sisters, cousinses, nieces, nephews. aunts, uncles, grandparents. one thing that's important for women to understand is that these gene mutations are equally inherited by men and women and fathers can pass them to their daughters. so often people think about, oh, if i have a mother or a sister. you have to look on the father's side of the family. you have to look at aunts and uncles, cousins, grandparents to really see the pattern that's going on. >> one thing that was mentioned in the op-ed is the cost. it's not cheap. i think $4,000 roughly. unless you are considered high risk, i believe, in which case it may be covered by many insurance companies. >> many insurance companies cover the testing. often with policies that say you have to meet certain criteria. again, there has to be some level of suspicion in the family or in that individual based on their personal cancer history. also, even though the first person in the family tested costs $4,000, once a specific mutation is identified then the testing for every other family member is only $475. if