. >> reporter: anna goreman lened she had the gene when she was just 28 years old. what was going through the back of your mind? >> fear that i didn't want to get cancer. i didn't want to die. i didn't want to i just didn't want to worry about it. and worry about getting cancer. >> reporter: goreman always knew she was at risk. her aunt her grandmother and father all died of cancer. you're armed with this information. you have to do something. >> i thought, i really need to do something about t i need to get married have kids have surgeries, make decisions, and i need to do everything quickly. >> reporter: after giving birth to two daughters, sadie and twyla, she decided on the same preventive surgery jolie had. doctors removed her ovaries. she was 32. >> fear won out and logic. i knew i had a high risk of getting ovarian cancer and if i got it i had a risk of dying. >> reporter: she had a double mastectomy also. she is cancer free. her two daughters are 10 and 8. each have a 50/50 chance of inheriting the same cancer gene. >> it changes the game for many women. peo