. >> reporter: help goes far beyond a grill cover chris and franny conners are teammate sharing everything from the mundane to the medical. >> breast cancer was last thing in my mind. >> reporter: but 64 year-old franny got breast cancer twice, she got over her last bought and six five-year old husband christmas also had breast cancer twice including right now. >> chris and i are both brca positive. >> reporter: bad luck draw that plays out offer generations. conners two daughters inherited the gene. >> my two girls decided to go with risk reductions surgery which i thought was very courageous of them. >> reporter: is there no shortage of courage in the conners household. chris the manager franny the nurse met by chance as teenagers in the group. >> all i could think was do you have a match. >> reporter: report marriage, three kid grandchildren. cancer for them bgy. >> we weren't allowed to have a pity party on the same day. >> reporter: they pick up on each others mood, grand kid toys in the yard, trying to keep life normal when it often hasn't been. franny's first breast cancer diagnosis

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