This Black Mother Believes She is The Only Black Woman In The World to Give Birth to Two White Babies

Okay, before y’all come for me in the comments, let me say it now: I’m just reporting the news. I saw this article first on the Daily Maill, and decided to share it here.

Here’s the Scoop:

Catherine Howarth, who is of Nigerian heritage and her white husband welcomed their son, Noah, into the world 3 years ago.

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According to the article, Catherine stated:

‘My parents were from Nigeria 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.’

‘When Jonah was born, 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.

Then she had her daughter, Sophia:

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Catherine stated:

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.’

According to Colleen Lynch, a Molecular Geneticist:

‘It is likely there is a a white gene somewhere in the woman’s remote ancestry and due to an evolutionary throwback – known as atavism – this trait has suddenly reappeared.’

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This family is from the UK and I have one question: Do you all not have biracial people across the pond? These children look unequivocally biracial, and I have seen plenty of families that look just like this. I’m perplexed as to why she think she’s the only woman in the world with children who look more white than black?

Thoughts?

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15 Comments

  1. I agree. They look pretty biracial to me :/…
    Also, I read an article somewhere which said black people have the most diverse gene pool out of all other races (not sure how true this is, have to revisit it), and with that in mind I figured she may not necessarily have the genes for white peeps because of an ancestor somewhere in the family tree but because these genes already reside within her genome but they’re deactivated (and got activated for some reason) . But all in all the kids look like alot of biracial kids I’ve seen….

    1. Genes are passed down by people before you, no?

    2. juliemango says:

      She looks like an igbo and they have very diverse genes. Some look as white as her kids – without mixing. Ive seen some igbo kids so light skin that the only way you would know they are african is by the hair. Africa is so diverse!

  2. I’m from the UK, this woman is a damn fool.

  3. Girl Stop! Those kids are biracial, PERIOD!!! I’ve seen plenty of families that have the same look.

  4. And so has my daughter, get over it.

  5. This isn’t strange my cousins children have pale skin and he’s African American.

  6. These are mixed race & will never pass for white. Her husband is white it’s not rocket science. She’s an idiot, God help them kids. Let her be proud of her mixed race babies. I’d be more impressed with her ‘ claim’ to fame of her husband was black!

  7. Hello!!!! Their Father is a WHITE Man!!! And that’s not how Black Girl Magic Works. Wow!!! This chick is a couple hamburgers short of s happy meal.

  8. This chick wants everyone back home to know she has the lightest prettiest chilluns because she suffers from colorist like a lot of us. Poor thing. Not news.

  9. Are you kidding? Except if I am missing something here. She has a white husband. What do you expect?

  10. Poor lady doesn’t know that every race comes from black women. We produce all shades. Sad she doesn’t know her history and had to have an ignorant doctor tell her she had a white gene in her history.

  11. I see MIXED RACE CHILDREN NOT WHITE CHILDREN..

    1. Nehomey- these Mixed raced children arent white? Of course they are. They are white and black. And there’s no shame in that

  12. AGREED!!!! This is an interracial family with interracial looking children, if you will – period. I see nothing incredibly strange about her children’s skin tones or features, as the father is white himself. They obviously take after him! I just came across this article…. ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL FAMILY… but my story is almost exactly the same with the exception that our biracial son passes as white. My husband is black, with a black mom and black dad and black grand parents… and so on. He has no white ancestors as far back as we know. I am white and I have very light skin with brown hair and brown eyes. We were surprised (!) when our son came out with features that neither myself or my husband have – blonde straight fine hair (!) green eyes (!) and ultra fair skin that is lighter than mine and in our opinion he has predominately white features- it is kind of weird as we personally do not run into a lot of other biracial children that can pass as completely white! Most of the biracial children we know- appear biracial. Our son carries my husband’s features in other ways throughout his body but friends affectionately joke that he is the white version of his dad. And it’s true. He is now 12 and appears and identifies as white. When my husband is with our son and his white friends, people stare and do get confused! But yes, I agree with you 100%. There should be no surprise her children have light skin and light eyes etc – their father is white! Just like with our son – he just took after my side of the family I guess, in an extreme way! Beautiful family in this article though. Love it!

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