This story is a wild ride
If you prefer to read it as an article, you can find it here: The Week My Husband Left And My House Was Burgled I Secured A Grant To Begin The Project That Became BRCA1
For more information about BRCA1 see the wikipedia article on the subject. For more about Mary-Claire King see here.
Memo to self: never watch a funny story when you have a phlegmy cough. Holy crap, I almost choked between laughing and crying.
Hope you are doing better now!