Black Nigerian woman gives birth to white baby [Photos]
A mother has beaten odds of a million-to-one by giving birth to a baby who appears to be of a different race.Catherine Howarth, 32, from Milton Keynes, is Nigerian by heritage, and so was, at first, a little taken aback when she saw her son Jonah for the first time.
With his pale skin, green eyes and light brown hair, Jonah, now three months old, looks like any other new-born baby - but, when seen in his mother's arms, his uniqueness is obvious. Recalling the moment she delivered Jonah in Milton Keynes Hospital on June 1, his mother told the Sunday Mirror:
'The midwife looked at me and looked back down at Jonah and then at me again and couldn't believe it.
'Some children get darker after a few weeks when the skin colour they will have for life starts to become obvious. But you can see from the colour at the tips of their ears what that Jonah was fully white.We have been told I must have been carrying a recessive gene.
My parents were from Nigeria and, for as far back as anyone can remember; my family have all been black.' Husband Richard, 34, who works as a medical recruitment consultant, was equally as shocked when he first saw his son, who is the couple's first child together.
The colour of Jonah's skin is of no concern - Jonah being a healthy and happy baby is what matters.' The couple have been told that they are unlikely to have another white baby if they have further children, due to the extremely rare combination of genes needed.
The phenomenon is not totally unheard of however, in 2010, parents Benjaman and Angela Ihegboro – both black - introduced their white-skinned, blonde-haired daughter Nmachi to the world...Below: -Click the link below to go to...
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