About Lynch Syndrome
What are the chances of inheriting Lynch syndrome?
Each person has two copies of each of the Lynch syndrome genes. One copy is inherited from
the mother, and one copy is inherited from the father. One inherited gene mutation in either
copy will cause Lynch syndrome. There is a 50% (1 in 2) chance that a person with Lynch
syndrome will pass the mutation to each of their children. Lynch syndrome does not skip
generations. Both male and females are equally likely to be affected.
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