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Study: We may choose partners with similar lifespans to us

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Professor Albert Tenesa says the study suggests people tend to pick partners for traits related to disease and longevity.

New research suggests we may unconsciously choose a partner with a similar risk of disease to us.

Carried out by researchers at the University of Edinburgh, the new study used data from the UK Biobank study, a large long-term study which includes genomic data on more than half a million UK residents aged between 37 and 73 years of age. However, as many illnesses are not visible when most people meet and choose their romantic partner, the teams add that the findings might also be due to our choosing a mate with shared lifestyle factors that are genetically linked to disease.

 

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