The daughter of Anglo-Africans Banjamin and Angela has puzzled geneticists who cannot explain why she was born with this appearance.
The baby was named Nmachi, which means "divine beauty" in the language of the Igbo people.
The 44-year-old father admitted that he was very surprised, but still found the courage to joke: "Is she mine?" Despite all the jokes, when asked if he was a father, Ben replied that he was confident in his wife.
- My wife is faithful to me. If she cheated on me, the child would not look like this!
“This girl is an exception,” said Professor Brian Sykes, head of the Department of Genetics at Oxford. “Both parents were supposed to have white ancestors. The girl's hair is very unusual for a newborn. Many babies who are born with blonde hair do not have this curly and blonde hair. We still do not understand what the reason for what happened.
White skin as a genetic trait is capable of passing from generation to generation, but Ben and Angela said they did not know if they had white ancestors in their family. Both parents have dark, African skin.
The African British couple already have two children: a son and a daughter. Their skin color is no different from their parent.
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“Our son seems to be more surprised than us,” says Angela. - The most important thing is that she is healthy and we love her.
