The story gets a bit stranger. The couple, who met in the Congo in 2007 and wed a year later before settling in the UK, believe Daniel must be a throwback to Arlette’s great-great-great-grandmother, who is thought to have given birth to a white baby too!
Leading fertility expert Professor Robert Winston says the birth is “extraordinary”.
This is unbelievably rare and one of the first cases I’ve heard of in the UK. The fact it’s happened before in the same family – albeit generations ago – is significant. The genetic differences between black and white people are much slighter than we think. I can only think there’s been a mild mutation. It may also be that the part of Africa the parents are from – Congo – is inherent to a certain genetic instability. There’s been very little research. Events like this just go to show how similar we all are.Preach!
[Source: The Mirror]
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