When we are expecting a child, we all have questions as to what they will look like and what type of personality they will have. For the most part, we are just happy with having a child but there is always a little curiosity involved as well.
Genetics can be a funny thing and sometimes, we may have a child that doesn’t really follow the rules. They may not look like either the mother or the father and at times, it can make us question many things.
I’m sure that many people have had interesting experiences when it comes to looking at our baby for the first time. I doubt if any of them had quite the experience that a Nigerian couple had.
Angela and Ben Ihegboro live in London after migrating from Nigeria. They had their third child in 2010, a little girl named Nmachi. When they saw her for the first time, they had to do a double take.
Since both Angela and Bandura were Nigerian, their first two children were black children. It didn’t surprise anyone, because they took after their parents in that way. When the little girl was born, however, she had blonde hair and blue eyes.
It wasn’t just the fact that she had blonde hair and blue eyes, Nmachi also had light skin. Her mother said that she was beautiful and called her a miracle baby.
Despite the fact that they were thrilled to have a third child, they still had some questions as to how they could have given birth to a baby with that appearance.
A black, Nigerian couple Ben and Angela Ihegboro living in the U.K. gave birth to a white, blonde, blue-eyed baby that they call "miracle baby." pic.twitter.com/dRQTYKE9ZT
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According to the New York Post, they said they couldn’t believe what they were seeing at first. They both just sat there and stared at the little girl for ages without saying anything.
He also has no doubt that the baby is his. Even though some were quick to point out the possibility that she was unfaithful, he said that even if she was unfaithful, the baby still would not look like that.
In order to explain the differences, they have hired a geneticist to try to determine how it might’ve happened.
They consider her to be a miracle baby because the Nigerian couple gave birth to a white child. Doctors have confirmed that she is not an albino and even they are unable to say for sure why the baby has white skin and brown nostrils