1. As my friend Jay calls it the "Asian Alcohol Tan" is an Uhm family trait after all. Basically, they all get red and their heart races when they drink alcohol so most of them with the exception of my first sister don't drink much.
2. All have high blood pressure. I believe my 2nd sister told me at one point her blood pressure was up to something like 280. I have to tell you the food in Korea is so salty its no wonder they all don't just fall over from high blood pressure. My birth mother is on medication for her blood pressure and my birth father pretty much died from it, so they did make a point to tell me to be careful.
3. I told my family a few times about the insulin resistance and they seem to understand yet as they were nodding they were asking me if I wanted more rice so I'm not sure how much they exactly understood about that. When I was telling them this my brother also said he was borderline something (he didn't know what) but he also had a problem with this.
4. They all have bad vision...really bad.
Other than that it seems like the birth family is a pretty healthy group of people.
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