Unbelievable! Nigerian Mother Becomes the Only Black Woman in the World to Give Birth to Two White Babies (Photos)
A Nigerian woman has entered the record books after giving birth to two white babies to the astonishment of medical experts.
Catherine Howarth and her lovely family
A black mother who gave birth to a million-to-one, white, blue-eyed
baby boy has stunned doctors by having a second white child, reports Dailymail.
The woman identified as 35-year-old Catherine Howarth, who is of
Nigerian heritage, believed the rare recessive white gene that resulted
in son Jonah, three, being completely white would not strike a second
time.
The Financial analyst was stunned when the midwife handed her
daughter Sophia and she was as white as her big brother. She is believed
to be the only black mother in the world to have given birth to two
white, blue-eyed children.
She said said: 'When Jonah was born, a genetic specialist said
he was a one-in-a-million baby. He said it was extraordinary with my
African background that I'd had a child with blue eyes and pale skin.
'He calculated the possibility of it happening again was less than one in a million.
'So when Sophia was born with white skin and blue eyes I was
more than taken back with shock. It seems the odds of it happening twice
are millions-to-one. No-one has heard of a black mum having two white
babies one after the other.'
While husband Richard, 37, an engineer, is completely white, the
couple from Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire thought their second child
would be much darker than their first.
Catherine said: 'When I had Jonah he was so white both Richard
and I thought the midwife had given us the wrong child. But if anything,
having Sophia has been even more of a shock because we were sure it
couldn't happen twice.
'I was stunned when I saw her blue eyes and light skin.'
Doctors were equally amazed when Sophia was born last March.
She adds: 'Each time doctors and midwives have all commented on
our babies' amazing colouring. People often get confused when they meet
me with the children for the first time.
'You can see them doing a double take, wondering if I am their
mum. I do get tired of being stopped in the street by people asking if
I'm the nanny. People seem to find it hard to understand how I could
give birth twice to white children.
'But when people get to know us more, they often say despite
their blue eyes and white skin, they can also see a lot of my
characteristics.'
Catherine is of Nigerian decent with no white genes in her family.
'My parents were from Nigeria and as far back as anyone can recall my family have all been black.
'The only explanation seems to be there must have been a white
gene in my family that has remained dormant for years until now. And now
it seems to be very dominant.'
Despite the initial shock, the couple are delighted with their miracle children.
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