Taking and recording a family history

Video on how to take a family history Family history

Below is a family history worksheet and a blank Family pedigree drawing sheet.

We have created some videos to help you think about how to take a family history in practice.

Taking the history, asking the questions…

Taking a family history, a case of familial cancer

Recording the family history in a pedigree

Drawing a family history worksheet – the symbols used to record the family history in a pedigree (provided by the National Genetics and Genomics Education Centre).