Should You Be Tested?
Take this quiz and find out if you are a candidate for genetic testing.
1. I'm planning to have children:
Yes
No
Already pregnant
2. My ethnic background is primarily:
(check all that apply)
Ashkenazi Jewish
Irish
British
French Canadian
Cajun
African American
Asian
African
Mediterranean
Other
Don't know
3. My family health history includes the following:
(Consider immediate family, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and first cousins. Check all that apply.)
Birth defects
Mental retardation or developmental delays
Genetic disorders
Pregnancy loss or stillbirth
Miscarriage
Problems conceiving
Family history of genetic disease
Family history of
Multifactorial diseases
such as Cancer or Diabetes
None of the above
Related Resources
Mt. Sinai School Of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences
The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists
Jewish Genetic Disease Consortium
National Institutes of Health
National Society for Genetic Counselors