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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 > > [ This is the Sinclair family discussion list, sinclair@mids.org > [ To get off or on the list, see http://www.mids.org/sinclair/list.html [ This is the Sinclair family discussion list, sinclair@mids.org [ To get off or on the list, see http://www.mids.org/sinclair/list.html