The Power Of Unique Genetics: More Fascinating Individuals With Rare Genetic Traits

Humans are pretty incredible! Each one of us is completely different from the other and offers unique characteristics and traits.

Birthmarks are one of the many ways that differentiate us from other humans. And, it’s almost a cool stamp of uniqueness that’s entirely your own. This guy’s purple birthmark is really interesting. It’s not something that you see often, either.

Rowdy the lab may have one of the coolest rare animal genetics we’ve seen. He’s absolutely adorable, as well! His rare genetic condition is called vitiligo which happens when there’s a pigmentation loss in the skin due to a lack of melanin. 

Myostatin-related hypertrophy is a rare genetic condition that this cat has and it causes extreme muscle growth. We can safely say that we’ve never seen anything like this before in a feline!

At first glance, you may not believe these two girls are actually biracial twins who are often mistaken for being besties. Millie and Marcia are twins even though it doesn’t seem like that based on their appearances. 

We can’t deny that this genetic trait is visually and aesthetically appealing. It’s referred to as a single transverse palm crease (it used to be called a simian crease). Based on the image, it forms a divide between the top and bottom halves of this person’s palm. 

Here we have Yoda, an adorable kitty born with four ears! Not only this, but he also possesses two other equally wonderful characteristics: an obsession with bread and muffled purrs. His genetic makeup is wholly unique and quite unlike anything similar that we’ve seen before. 

Did you know that 99% of human DNA is universally comprised of the exact same material known as “bases”? The only thing that differs from person to person is the order of the material. A perfect analogy would be the alphabet – the same letters can make up different words just as different DNA structures make for each individual.

People who have this rare genetic condition, heterochromia, experience variations of colors. However, the term is commonly associated with people who have different colored irises. It can also be used to describe differences in hair and skin colors, as well.  

As shown earlier on, birthmarks can come in any form, shape, size, and even color. Most of the time, though, they don’t hold any specific significance to us. But, a heart-shaped birthmark – on your eye no less – is extremely rare and a sight you don’t often see (if ever). 

Our first question is: was this their second child? Apparently, it wasn’t, so maybe this child number two ate the other one while in the womb. This unordinary trait is something straight out of a science fiction or fantasy movie! 

Alright, this one is pretty strange and interesting. The person in the photo can see the internal bruising inside their fingers when they hold them up to the light. Ok, but, where are his bones?

The saying, “Like father, like son” is beyond accurate in this scenario. These two young gentlemen are the same age (29) and look extremely similar. And, they are both photographed rocking that classic Mickey Mouse t-shirt. 

According to the legend, these women tried to “cover” their beauty by inserting giant nose plugs into their noses. This really makes them stand out in the most unique way possible, but what’s the reasoning behind this?

This person’s condition is not only interesting, but it’s also unusual. Imagine this guy pulling his one-jointed pinky out at a high school party and gathering a whole crowd around him. Is this a kind of superhuman thing?

It’s a well-known fact that not all twins are identical. Not even all twins look exactly the same. In fact, some twins hardly resemble each other at all – like these two!

Alopecia is known as an autoimmune condition where the immune system attacks the hair follicles, causing inflammation. Normally, it only affects the scalp, and people lose round patches of their hair over the course of a few weeks. Luckily, the hair grows back within a year for most people that have this condition. 

This rare congenital (not inherited) hand condition is known as symbrachydactyly and it happens before a baby is born. The result is having abnormally short fingers that may be webbed or missing entirely. In this particular case, the person’s right hand in this photo is absent of a pinky finger.

Born in 1964, Snowflake was the only gorilla in the world that possesses albinism. He was living in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain at the Barcelona Zoo. None of Snowflake’s surviving offspring inherited his albinism, but they do carry the recessive albino gene. This means that there is a tiny chance of them giving birth to another albino gorilla. 

Not every chicken looks exactly the same, and this spiky chicken certainly stands out from the crowd. He’s a cute little fella!

To begin with, red hair is already an uncommon genetic trait (around one to two percent of people have it). And, it’s even rarer for people of African descent to have this color of hair. This genetic variation is caused by a mutation in the MC1R gene that’s inherited from parents and grandparents. 

We can confirm that we’ve never come across a double-fanged cat before. On rare occasions, nature just decides to mess around and give a cat an extra fang, which can certainly be an advantage. You definitely don’t want to make this cat mad or irritated. Watch out!

The number of distinctive unique traits that people all over the world have is rather expansive. While some genetic traits may be more extreme or extra than others, there are certain people who are lacking something.

This is an example of a very unique genetic trait that you likely wouldn’t expect. Even though the little girl is still a baby, it’s impossible to ignore just how much she resembles her dad. So, what’s cooler than that?

One night when you couldn’t sleep, did your mind drift off to wondering if twins married another pair of twins? And, if so, what would the outcome be if they had children? Well, this sweet family photo answers that question spot-on. 

Here’s another spectacular and unique example of an animal with albinism. No, this lion wasn’t born in the North Pole, he just has this rare genetic trait condition. 

The most noticeable difference between these two photos is obviously their quality, considering they were taken very far apart in time from each other. Also, it’s important to mention that both of these men decided to enlist and protect their country, which is an admirable decision. Hey, like father, like son!

Heterochromia doesn’t only apply to gender, race, hair type, one’s body size, or even species. Cats have it, too. It’s actually a genetic condition that is more common in animals than in humans. These cats typically have one iris that’s blue, while the other is green, yellow, or brown. 

It’s challenging to figure out how rare something is, but that’s far from the case with this white killer whale. For every standard, dark killer whale, there’s 0.0001 white killer whale, meaning that there’s one white killer whale for every ten thousand dark killer whales. Oops, we didn’t mean for this to turn into a basic math lesson! 

Here’s another example of an image that went viral for clear reasons. Nobody could come close to guessing who in this photo was the mother and who were the daughters. The most surprising thing, however, is their real ages.