Black parents give birth to white baby
Black parents...white baby
By VIRGINIA WHEELER
THE stunned black dad of a newborn, WHITE, baby girl declared yesterday — "I'm sure she's my kid ... I just don't know why she's BLONDE."
British Nmachi Ihegboro has amazed genetics experts who say the little girl is NOT an albino.
Dad Ben, 44, a customer services adviser, admitted: "We both just sat there after the birth staring at her."
Mum Angela, 35, of Woolwich, South London, beamed as she said: "She's beautiful - a miracle baby."
Ben told yesterday how he was so shocked when Nmachi was born, he even joked: "Is she MINE?"
He added: "Actually, the first thing I did was look at her and say, 'What the flip?'"
But as the baby's older brother and sister - both black - crowded round the "little miracle" at their home in South London, Ben declared: "Of course she's mine."
Blue-eyed blonde Nmachi, whose name means "Beauty of God" in the Nigerian couple's homeland, has baffled genetics experts because neither Ben nor wife Angela have ANY mixed-race family history.
Pale genes skipping generations before cropping up again could have explained the baby's appearance.
Ben also stressed: "My wife is true to me. Even if she hadn't been, the baby still wouldn't look like that.
"We both just sat there after the birth staring at her for ages - not saying anything."
Doctors at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup - where Angela, from nearby Woolwich, gave birth - have told the parents Nmachi is definitely no albino.
Ben, who came to Britain with his wife five years ago and works for South Eastern Trains, said: "She doesn't look like an albino child anyway - not like the ones I've seen back in Nigeria or in books. She just looks like a healthy white baby."
He went on: "My mum is a black Nigerian although she has a bit fairer skin than mine.
"But we don't know of any white ancestry. We wondered if it was a genetic twist.
"But even then, what is with the long curly blonde hair?"
Professor Bryan Sykes, head of Human Genetics at Oxford University and Britain's leading expert, yesterday called the birth "extraordinary".
He said: "In mixed race humans, the lighter variant of skin tone may come out in a child - and this can sometimes be startlingly different to the skin of the parents.
"This might be the case where there is a lot of genetic mixing, as in Afro-Caribbean populations. But in Nigeria there is little mixing."
Prof Sykes said BOTH parents would have needed "some form of white ancestry" for a pale version of their genes to be passed on.
But he added: "The hair is extremely unusual. Even many blonde children don't have blonde hair like this at birth."
The expert said some unknown mutation was the most likely explanation.
He admitted: "The rules of genetics are complex and we still don't understand what happens in many cases."
The amazing birth comes five years after Kylie Hodgson became mum to twin daughters - one white and the other black - in Nottingham.
Kylie, now 23, and her partner Remi Horder, now 21, are both mixed race.
Even so the odds were estimated at a million to one.
The Sun told in 2002 how a white couple had Asian twins after a sperm mix-up by a fertility clinic.
Yesterday three-day-old Nmachi's churchgoing mum Angela admitted that she was "speechless" at first seeing her baby girl, who was delivered in a caesarean op.
She said: "I thought, 'What is this little doll?'
"She's beautiful and I love her. Her colour doesn't matter. She's a miracle baby.
"But still, what on earth happened here?"
Her husband told how their son Chisom, four, was even more confused than them by his new sister.
Ben said: "Our other daughter Dumebi is only two so she's too young to understand.
"But our boy keeps coming to look at his sister and then sits down looking puzzled.
"We're a black family. Suddenly he has a white sister."
Ben continued: "Of course, we are baffled too and want to know what's happened. But we understand life is very strange.
"All that matters is that she's healthy and that we love her.She's a proud British Nigerian."
Queen Mary's Hospital said: "Congratulations to Angela and her family on the birth of their daughter."
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3060907/Black-parents-give-bir...
So...which parent does she look like? XP
the baby has their features except for the skin color....but this is strange.....
Cognitive dissonance at work...
"I'm SURE she's mine", the dad said, ignoring the evidence very literally and figuratively staring him in the face...
Much like global warming, if you think about it
I read,
British Nmachi Ihegboro has amazed genetics experts who say the little girl is NOT an albino.
this must be a miracle....I beleive
I'll read it again,thanks drmana.
Naseebfinder, check that they have clearly mentioned that "the child is definitely not an albino", hence skin problem doesn't seem to be the case here.
Its a skin disorder.....called Albinsim
Have you ever heard the word albino? It's a word that's sometimes used to describe a condition called albinism (say: al-buh-nih-zum). Humans, animals, and even plants can have this condition, which means that the person, animal, or plant doesn't have the usual amount of pigment, or color.
sudden change in baby's gene....or blind nurse...or white neighbor.....or skin disorder,,,or simlply a miracle
lots of possibilities
masha ALLAH cute baby.
STRANGE.....MIRACLE.....!!!!!!!!
many times before.... one family in north africa have 3 children with the same incident...
Some Arabs have had similar cases before, so it happens.
maybe, the husband should ask his white neighbour....lol
the eyes are definitely britexpat
but around the lips looks like UKEngQatar
tough call...
Drmana..Since its in UK ...I have only 2 gentlemen as suspects...
one is Britexpat and the other is UKEngQatar....hope they were not involved in the crime at the same time.
Jack, they have clearly mentioned that "the child is definitely not an albino", hence skin problem doesn't seem to be the case here.
But why does the article not mention anywhere that the paternity tests have been done?
Can she be a surrogate mother for someone else's baby?
This could be due to skin problem with which the skin has lost its pigmentation...
back home there was a guy in my school with blond hair and white skin....looking exactly like a White European Kid... but some little portions still had the brown colour...with time he would become completely white.
Maybe the child had that ailment....all you dirty minded people ...:)
Maybe it's an indication from the mighty God that all future generations will be white :o)
Beware you colored folks ;o)
The mother knows more about this mystery.
All these genetically modified vegetables ain't good fer ya
u r absolutely correct ..Mr.M...
Miracles .....
SUBHAAN ALLAH,ALLAH SWT is capable of anything,this is sure a miracle! MASHA ALLAH.
I tend to agree with Pilgram..
mj, i don't believe this news..For me: either the baby got changed at the delivery room which is quite possible or the parents want to become famous with their fishy tale..THATS IT..
soniya, what are trying to imply?
I think the baby must have got changed in the delivery room where the other WHITE lady was having labor..he hehe
I doubt they would have released this to the papers without doing a quick, simple blood test to determine the parentage. That would just be stupid.
She is cute, no doubt..But i don't believe in miracles..Something wrong is there..Her MOM would know it better..he hehe
she is just so cute!
UUmmm !! something fishy..he hehe..
If you look at her features, she does resemble them both, just not in colouring. Pretty cool. :)
Strange!!!!!!
through German Shepherds I used to breed back home (knowing who to breed to get the correct colouring or to correct defects within the parents - ie breeding puppies to better the breed)....
But generally, even if the mom had been having an affair with some who was white... the genes from the mother would have come through much more than they have... which seems like almost zilch...
This is truly strange.... hmmmm... me thinks there is way more to this story....
Looks like angela is lying about her relationship with the red neck!
Your signature line is "Don't look 4 opstacles in life, look 4 magic!"
and you just said that you don't believe in miracles
Sorry... guyz, i don't believe in miracles! Dat mum better remember her steps..))):
flanostu, im with you. I know what happened...
But I would hate to see problems down the road if the child is not the father's and he lets it eat away at him once the publicity and questions start (as it now appears to have).
She is a little darling, though and her siblings are also adorable.
The baby's so.....cute,Maashallah! ""All that matters is that she's healthy and that we love her" yep her folks are sure right!
Must admit, I would not have taken it so well...
uh oh good the father believes in miracles
I read this today and found it fascinating !!
I would definitely think it would ease minds.
She's cute , whatever the colour ...
i would've walked out of the hospital.
I doubt. still...
Comon baby it dont matter if you are black or white...Micheal Jaikishan would have loved have loved it if he was born like that ;)