Yes

I blame my parents, and their parents.


Edit: btw, the sodium thing; yeah, you should watch it, but if your condition is genetic that may not do much (unless you've been consuming way, way too much to begin with). I was directed to cut back to 2,000mg/day, and did so for a full year, with no change to my BP (140/90). I've been on Lisinopril for a couple of years now (10mg/day) and it's stabilized at 120/75. For me, diet didn't make much difference at all, though of course there are plenty of reasons to maintain a healthy moderate sodium diet.