Study: Your lifespan could be inherited from your ancestors

Rejoice if your grandparents lived a long life, as scientists have recently found that your genes contribute about half to how long you are likely to live. — Filepic

People are twice as likely to inherit their lifespan than was previously thought, according to a team of researchers led by scientists at the Weizmann Institute in Israel.

The “genetic contribution” to how long a person lives is around half, the team found, following a trawl of health databases in Denmark and Sweden.