I have always wanted to know how they come to be. I know there is africans that have albino children, but how are they made? Are they born with it?
2007-11-23 12:01:28 · 4 answers · asked by Sally, 1 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
The word "albinism" refers to a group of inherited conditions. People with albinism have little or no pigment in their eyes, skin, or hair. They have inherited genes that do not make the usual amounts of a pigment called melanin.
One person in 17,000 in the U.S.A. has some type of albinism. Albinism affects people from all races. Most children with albinism are born to parents who have normal hair and eye color for their ethnic backgrounds. Often people do not recognize that they have albinism.
A common myth is that by definition people with albinism have red eyes. In fact there are different types of albinism, and the amount of pigment in the eyes varies. Although some individuals with albinism have reddish or violet eyes, most have blue eyes. Some have hazel or brown eyes. http://albinism.org/publications/what_is_albinism.html
2007-11-23 12:24:43 · answer #1 · answered by RadTech - BAS RT(R)(ARRT) 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Albinism, which is actually amelanism, a lack of black pigmentation, is caused by a homozygous recessive gene. Essentially albinism is a mutation, a chemical mistake, in the gene that is responsible for normal pigmentation.
Human albinos are very pale skinned with pink eyes and white hair.
2007-11-23 20:07:07 · answer #2 · answered by James Zaworski 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they are born with it. One of the parents, if not both, has to have the genes.
Also, not all albinos have pink/red eyes. They can have blue or purple.
2007-11-23 20:11:47 · answer #3 · answered by oblivious_bliss 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have as friend an albino girl 27years old, she is a very sweet
and pretty girl,live in pattaia thainland,works in restaurant with
her sister and her italian husband.
2007-11-27 11:29:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋