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For most parents, if their baby have deformity in his body, will be a news that break parents heart.But not for the Da Silva's family, who came from Brazil. Even they are proud of one fact, that fourteen of their 23 family members are born with six fingers on each hand or leg.So what causes abnormalities in this family? And how could every family member have the same thing with his parents? Here's the full explanation.Quoted from the Daily Mail, his family hopes that when they are older, can use these extra limbs well. Like Joao Assis's brother who is the goalkeeper, or his sister Maria Morena who uses it to play the piano.Alessandro's new father said: "This is a sign that other families do not have, that makes us stand out in the crowd."Alessandro has six fingers, while his wife Katia, has only five - there is a 50 percent chance that their baby boy will inherit the six-finger gene.Their first son, Guilherme, is also proud to have six fingers, and they hope the baby to be born will follow.Katia said: "We know Vinicius is a boy in the thirteenth week of pregnancy, and since then we hope to have six fingers."Her husband added: "Since Vinicius was born, we realized that his fingers were very functional, he's been trying to grab the stuff, so all his fingers are working normally."
The genetic syndrome that causes people to be born with these extra fingers is called polydactyly and relatively common, affecting 1 in 3,000 births - although mutations are much more common in some parts of the world than others.
But while most people who are born with extra fingers or toes, usually will not be able to use them, but for De Silva is not, because all his fingers are fully functional.
De Silva, known in their town as 'Family Six', believes that their extra numbers are an asset, not a barrier - that makes them better musicians or competitive goalkeepers.
Aunt Alessandro Sylvia said: "It's never a problem for us to have six fingers, we love having six fingers."
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Seven-year-old Guilherme said: "The coolest thing about having six fingers to hold many things at once."His cousin Maria added: "The best thing to have six fingers is I can play more keys [on the piano]."And goalkeeper Joao Assis said: "I can reach the ball when people can not, for me it's easier to hold the ball, I have more grip and my hands cover more, so it's hard for the ball to break away."Grandfather Alessandro Assis is the man responsible for turning this family deficiency into something to be proud of.Alessandro said: "My grandfather turned six fingers and became a valuable item, so much so that he wrote a book where his hand was on the cover, and he composed music and everything he did carrying six finger family symbols.De Silva's story is featured in Body Bizarre this week on a national television, along with the world's heaviest man's journey, a Nepalese boy born with three hands and Robi David, a four-year-old boy with a deadly facial tumor.
