Relatives can drive you crazy, but you’d better hope they enjoy long lives. If your family members live long, the chances improve that you will too (SN: 3/10/01, p. 156: Making Sense of Centenarians).
This observation prompted a research team to study the DNA of 137 families with at least two siblings over the age of 91.
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