Sepasang suami-istri kulit hitam di Inggris awal pekan ini mendapatkan bayi kandung mereka yang ternyata berkulit putih, bermata biru, dan berambut pirang. Seperti dilaporkan The Sun, si bayi perempuan, Nmachi Ihegboro, membuat tercengang para ahli genetika karena gadis kecil itu ternyata tidak albino.
Sang ayah, Ben (44) yang bekerja di bagian pelayanan pelanggan suatu perusahaan kereta api, mengaku dirinya dan istri tercengang saat pertama kali melihat bayi tersebut. Istrinya, Angela (35) dari Woolwich, London Selatan, mengatakan, ''Dia cantik, dia bayi ajaib.''
Ben mengaku begitu terkejut saat melihat Nmachi lahir, bahkan berkelakar: ''Apakah dia dari benihku?'' Dia menambahkan, ''Sebenarnya, hal pertama yang saya lakukan adalah melihatnya dan berkata, 'Apa ada yang salah ya?''
Tapi, saat dua anaknya yang lain, semuanya berkulit hitam, berada di sisi si bayi tersebut di rumah mereka di London Selatan, Ben menyatakan, ''Dia memang anak kandungku.''
Nmachi, yang berarti 'Kecantikan Tuhan' diambil dari bahasa Nigeria, membuat bingung ahli genetika karena Ben maupun Angela tidak punya darah ras campuran. Ben juga menekankan, ''Istri saya jujur. Kalau dia tidak jujur, bayinya tidak akan seperti itu.'' ''Kami berdua hanya duduk dan menatapnya, lama sekali tanpa ada kata.''
Dokter di Queen Mary's Hospital di Sidcup, tempat Angela melahirkan, mengatakan bahwa Nmachi jelas-jelas tidak albino. Ben, yang datang ke Inggris bersama istrinya dari Nigeria lima tahun lalu mengatakan, ''Dia memang tidak terlihat seperti anak albino. Dia tampak seperti bayi kulit putih yang sehat.''
Profesor Bryan Sykes, kepala Genetika Manusia di Universitas Oxford menyebut hal itu sebagai kejadian luar biasa. ''Ini mungkin kasus saat banyak terjadi pencampuran genetik, seperti di populasi Afro-Karibia. Tapi, di Nigeria cuma ada sedikit pencampuran.''
Prof Sykes mengatakan dua orang tua bayi itu harusnya punya sedikit keturunan kulit putih di gen mereka. Namun, dia menambahkan, ''Rambut bayi yang pirang adalah sangat tidak biasa. Banyak anak berambut pirang belum memiliki rambut pirang itu saat lahir.''
Husband-wife pair of black leather in the UK earlier this week to get their biological baby who turned out to white, blue-eyed and blond. As reported The Sun, the baby girl, Nmachi Ihegboro, makes stunned geneticists because of the little girl was not an albino.
The father, Ben (44) who works in customer service section of a railway company, claimed that he and his wife was amazed when he first saw the baby. His wife, Angela (35) from Woolwich, south London, said,''She's pretty, she miracle babies.''
Ben said that it was surprised to see Nmachi born, even joked:''Is he from my seed?''He added,''Actually, the first thing I do is see it and say, 'Is there anything wrong?''
But, while two other children, all black, being at the side of the baby is at their home in South London, Ben said,''He's a biological child.''
Nmachi, which means 'Beauty of God' is taken from the language of Nigeria, a geneticist confused because Ben and Angela did not have blood mixed race. Ben also emphasized,''My wife is honest. If he is not honest, the baby will not like that.''''We both just sat and stared, long time without a word.''
Doctors at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup, where Angela gave birth, said that Nmachi clearly not an albino. Ben, who came to England with his wife from Nigeria five years ago said,''He did not look like an albino child. He looked like a healthy white baby.''
Professor Bryan Sykes, head of Human Genetics at Oxford University, called it a remarkable incident. ''This is probably the case when a lot of genetic mixing occurs, as in Afro-Caribbean population. However, in Nigeria there is only a little mixing.''
Prof Sykes said the two parents should have a little baby Whites in their genes. However, he added,''the blond baby hair is very unusual. Many children do not have blond hair blonde hair at birth.''
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