Every person is entirely unique yet fundamentally similar to other humans.

The difference in genetics produces a vast variety of colors, heights, facial features and even thinking and intelligence levels among us.

While we can’t predict the exact personality of a person based on genetics, we expect a visual similarity within the members of a family.

However, there are cases when babies don’t resemble their parents at all. Edith and Raul Garcia faced such a situation when they became parents of an albino girl.

When Edith was pregnant with her second child in 2013, the couple was excited about expecting a baby girl. Not long ago, they had their first baby, Mariah.

Edith, being a Mexican, was a bit astonished by seeing that Mariah has ivory skin.

But things took the unexpected turn when she discovered her second child was an albino girl – even though she and her husband are not albino and they don’t even have any in their families.

“I didn’t know what to think,” Edith said, recalling the birth of her second daughter, Tatiana.

However, they later discovered they had albino relatives in the distant family.

Raul and Edith were carriers of albinism. Albinism is caused by a recessive gene, which means that an individual can be a carrier of the gene that causes albinism and can pass it on to the next generation without themselves being an albino.

“After [Tatiana] was born, my mother asked my grandfather if he knew of any relatives and he confirmed that there were, but they were at least five generations back,” Edith said.

Little Tatiana and her family are now getting to know the full effect of albinism on her life.

The family has to keep in mind that Tatiana has skin and eyes extremely sensitive to sunlight, and they have to plan any family events accordingly.

Like Edith, Raul also has albinism in his family and they are his distant cousins.

Raul and Edith didn’t know the mechanism of transmission of albinism but studied the condition after Tatiana was born with it.

Edith now dedicates some time to spread awareness about albinism and how to manage the condition in order to lead a normal life.

She also shares her views about people harassing others for having this condition, emphasizing on how such things must be prevented at any cost.

 

 

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