Making a point of knowing your parents’ medical history is a good start toward good health care. It is not uncommon for families to maintain secrets concerning diseases or causes of death. It is important to spend time learning about these issues. Illnesses that were not treatable 40 or 50 years ago may be easily treated today. It is also possible that a disease is manageable even if it is not curable.
One point that needs to be made is to verify whether or not one or both of your parents were adopted. Children who were adopted during and prior to the middle of the last century may not even know if they are not the biological children of their parents. This would also include having no medical history related to their biological parents.
If you were adopted in the later part of the last century, there may be medical history available. If there is any reason to question things, approach it gently. I would suggest picking a quiet time and plenty of time to get through the discussion. It has become less likely that adoption is a secret but you may need to ask.
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