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@LindaOHio (222324)
• United States
29 Mar
My grandmother on my mother's side lived to 104 or 107, I don't remember; but my mother only lived to 64 due to a heart attack.
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