Above note the webbed toes of the maternal foot. Is this desirable? This is a trait that can be inherited. A single gene controls it. Inheritance is a 50% chance. In our case the the rest of the family is clear of syndactyly. We do have a friend with the same condition. So the kid will have company besides the frogs.
Sometime after 6 weeks of fetal development toes and fingers are supposed to separate. Despite the pride certain acquaintances may take in their superior swimming ability, this condition is a birth defect or inherited disorder. For the curious there is no connection between swimming ability and webbed toes. A few famous people have webbed toes like Ashton Kutcher, Dan Akroyd, and possibly Josef Stalin. Marge Simpson apparently revealed her webbing at her shoplifting trial. Some people seem proud of webbing while others are embarrassed. Some so much so that they have the toes surgically separated.
The 2nd and 3rd toe are most commonly webbed. Webbing can be characterized by percentage of toes joined. I think Hannah here is in the 10% category. Speaking of numbers - webbed toes occur about once for every 2,500 to 3,ooo births.
I suggest a sock free party to determine the percentage of your aquaintances with webbing.
To get even the wife may expose the paternal green toe nail in the next blog....
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Our little bugger didn't get the webbing, which was one of the first checks I did upon seeing the little bugger. Somehow my nephew got lucky enough to receive the cherished webbing, even though his pa doesn't have the webbing. Let's hope what's its name gets the honored genetic deformity.
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