An amazing phenomenon: in a Dominican village, many girls at the age of 12 (with the onset of puberty) turn into … boys. This abnormality is caused by a rare genetic disorder.
Katrina and her cousin, who was born a girl and his name was Karla. The transformation happened to him at the age of 9.
Probably, there is no other settlement like the village of Salinas in the Dominican Republic all over the world. In Salinas, little girls, having reached the age of twelve, that is, entering the time of puberty, often become … boys.
All embryos, regardless of gender, in the womb have gonads, organs that produce germ cells. At about eight weeks in males, they begin to produce large amounts of testosterone, resulting in the appearance of a male reproductive organ. A clitoris appears in female representatives thanks to the gonads.
However, some female embryos lack the enzyme 5-alpha reductase, which is responsible for the production of hormones. As a result, they are born to women without female genital organs.
This guy's name is Johnny. He is now 24 years old. He was born a girl and his name was Felecita. When he was 7 years old, his body began to change. He said that before that he had never liked to wear a dress and play with dolls and always felt like a boy.
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What should happen in the womb, but does not happen, happens to them at the age of 12. First, their voice coarsens, then facial hair begins to grow and finally the male reproductive organ gradually grows.
Approximately one in 90 girls in Salinas, which is located in the southwestern part of the Dominican Republic, is a boy from the age of 12. Despite the fact that outwardly they completely resemble boys, small differences still remain.
Most, and in adulthood, have less facial hair than normal men and less prostate, writes the Daily Telegraph.
A surprising feature is due to the isolation of the village and is so widespread that in the Dominican Republic, it is believed that there are three genders: men, women and pseudohermaphrodites.