Thursday, September 26, 2013

Yellowman and Salif Keïta and Albinism

Following up on my previous post, on the Albinism wiki page note the following:
Famous people with albinism include historical figures such as Oxford don William Archibald Spooner; actor-comedian Victor Varnado; musicians such as Johnny and Edgar WinterSalif KeitaWinston "Yellowman" Foster,Brother AliSivucaWillie "Piano Red" Perryman; and fashion models Connie Chiu and Shaun Ross. 
Of the 11 famous albino's listed, two stand out:

  • Yellowman (born Winston Foster, 15 January 1956, Kingston,Jamaica)[1].
  • Salif Keïta (born August 25, 1949) 
Yellowman was born on the same day as my son and Partner.  Salif was born on the same day as my Grand daughter (my sons daughter).  Interesting as well, Yellow man was born in Kingston Jamaica ... my son and grand daughter live in Kingston, Nova Scotia.  There are 365 days in the year (366 during leap years), and considering that there are only 7 members in my immediate family the chances are very slim for any of the notable albino's in the list to be born on the same day as just one of my family members let alone 3

Again, I'd like to refer you to my August 2nd post re 

In anatomy, heterochromia (Greek: heteros 'different' + chroma'color'[1]) is a difference in coloration, usually of the iris but also ofhair or skin. Heterochromia is a result of the relative excess or lack ofmelanin (a pigment). It may be inherited, or caused by genetic mosaicismchimerism, disease, or injury.[2]
It's really quite simple, in the case of human chimerism, one twin is albino and the other isn't... in the photo of the two East Indians, the albion twin absorbed the non albino twin.  This combination is unique and it's more than likely they are Tetragametic chimera's -- occurring with the absorption of a fraternal twin.  The more common chimera human involves the absorption of identical twins... where after a precise stage in the "splitting", one twin absorbs the other.  We are all chimera of one sort or another... no one is blended exactly the same.

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