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Extended Family Outreach in Hereditary Cancer Using Web-Based Genealogy, Direct-to-Consumer Ancestry Genetics, and Social Media: Mixed Methods Process Evaluation of the ConnectMyVariant Intervention

Extended Family Outreach in Hereditary Cancer Using Web-Based Genealogy, Direct-to-Consumer Ancestry Genetics, and Social Media: Mixed Methods Process Evaluation of the ConnectMyVariant Intervention

Identifying this common ancestor can in turn lead to the identification of numerous n-degree relatives and opportunities for prevention through cascade testing. Traditionally, relatives who would benefit from cascade testing are identified through 3-generation pedigrees created by genetic professionals, and many studies have used this principle to connect families through rare disease mutations, creating very large multigenerational pedigrees [18-22]. However, there is a missed opportunity.

Annie T Chen, Jennifer Huey, Sandra Coe, Jailanie Kaganovsky, Emily A Malouf, Heather D Evans, Jill Daker, Elizabeth Harper, Olivia Fordiani, Emma E Lowe, Caileigh McGraw Oldroyd, Ashlyn Price, Kristlynn Roth, Julie Stoddard, Jill N Crandell, Brian H Shirts

JMIR Cancer 2023;9:e43126