Rare Features That Make People Totally Unique

Rare Features That Make People Totally Unique

Everyone on this earth is beautifully unique in their own way. We all have different things that make us who we are, whether that be how we look, or our own distinctive personality. While most of us have an average life, some people have unusual gene combinations that give them interesting birthmarks or unique eye colours. Here are some of the most peculiar cases of people that have interesting rare genetic qualities. 

1. Albinism Causing Lightning Eyes
This man’s eyes look like lightning against a dark nights sky. He has albinism, which is the absence of pigmentation in the hair, skin, and eyes. His eye colour is a blueish purple due to the lack melanin to colour the iris, so the blood vessels show through. Sometimes people with albinism have red eyes because of their blood vessels.

2.This mother and daughter have matching white patches in their hair.  These white patches are from a disorder called Poliosis. The hair follicles stop growing with color because the melanin is not being produced in these areas.

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3.You’d be forgiven for thinking that this little girl just has a bad case of bed hair. However it’s actually a genetic condition call Uncombable hair syndrome. Her hair is very fragile and can break at the roots if it is not correctly taken care of. There are only 100 people in the world who are known to have this condition. 

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4. No elves are not real, despite this lady having elf-like ears. This is caused by a condition known as Darwin’s tubercle. Scientists have yet to discover why this happens, however it is found to be most common in Spanish, Indian, and Swedish people.

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5.This boy has piercingly beautiful blue eyes. This is called Waardenburg syndrome, which is a very rare genetic condition that only occurs every 1 in 40,000 people. 

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6.The belly button is a scar left by your umbilical cord after it is cut. While most people are split between a belly button that are innies or outies, some rare people have a swirly belly button.

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Photo Credit – Sorranne

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