if a relative developed a disease after I was born, would I be at higher risk to get it? why so?

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I always wondered this, but I never knew what the answer to this was. for example if my relative developed diabetes after I was born, would I be still be at higher risk at getting it. something like that. if that is true, then how does it work? sorry if I sound stupid

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Your relative was at risk of getting that disease since before you were born, you inherited the risk, so it’s possible you’ll develop the disease too.

We are talking about disease that come from genetic factors of course