The Washington Post September 17, 2026 • 10:08

Having a parent live to 100 gives you a leg up on longevity, study finds - washingtonpost.com

By Kathleen Felton

Having a parent live to 100 gives you a leg up on longevity, study finds - washingtonpost.com

People with centenarian parents may live longer and be less likely to develop heart disease. But genes don’t fully determine lifespan.

Theres a distance of 43 years between the oldest known human to ever live, Jeanne Calment, who died at age 122, and the current U.S. life expectancy of 79 years.The chances of making it to 100 for th… [+268 chars]

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