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Amazing! Probably it was just a little genetic mutation... This case proves how small are the genetic differences between "blacks" and "whites". A very small mutation radically changes the skin color.
Edited to add: It would be interesting to see what happens with the baby's hair color when she gets older. My Dad --- English & Scots --- had white blond hair as a toddler. As he got older, it was black.
Edited to add: It would be interesting to see what happens with the baby's hair color when she gets older. My Dad --- English & Scots --- had white blond hair as a toddler. As he got older, it was black.
Right. The baby is not albino.
I suspect that she will indeed darken as she ages, as tends to happen with children of African ancestry as well as others. My youngest son was born with light skin, blond hair and blue eyes. He is still pretty light but his eyes are light brown and his hair is sandy brown.
Edited to add: It would be interesting to see what happens with the baby's hair color when she gets older. My Dad --- English & Scots --- had white blond hair as a toddler. As he got older, it was black.
Albino doesn't mean a particular color scheme. It means lacking pigmentation in comparison to the parents. It occurs to different degrees.
Albinism is a genetic condition, or is that what you meant by it?
He means that the genetics of albinism have been worked out. The baby in the link is now over a year old. I have been unable to find any reports of results of any genetic tests that were done. While I am curious, I am impressed that the family's privacy appears to be respected.
Albinism is common in Nigeria, and may be that she has some form of it, but the initial reaction of the geneticists is that she does not. One reason is that albinos have no color in the iris of the eye, and the child we are discussing has blue eyes.
It's a common misconception that human albinos have pink eyes. Only some species have pink eye color eye when albinism is present. In humans the palest eye color is blue. Btw this has nothing to do with people who are not albinos having blue eyes.
Edited to add: It would be interesting to see what happens with the baby's hair color when she gets older. My Dad --- English & Scots --- had white blond hair as a toddler. As he got older, it was black.
I had white blond hair until I hit my pre-teen years. It's still blonde but much darker (wish it was still white blond) I had it bleached for a while that color, and it looked so cool, but was hard to upkeep.
Oh, and I'm a Heinz 57 mix of German, Scots and a bunch of other influences.
My oldest son is dirty blond but my youngest son's hair is dark brown, both same dad *shrug*
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