my sister was born with 6 fingers on her left hand icluding her thumb ,shes since had it removed but has a little stump were it was it just looks like a wart now , was just wondering if any body else knows anybody that was born with an extra finger its very rare that you would hear of that now.
2007-03-13 13:16:35 · 20 answers · asked by fafandloo 5 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
Its more common than you think. There was recently a documentary about that on TV, about people born with 6 digits. There was even a village in South America where it is not unusual at all to be born that way.
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2007-03-13 13:55:51 · answer #1 · answered by Dovahkiin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter's scapular bone is shorter and risen higher than the other side on her back. Thankfully not too noticable and doesn't bother her. However, when she was a child the specialist at the hospital asked us if anyone on either side of my husband or my family had been born with extra fingers, extra toes, or less of anything in the body. I have never quite worked out why but he said this happening to my daughter came from the same strain as this type of thing. Don't know if it's anything to do with it but my second daughter never ever had a tooth next to the large ones in the middle. At first the dentist thought it just hadn't came down but X Rays showed it had never been there. Isn't a problem as they made one for her. However, is this something to do with this extra or less bits of the body running in the family as that consultant said?
2007-03-13 21:14:51 · answer #2 · answered by Ms Mat Urity 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My sister had a baby some years ago who was born without the first joint in all her fingers, and before she was due to leave the hospital a doctor came to her to explain the process over the next years how they would operate and fit a little artificial joint into one finger after the other.
The doctor was very astonished when my sister refused to have this done to her little girl, and he tried to persuade her to give permission and go ahead.
She then held up both her hands to him, and showed him that she had lived quite happily without the first joints in all her own fingers - and so does my niece now.
A little besides the point, but it shows that with some 'handicaps' people can live and avoid years of hospital visits and doubtful results.
McGonagall
2007-03-14 04:53:39 · answer #3 · answered by McGonagall 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember there was an Indian boy at school with 6 fingers on each hand, but then he had them removed. Was your sister able to move the extra finger like a normal one?
2007-03-13 20:23:16 · answer #4 · answered by ____ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friend's son had 6 fingers on his left hand also. He had it removed at a very young age and doesn't remember having it. He is now 14 and is very well adjusted with just a small scar where his 6th finger use to be!
2007-03-13 20:26:14 · answer #5 · answered by Wicked Momma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I knew someone who was born with 6 fingers on both hands, they then went on to become a father & the child had 6 fingers each hand too!!!!
2007-03-13 20:43:12 · answer #6 · answered by unareticencia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of my smaller brothers where born with twelve fingers; six on the left hand and six on the right hand. Our parents got them cut off because they were frequently getting caught in something. They are little stubs left that does look like wart now. Also I have a pair of twin girl-friends who have the same twelve fingers, they got cut off and they leave stumps behind. I guessed its no big deal. They look alright, I guess.
2007-03-13 20:37:40 · answer #7 · answered by wayfarmorebetter 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When I was in hospital having my 1st baby, the girl in the bed opposite had a baby girl with 6 fingers. I don't know what happened after they left hospital.
2007-03-13 20:23:37 · answer #8 · answered by jet-set 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My nephew was born w/an extra finger on both of his hands.
2007-03-13 20:20:10 · answer #9 · answered by Blossom 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If she was born with 6 fingers, I think it should've stayed. After all, everyone's different.
2007-03-14 19:40:30 · answer #10 · answered by zelrio28 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋