2007-08-02 07:58:20 · 12 answers · asked by BP 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
Anyone can be albino. I don't know if you saw the DaVinci Code, but there was an albino in that story that was white.
2007-08-03 01:08:09 · answer #1 · answered by HSK's mama 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a rare genetic disorder that affects all colors of humans (the only albino humans I have ever seen are "whites"), animals, birds, fish...
The plains Indians considered the "white buffalo" to be sacred. Originally, "albino" was used to name white Negroes in Africa by the Portuguese sailors, but later became applied to any person or animal lacking pigments.
Check http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/natbltn/400-499/nb442.htm and Wikipedia for more.
Interesting question!
2007-08-02 08:34:39 · answer #2 · answered by Nothingusefullearnedinschool 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My friend had two albino children, her first daughter by contrast was very dark haired with really dark brown eyes. Then her brother and sister were both born albino.
2007-08-02 08:08:13 · answer #3 · answered by itsjustme 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Historical figures as diverse as Anglo-Saxon England's Edward the Confessor and Emperor Seinei of Japan have inherited albinism or hypomelanism.
Albinism is cause by a recessive gene that results is a lack of melanin pigment in the eyes, skin, and hair. Mammals, fish, birds, reptiles, and amphibians can all inherit this congenital characteristic.
2007-08-02 11:53:32 · answer #4 · answered by Ellie Evans-Thyme 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I have seen Hawaiian and Indian Albinos.
2007-08-02 08:01:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any human being can be an albino.
Albinism afflicts all homo sapiens.
Two of my caucasian 8th grade teachers were albinos. (The punk kids called them 'bunny rabbits' because of their pink eyes). All albinos have pink eyes from the absence of pigmentation.
2007-08-02 08:03:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
A couple of musicians from my hometown, Edgar Winter and Johnny Winter are albino. They are white.
2007-08-02 13:14:22 · answer #7 · answered by Shirley T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
anyone.. even rabbits. and they dont always have pink eyes. i know a girl who is albino and has blue eyes.
2007-08-02 08:06:04 · answer #8 · answered by butterfly47 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anybody.
Even animals.
2007-08-02 08:07:54 · answer #9 · answered by O K M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It would be so awesome to have pink eyes. I love pink.
2007-08-02 12:32:17 · answer #10 · answered by WendyWrote 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋