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<\/p>\nBefore our children are born, we often daydream and speculate about their appearance. It doesn\u2019t matter whether a child is a boy or a girl, black or white, blonde, brunette, or red-haired; all children are a blessing to the world and should be treated equally.<\/p>\n
Even though that is the case, it is only normal for us to form an impression of our child\u2019s or daughter\u2019s appearance in our minds. Are they going to get their dad\u2019s ears? Will they share their mother\u2019s eye color?<\/p>\n
None of us can predict with absolute certainty the appearance of our offspring, but we can typically make a decent approximation based on genes that run in the family.<\/p>\n
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I seriously doubt that any of our readers, at least those who are parents, have ever had a surprise quite like that of Nigerian immigrants Angela and Ben Ihegboro, who now reside in London, England.<\/p>\n
The happy couple\u2019s third child, a precious baby girl named Nmachi, was born in 2010. However, they were completely and utterly stunned when they saw her for the first time.<\/p>\n
You can only imagine Angela and Ben Ihegboro\u2019s shock when their third kid, a young girl they named Nmachi, was born with blonde hair and blue eyes given that both of them are from Nigeria and had already given birth to two black children.<\/p>\n
You did read that correctly. Nmachi had light skin as well, which was another plus.<\/p>\n
Angela said of the child: \u201cShe is beautiful, a miracle baby.\u201d The couple, however, were left perplexed as to how they could possible have conceived a child with Nmachi\u2019s features.<\/p>\n
Angela\u2019s potential infidelity was the obvious topic of conversation, but Ben, who apparently works as a customer advisor, was quick to dispel any such rumors.<\/p>\n
He remarked: \u201cOf course she is mine. My wife is true to me. Even if she hadn\u2019t been, the baby still wouldn\u2019t look like that (sic).\u201d<\/p>\n
Ben said: \u201cThe first thing I said was, \u2018What the flip?\u2019 We both just sat there after the birth staring at her for ages \u2014 not saying anything.\u201d<\/p>\n
But even though Angela and Ben referred to her as a miracle child, geneticists were able to come up with three explanations that would help to explain why Nmachi\u2019s appearance is so dissimilar from that of her parents and siblings.<\/p>\n
The first hypothesis postulated that Nmachi had an entirely unique gene mutation. If that\u2019s the case, she could be able to pass that gene on to her own white children.<\/p>\n
Another hypothesis was that until the birth of Nmachi, either Angela or Ben possessed latent white genes passed down from their ancestors that had been dormant for generations. According to reports, doctors speculated that the parents may still contain dormant Caucasian DNA from an earlier inter-racial union.<\/p>\n
And then there\u2019s the third possibility that was presented to Angela and Ben: that Nmachi might have a mutated variant of albinism. If this is the case, her skin may darken over time, though her father wasn\u2019t convinced about this theory.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe doesn\u2019t look like an albino child anyway,\u201d Ben said.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot like the ones I have seen back in Nigeria or in books. She just looks like a healthy white baby.\u201d<\/p>\n
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In any case, I think we can all agree that the most important thing is that Nmachi was born into a family who will love and treasure her as all children should be loved and treasured.<\/p>\n
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