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Family Medical History and Tools Resources Online

• My Family Health Portrait (Web Version Only)
  familyhistory.hhs.gov
  The Web-based tool from the U.S. Surgeon General's Family History Initiative for use on any computer with an Internet connection and a Web browser.
  
  
• My Family Health Portrait (Downloadable Tool and Web Version)
  www.hhs.gov/familyhistory/download.html
  The original 2004 tool from the U.S. Surgeon General's Family History Initiative to download and use on your computer.
  
  
• Cyrillic
  www.cyrillicsoftware.com
  Pedigree drawing software
  
  
• Discover Your Family's Connection to Cancer Risk
  www.jamesline.com/patientsandvisitors/prevention/cancergenetics
  Information on collecting family health history and assessing cancer risk.
  
  
• Family History Resources and Tools
  http://www.cdc.gov/genomics/public/famhist.htm
  Family History Resources from the Centers for Disease Control.
  
  
• National Society for Genetic Counselors - Family History
  http://www.nsgc.org/consumer/familytree/index.cfm
  Information on collecting family health history.
  
  
• Progeny
  www.progenygenetics.com
  Pedigree drawing software

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Last Reviewed: January 5, 2009