Abstract

• The identification of genetic cancer risk often induces a reconsideration of self-concept. • Familial context is salient to individuals' engagement with elevated risk and subsequent action. • Familial generations offer distinct resources for meaning-making that are not temporally bound. • Generational peers can be salient for integration of hereditary cancer into individual identity.

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