yea family history of melanoma might just accounts for about 2-8% risk of getting melanoma.
some factors that are associated with increase risk of melanoma might be:
Changing or persisting change in mole for more than 15 yrs -Very high risk- One or several irregularly pigmented lesion
- Atypical moles or or famalial melanoma
- Atypical moles but not famalial history
- Lentigo maligna
- Congenital moles
- White race(white skin)
- Previous melanoma
- Melanoma in parents,children or siblings
- Immunosupression like leukemia,lymphoma,renal transplantation
- Sun sensitivitymtans poorly,burn easily had multiple or severe burns