I received a quick response. "Off the top of my head the likeliest explanations are mixed ancestry or albinism. Asians with albinism often have blonde hair and blue eyes but their skin isn't quite as light as a Caucasian with albinism. Another possibility is that the child is of mixed race. And this doesn't have to be a parent who is Caucasian, it could be a more distant relative. Sometimes the hair and eyes will darken later in life in these cases." The Tech Geneticist
So there you have it. The Stanford site has a bunch of questions and answers about genetics from people world-wide. Very interesting and informative.
James C. Collier
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7 comments:
I have a couple at my job who adopted a Chinese baby - she is five years old now and also has albinism. I find albino anything to be beautifully stunning. She is vision impaired, but is already battling with the social norms of what beauty is supposed to be. I find it so disheartening that at her age, despite having a loving family - she still feels isolated in her own skin. She has white hair and purple eyes, and I am absolutely fascinated with her. I appreciated this post for shedding more light on this not so uncommon issue...
Th picture in the left looks albinism but the other one looks like a mixed ancestry for me. However, they shouldn't be abandoned because of that. they should be love. they did nothing to be like that.
The baby on the right looks like she could have Waardenburg syndrome. Both babies are absolutely beautiful. However, I'm surprised the geneticist didn't mention Waardenburg syndrome to you. If you google Waardenburg a lot of links to more information come up.
@Anon 3:04, The geneticist likely did not mention Waardenburg's because neither child shows any confirming characteristics - and eyes alone are not enough. Also, the child on the right, who appears older, does not exhibit dystopia canthorum (eye socket displacement) that often accompanies blue eyes in Waardenburg's. If you read my other postings on blue eyes you will see quite a bit about the subject.
I don't know why, but lots of asians want to look like caucasians and they even use some special make-up stuff, including the eyelid tapes (http://www.eyelidtapes.com/) that are rather inconvenient to wear, at least I think so.
^ just because asians wear eyelid tape or dye their hair doesn't mean they want to look like Caucasians, they just want to be a little different, from the other asians. I mean, I'm Asian and I have natural double eyelids and I wear that 'special make up stuff' which is basically eyeliner and foundation/bb cream. Does Caucasians also wear that 'special make up stuff' as well ? :P
I am Italian with blue eyes and blond hair. There are a lot of these people around the Mediterrenean because of a lot of mixing in the past centuries. But my sisters have typical dark hair and brown eyes. It is the magic of mankind genetics.
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