Altria Group, Inc. (renamed from Philip Morris Companies Inc. on January 27, 2003) is an American corporation and one of the world's largest producers and marketers of tobacco, cigarettes and related products. It operates worldwide and is headquartered in Henrico County, Virginia.
Hereditary Aspects of Type 2 Diabetes. Type 2 diabetes tends to be fairly hereditary in contrast to type 1 diabetes. Approximately 38% of siblings and one-third of children of people with type 2 diabetes will develop diabetes or abnormal glucose metabolism at some point.
âSome people inherit genes that, one way or another, cause problems with the blood,â Dr. Murray says. Among the types of anemia that can be inherited are: 1  Sickle-cell anemia. 2  People with sickle-cell anemia have a gene that causes the blood protein hemoglobin to form abnormally.