Family Genogram Case Study: Mother And Family

Figure 1 shows the family genogram. S.S. has one sister, with both grandparents deceased on his paternal side, and one grandparent deceased on his maternal side. S.S.’s parents are both living. He has two paternal aunts, five maternal aunts, and one maternal uncle. The squares gray represent by Males and the gray circles represent Females. The blue square represents S. S. and the white circle represents his spouse, K. S.. The red lines represent people that are deceased. Yellow boxes represent family members that were adopted.

Within this family, there have been a number of different diseases present from generation to generation. Heart disease is very prevalent on both the maternal and paternal sides. S.S.’s mother and father both were diagnosed with high blood pressure, and high cholesterol when they were in their 50’s. S.S.’s mother has also been diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn's disease, breast cancer, and colon

She gave birth to A.S. on February 17, 2016, at the age of 26.

Her parents were worried when she was pregnant for a second time because she hemorrhaged with giving birth to M.S.. K.S. must take baby aspirin daily during her pregnancies to reduce clotting from the factor V deficiency and after giving birth, must give herself a shot of Lovenox for 6 weeks. She had an ectopic pregnancy at age 28 and resulted in her having an unilateral salpingectomy, the removal of one fallopian tube, but was left with both ovaries, making it possible for her to have another pregnancy in the future.

S.S. and K.S. agreed there is a good chance they will try for another pregnancy as S.S. is wanting to add a boy to the family. K. S. wants another child, however does not care as much as the gender as S. S. does. Before A. S. was born, one of the miscarriages K.S. had was a boy which caused some worsening heartbreak for both parents, but S.S. especially.

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