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Yeah but it's still worth researching. There are all kinds of harms out there but people aren't exposed to them equally. Plus you can't distill it to "genetics" because many things are muliti-gene, plus there's also epigenetics (somewhat heritable and can even skip generations) adding an extra layer of complexity.
I agree with that, just the whole, “what’s their secret” makes it seem like they have an elixir of youth or something like that.
I remember reading about the world's oldest person at the time some years ago - French woman of 120 - she said her secret was eating 200 grams of chocolate a day. She also said she smoked for 30 years, starting when she was in her 60s and quitting when she hit 100.