Hello - thanks for your question. Here is some info I found on our site regarding genetic factors and skin cancer.
As well, Dr Berman, our expert addresses this a bit in a previous post. He also talk about inheriting skin cancer in one of his other posts.
Hope this helps. All the best, sue (moderator)
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