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Tara-Lyn Camilleri, Postdoctoral researcher of transgenerational effects, Monash University

Trauma is carried in your DNA. But science reveals a more complicated story

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As war continues to rage in Gaza and Ukraine, there is concern about how the related trauma might be transmitted to future generations of people in those regions.

More generally, interest in the idea of transgenerational trauma has recently surged. For example, earlier this year, National Geographic magazine asked whether genes carry past family trauma.

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