After being secluded from information for so long, would it not have an effect on life? In the novel “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” the Lacks family were not informed until the 1970’s of their mother’s cells being used and being an important role to the science industry. Additionally, the Lacks family were affected physically, emotionally, and socially by having new knowledge of their mother’s, Henrietta Lacks, immortal cells.

To begin with, the Lacks family did not know about Henrietta’s cells being alive and used until the 1970’s but when they found out, it was a domino effect. The event that gave the Lacks knowledge of Henrietta’s cells was when “Gardenia’s brother-in-law, [said] Hopkins had part of Henrietta alive and scientists