Re: Birth marks part II

["dgiff245" <dgiff245@home.com>]

I for one don't think you are crazy. We have discussed every thing from
noses to hair line traits. My sister and brothers all have the mark. I don't
but my son does. My son also has the quick temper and red hair and green
eyes. I think it is great to find these common threads.
Yours aye
Dorothy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Francine Bernier" <f_bernier@videotron.ca>
To: <sinclair@matrix.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 8:29 PM
Subject: Birth marks part II


> Greetings to all,
> I am glad to know that some of you are wondering about this subject of
birth
> marks. Let me tell you how and why I came to this subject. About 8 years
> ago, I was invited to a nice business dinner in Montréal, Canada. By sheer
> coincidence (was it?), my sister was also there - she is nearly 3 years
> older than me. I met this person, a French man by the name of Caire who
> travelled with a French diplomatic passport. As we were discussing
history,
> family genealogy and migration to North America over centuries (I had
always
> been more interrested in my Scotish roots than my French ones - which
today
> I consider a mistake), this man suddenly asked me - right out of the
blue -
> if I was born with some kind of birth mark in the area of my left breast.
Of
> course, I knew nothing about such a mark (how can I remember?!) and
thought
> the man was just flirting. But my sister did remember and spontaneously
> answered yes. Strange thing is, the man's response was, with a grin, that
it
> was simple genetics and that it was transmitted (in an irregular fashion)
> when both the mother and father carried the same gene, which is rare -
just
> like cystic fibrosis. He also said that the defective gene was old. Now, I
> promise to you all )because it means so much tome to  be part of this
> wonderful list) that this boring little story really happened to me and
has
> intrigued me ever since. But I was never able to find any kind of material
> on the subject except a few scientific articles that support the genetic
> transmission of birth marks (see :
> www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/1997/03.27/WhenaBirthmarki.html)
> Isn't that an interresting thing? Some of you did mentionned birth marks
> that did disappeared soon after birth. Am I nuts or is this puzzling?
> Some of you may think that I am way out of line for the discussion group -
I
> think the contrary. What do you think? And please, don't see me as crazy
> little woman looking for ET!!! because I am only looking for FACTS!
> Francine
>
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