Update from my previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/AITAH/s/3mRoHvXlS7

Thank you to the nice peeps who responded to my last post. I wanted to give a small update.

I broke up with my boyfriend. I told him there was nothing left to discuss and I made my decision. We had broken up over a year and half ago after and had gotten back together 5 months prior. I let him sweet talk me into getting back together but I was much happier being single. My ex is really all about himself and his wants and I realized all I did was hold a place in his life and having a girlfriend was only checking a box for him. He never really cared about me as a person.

He wasn't happy but by the end of the weekend, he knew I meant it. I blocked him last Saturday. He came to my mom's house Sunday to talk. I made it very clear there wasn't anything he could say or do to change my mind and that I was happier without him. He threw a bit of a tantrum telling me that he wasted years on this relationship and had nothing to show for it. My brother told him to scram and don't even think about coming back here. My brother never liked my bf.

As for the genetic testing. If you don't know much about Huntington's Disease, the simplified version is that if a person has over 40 copies of a certain sequence of genes it means they will develop Huntington's Disease. If it's over 30, it means they can pass down the disease to future generations but will likely not develop Huntington's. Under 30 it means you won't develop it or pass it down. I had 32 copies of the genes. My brother had 28. So for me it means there's a real possibility I could pass it down but it's very unlikely I'll develop it myself. My brother is in the clear. We've been crying and can't wait to tell our mom. This has been a real source of anxiety for us for a long time.

For me, I have a cousin who is married and has 2 kids on my mom's side who I'm close with. She offered to donate some of her eggs if this is what I discovered. I would like to find someone first but she's a little older than me and not getting any younger so I don't know if I should get her to bank some eggs now and figure out details later but I am also fine with adopting. My dad was adopted and he always said he felt adoption was such a gift. So I don't know. I may choose to honor his memory by adopting.

That's it. This should be my only update. Both my brother and I feel like we can breathe again. We've been incredibly fortunate. Not everyone is so lucky when they do this kind of testing. We really dodged a bullet and I'm so happy I don't have to worry about my brother or myself going through what our dad went through.