article_snippet: But at least my mother, the writer Jocasta Innes, was in Daisy Goodwin's grandmother right mind until pancreatic cancer ended Daisy Goodwin's grandmother life two years ago, aged 78.
article_snippet: Daisy Goodwin's used an American DNA mapping service to discover whether or not Daisy Goodwin's carried the Parkinson's, breast and ovarian cancer genes likely to raise your risk of breast and ovarian cancer, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease .
article_snippet: Daisy's grandmother Eileen, pictured here (left) with Daisy's mother, the writer Jocasta Innes (centre), started to suffer from dementia aged 70 .
article_snippet: I spent weeks deciding whether I should find out or not,' says Daisy (pictured left), who eventually decided to learn the truth about Daisy test results after a conversation with Daisy 14-year-old daughter Lydia (pictured right)
article_snippet: Daisy's mother Jocasta Innes, pictured here with husband Richard Goodwin, was the author of 70s bestseller, Pauper's Cookbook .
highlights_snippet: Daisy Goodwin's grandmother was tested for the Parkinson's, breast and ovarian cancer genes .
  
highlights_snippet: DNA mapping revealed that Daisy Goodwin's grandmother has a high risk of developing Alzheimer’s .