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Seeing Is Believing: White Baby Born to Black Parents [VIDEO]

By David KnowlesJul 21st 2010 – 8:59PM

(July 21) -- A black Nigerian couple living in London got the shock of their lives when the wife gave birth to a white baby girl with blond hair and blue eyes. Little Nmachi was born Sunday to Ben and Angela Ihegboro, who -- though filled with joy at the addition to their family -- found themselves confused by their...

Genetic Mystery: Black Brits Birth White, Blue-Eyed Baby

By Theunis BatesJul 20th 2010 – 3:14PM

LONDON (July 20) -- Britain's tabloid press has gone gaga over a baby girl with white skin, blue eyes and a mop of blond curls who was born to black parents. The best-selling Daily Mail and The Sun newspapers have labeled the child's Caucasian complexion a mystery, saying genetics experts are "flummoxed" by the case. But...

Background on Genetic Mutation

In molecular biology and genetics, mutations are changes in a genomic sequence: the DNA sequence of a cell's genome or the DNA or RNA sequence of a virus.

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