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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If it is a genetic disease that develops symptoms later in life, they basically already carry the “vulnerability” to the disease when they are born so you can potentially also have that “vulnerability” to the disease.