Photos: Nigerian woman becomes the only black woman in the world to give birth to 2 white babies

A black mother who gave birth to a million-to-one, white, blue-eyed baby boy have amazed doctors by having a second white baby.

Catherine Howarth, 35, who is of Nigerian heritage had son Jonah,3, who was born white with blue eyes. Howarth did not believe the rare recessive white gene that resulted in Jonah’s complexion would strike a second time. But the mom was stunned when the midwife handed her daughter Sophia and she was just as white as her big brother. The financial analyst from Milton Keynes, Bucks, believes she is the only black mother in the world to have given birth to two white, blue-eyed children. “When Jonah was born,” Howard told the Daily Mail.
“A genetic specialist said he was a one-in-a-million baby. He said it was extraordinary with my African background that I’d had a child with blue eyes and pale skin. He calculated the possibility of it happening again was less than one in a million. So when Sophia was born with white skin and blue eyes I was more than taken back with shock.

It seems the odds of it happening twice are millions-to-one.’ “No one has heard of a black mom having two white babies one after the other,” Howarth continued. While husband Richard, 37, an engineer, is completely white, the couple from Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire thought their second child would be much darker than their first. Catherine continued: “When I had Jonah he was so white both Richard and I thought the midwife had given us the wrong child. But if anything, having Sophia has been even more of a shock because we were sure it couldn’t happen twice. I was stunned when I saw her blue eyes and light skin.” The mom-of-two adds, “Each time doctors and midwives have all commented on our babies’ amazing coloring. People often get confused when they meet me with the children for the first time.” “You can see them doing a double take, wondering if I am their mom,” She continued. “I do get tired of being stopped in the street by people asking if I’m the nanny. People seem to find it hard to understand how I could give birth twice to white children. But when people get to know us more, they often say despite their blue eyes and white skin, they can also see a lot of my characteristics.” Catherine is of Nigerian decent with no white genes in her family. “My parents were from Nigeria,” she explained. “And as far back as anyone can recall my family have all been black.

The only explanation seems to be there must have been a white gene in my family that has remained dormant for years until now. And now it seems to be very dominant.” Jonah’s stunning looks have since attracted the attention of five modeling agencies. His little sister, now 10 months, is now set to following in her older brother’s footsteps as she too has already been signed up by talent agencies. At just three weeks old, she landed her first modeling job.
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