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To: MeshugeMikey

Probably albinoism. The child is very fair, but has Black features.


24 posted on 01/25/2015 1:48:38 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

I first noticed the rather distinctively wide nose...which seems to points to some form of albinism.

Hopefully the parents who appears sane....are..or the kids in for a real bad ride


30 posted on 01/25/2015 1:50:54 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

We have an albino African-American in our neighborhood.


78 posted on 01/25/2015 3:01:21 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

I remember reading about genetic switches; that certain gene can be switched off or on, depending on the environment. Could it be , long ago, that as people moved into hot sunny areas, the melanin-producing gene switched to an on position, as protection against skin cancer, and people moved into cold climes with less sunlight, the melanin gene switched off, so the skin could absorb enough vitamin D? Could it be that since this family from Nigeria moved to England, with far less sunlight, the gene switched somehow off, and that perhaps we might start seeing a lot more of this? That black people living in cold wintry regions of the world, face vitamin D deficiency which might cause this gene, if it exists, to switch off? If this is the case, black people will start having white babies as time goes forward. Are there any geneticists out there who could comment?


94 posted on 01/25/2015 3:42:35 PM PST by erkelly
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