️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️  Sharron O'Neill always knew she had something. (Sharron O'Neill always knew) Even before she was diagnosed with cancer as a teenager, she knew her family had a stronger link to the deadly disease than others.<unk> Even before she was diagnosed with cancer as a teenager, she knew her family had a stronger link to the deadly disease than others. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ Sharron O'Neil and her mother, Jilian Carter, both have Lynch syndrome.<unk> Sharron O'Neil and her mother, Jilian Carter, both have Lynch syndrome. <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> Our family always knew there was something; we just didn't know it was a gene and a specific thing<unk>, Ms O'Neill said. ąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąą Mrs O'Neill was diagnosed with bowel cancer when she was just 19.<unk> Mrs O'Neill was diagnosed with bowel cancer when she was just 19.<unk> Mrs O'Neill was diagnosed with bowel cancer when she was just 19. A week earlier, her grandmother had died of pancreatic cancer.<unk> A week earlier, her grandmother had died of pancreatic cancer.<unk> A week earlier, her grandmother had died of pancreatic cancer. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ ąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąą The farthest back I've been able to go is to a relative who came to Australia on a boat as an orphan in the early 1800s,<unk> she said.<unk> She said, 'The farthest back I've been able to go is to a relative who came to Australia on a boat as an orphan in the early 1800s,<unk> she said. It covers six generations that I know of.<unk> It covers six generations that I know of.<unk> Lynch syndrome<unk> is a genetic condition that makes people more susceptible to a number of cancers including bowel cancer, ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer, pancreatic cancer, and stomach cancer, among many others.<unk> Lynch syndrome<unk> is a genetic condition that makes people more susceptible to a number of cancers including bowel cancer, ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer, pancreatic cancer, and stomach cancer, among many others. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ 'Neill's great-grandmother died of cancer. Five years later, her grandmother's sister did too. <unk> <unk> <unk> In the following years, four of the five remaining children, including Ms O'Neill's grandmother, faced three of more Lynch syndrome cancers, averaging out to almost one person per decade. In the following years, four of the five remaining children, including Ms O'Neill's grandmother, faced three of more Lynch syndrome cancers, averaging out to almost one person per decade. <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> ąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąą
Sharron O'Neill can trace cancer in her family back to the early 1800s. (Sharron O'Neill can trace cancer in her family back to the early 1800s.) Our family always knew there was something,<unk> Mrs O'Neill says. Mrs. O'Neill was diagnosed with Lynch syndrome in her late 20s. (Mrs. O'Neill was diagnosed with Lynch syndrome in her late 20s.) <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> About 20,000 Australians have the condition, but only 5% diagnosed.<unk> About 20,000 Australians have the condition, but only 5% diagnosed.<unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk>