It's all relative. For many, the medical profession is a family affair

Call up some households and ask, "Is there a doctor in the house?" and you may hear, "Which one do you want?" In a host of Texas families, the medical profession represents a long-standing tradition. Typically, a daughter or son follows in the footsteps of a successful parent. But in some families, the line of physicians goes back several generations and includes many branches of the family tree. A few months back, Texas Medicine invited physicians who come from medical "dynasties" to contact us about their experiences. We received an amazing array of letters, faxes, and phone calls from scores of doctors who have either two or more generations of physicians or several doctor siblings in their families. What they told us about their families was even more fascinating.