Polydactyly
@Ineeddentures (14577)
January 23, 2026 11:19am CST
Polydactyly is a condition where humans are born with extra fingers or toes
And there is more of it about than I thought.
Despite being 65 years old, I have never met anyone who has this condition.
Yet recently, I have come across many examples of photos with people with extra digits online.
So I did a bit of research
Polydactyly happens in between one on 500 - 1000 live births.
I wonder why then all these years I have never noticed one single person with an extra finger or toe
Last night I saw this photo of this pretty girl with 6 fingers on each hand
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@xFiacre (14136)
• Ireland
19h
@ineeddentures I wonder where she buys her gloves?
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@JudyEv (369956)
• Rockingham, Australia
13h
@Ineeddentures You can't trust anything nowadays. Vince found a good-looking girl with a wonderful voice but that's all AI too. He was very disappointed! 

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@Ineeddentures (14577)
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@JudyEv
I bet he was.
I could make my voice AI.
I think you only need to sing a few notes in tune and AI can work out the rest
@Ineeddentures (14577)
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15h
I saw one with a Lioness giving it's cub to a Monkey to look after
Never even thought about AI
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@wolfgirl569 (128398)
• Marion, Ohio
18h
I haven't seen people with it but have had cats that were
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@wolfgirl569 (128398)
• Marion, Ohio
17h
@Ineeddentures It's a dominate gene so if it isn't present in one of the parents it won't happen.
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@Ineeddentures (14577)
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18h
I must check what the live birth rate is for it in cats
I imagine because cats give birth to more kittens at once than humans do babies
The cats are more likely to be extra digited
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@Ineeddentures (14577)
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@wolfgirl569
Ok, cats would never be checked for that, would they?
Probably no reason to check for it
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@Ronrybs (20958)
• London, England
19h
@Ineeddentures Not that I noticed, but when they scratched it was different!
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@Ineeddentures (14577)
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@Ronrybs
I bet.
Lol
Would be quite funny to see as I always laughed at cats scratching people
@Ineeddentures (14577)
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19h
I've had lots of dogs and cats in my life and never saw any with an extra digit .
Did the extra toes alter the way the cat did things?
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@thedevilinme (4715)
• Northampton, England
17h
It predominates in countries with cousin marriage , India a hot bed
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@thedevilinme (4715)
• Northampton, England
6h
@Ineeddentures The Muslim community can be up to 50% cousin marriage here. Bradford hospital is a world center for congenital defects in Asian kids
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@Ineeddentures (14577)
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@thedevilinme
Really.
Scotland has a history of cousin marriages as well to be honest
I have interacted with a cousin and a 2nd cousin when I was younger. Both female before your mind wanders.
The cousin, well met her in a night club, didn't know she was my dad's brother's daughter, and bobs your uncle we did the deed. I saw a picture on her living room wall in the morning. I recognised my uncle in the picture.
I said nothing. Then about 10 years later we met at a family gathering, that was fun
Then second cousin gig was no big deal,
I don't think either of us was bothered about being related
@Ineeddentures (14577)
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17h
What about England.
Or are you more like us and into brothers and sisters
Lol


@Ineeddentures (14577)
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@xFiacre
I maybe used the wrong terminology
But he said, it was disappearing inside himself
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@snowy22315 (201767)
• United States
22h
Cats can be that way, and other species too I presume
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@Ineeddentures (14577)
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22h
Yes indeed.
Bit of this condition is quite common how come in my 65 years I have never met anyone with extra digits
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@RasmaSandra (93271)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
18h
I have heard about people like this but also never met one,
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@Ineeddentures (14577)
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18h
Aye.
If it was true of one on 1000 people there would be 8 people in our small town.
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@Ineeddentures (14577)
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She is very attractive
I would be interested in being touched by someone with extra fingers to see if it felt different than being touched by someone with only 5 fingers on each hand
@LindaOHio (211678)
• United States
2h
That's quite a high percentage. Interesting.
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