Everyone has a story. In addition to our life story, we each have a healthcare story, a story healthcare providers preserve and document. While this story may not be the one you love to tell, it is important to know it and share it—not only for your own well-being, but for that of your descendents. In technical terms, this story is your medical record or health information. You are the owner of your health information—your healthcare story. Would you like to know where it is, what it says, what it means? Would you like to have a copy of it? Would you like to know what health information you are leaving behind for the benefit of future family members? You may not plan to share your medical records like the family photo album, but with the increasing use of computerized information and growing interest in genetic predisposition to disease, examining our ancestors’ medical records could become commonplace someday. If you have access to this kind of information, you can create a family health history on the U.S. Surgeon General’s Web site, My Family Health Portrait (www.familyhistory.hhs.gov).