Familia ina watoto 5, watatu ni albino

Rosemere akiwa na wanawe watano, watatu kati ya hao ni albino.

Albino Esthefany Caroline(kushoto), Kauan Fernandes(kulia) na mdogo wao

Rosemere akiwa na wanawe watano, watatu ni albino

Wazazi wa watoto hao watano ni weusi raia wa Brazil.

Kuwa albino SI laana au kasoro, ni wanadamu kama wanadamu wengine, wapo hivyo kwa sababu wana upungufu wa seli za melanin zinazouwezesha mwili wa mwanadamu kupata rangi.

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Parents Rosemere Fernandes de Andrade and her partner Joao are dark-skinned Afro-Brazilians, yet three of their five children are albinos.

Genetics professor Valdir Balbino of the Federal University of Pernambuco said this is a very rare occurrence considering the parents and two other children are black.

Both parents must carry the albinism gene in order to produce a child with albinism. Where both parents are carriers of the albinism gene, there is a one in four chance that a child will be born with the condition.

The family live in the slum of Olinda in north-east Brazil and the children have faced taunts by fellow pupils at their school.The condition affects around one in 17,000 people.

Those with albiinism do not produce enough melanin pigment, which gives colour to the skin, hair and eyes and protects the body from the sun's rays.

They often suffer from extreme short-sightedness and a severe sensitivity to light.

The albino siblings must cover up to protect their sensitive skin from the sunMrs Fernandes, 27,says she struggles to pay the medical bills for daughters Ruth, 10, and Esthefany, eight, as well as five-year-old son Kauan.

She must also buy expensive sun-block and extra clothing to protect their skin. The mother of five has also been challenged by security guards who insisted she could not be the children's
mother.

Mrs Fernandes, of Olinda, said: 'I'm afraid of skin cancer because I can't afford the protection they need.'A spokesman from Albinism Fellowship said:

'It can be hard for parents when they are faced with a baby who is much fairer than either parent.

'In most cases children with albinism are born to parents who have no previous experience of the condition.