9+ Times Genetics Made People Totally Cool And Unique

Most of the time, we see pictures of people or animals with two differently colored eyes, but it can also appear as different rings around the pupil or split sections of the same iris.

Even if it doesn't go away on its own, most doctors will recommend using a mold to force the cartilage into the correct shape as they grow.

I have a pointy bit on my right ear, but it's not nearly as elf-like as this.

These white lashes appeared overnight for the poster and are caused by vitiligo. Both the top and bottom lashes in that section are white and sometimes they get white hairs in their eyebrow.

Polydactyl is a dominant trait, so it's very likely that kids will inherit it from their parents. Reddit user the_cozy_one says that while their Dad kept all 12 fingers, they had surgery as a kid to remove the extra digits.

They both still have 12 toes, though.

Piebaldism can also lead to pale patches of skin, but besides an increased chance of sunburn and related cancer risks, it has no health issues associated with it.

Coloboma is a hole in part of the eye that is there at birth, though it sometimes can appear in the first few months of life. Depending on what part of the eye has the hole, vision problems could occur.

I might have tried to downplay my hands out of self-consciousness, but she's happy to paint the other nails. Which is awesome.

Because Reddit is Reddit, commenters requested the googly eyes.

Besides the creases due to the joints, this person only has one line on their otherwise smooth palm.

According to them, their dad and grandfather have it too.

The perfect edge makes it extra noticeable. Possibly, it's caused by a specific type of speckled birthmark, which is what it was for a woman with a similar freckle mystery.

Luckily, they say that their eyesight is 20/20 and they can just enjoy the really beautiful, alien effect the scar has on their iris.

A "fimbriated fold of tongue" isn't anything to worry about. It's just some leftover tissue that stuck around after the tongue formed.

For most, it's just a small ridge or bumps. For a few, they look like tentacles and can even get stuck in your lower teeth.

As cool and weird as this is, it can be a sign of other issues. According to him, he's already developing degenerative joint disease in his knee and says that he's even had his shoulders dislocate in his sleep. Ouch!

Lack of one or both nipples can be a symptom of a number of genetic disorders related to development of the body.

I would argue that this is pretty neat and I'd be glad if my own ears had a proper point.

But then again, I am a giant nerd.

This is caused when the collagen fibers in the sclera are unusually thin and transparent, allowing the blue from the veins below to show through. It can be a marker for other genetic disorders.

Let's take a moment of silence for that poor mother who's going to have very sore nipples right off the bat. I wonder if teething in general is sped up when this happens.

This person was born without a thumb, so doctors surgically moved their index finger to allow them to grip things more naturally.

Their mother is half-Jamaican and their father is white. Because of their mom's mixed heritage, she carries the genes for both skin tones and each embryo happened to get one set.

This guy had no idea that he had two extra ribs up around his collarbone until he was rushed to the hospital with arm pain. It turned out that one of the extra ribs was pressing on the main artery to his arm and had caused a blockage.

Yeesh. That X-ray doesn't look like it belongs to a human. Definitely an alien.

I was born without wisdom teeth, which is cool, but also makes me feel a bit like I've missed a right of passage in never having to get them removed.

You may have heard of "Alexandria's Genesis," a genetic mutation that basically makes a person perfect and is marked by purple eyes. Sadly, it's a myth.

My favorite part of this confusion is that the mutation originates from a piece of '90s Daria fanfiction.

Not only did this person get extra fingers and toes, they got them in different forms. Having extra digits is called polydactyly. Have digits connected, as with this person's middle fingers, is known as syndactyly.

The lack of middle fingers is from a condition called amniotic band syndrome, and it has proven to be useful both for this party game, and in wrestling, where this person claimed the traditional handshake before the match could really throw an opponent off.

Which is one heck of a good party trick. There's double-jointed, and then there's hypermobile. This is downright mesmerizing.

It's a result of a condition called Holt-Oram syndrome, and he says he's undefeated in thumb wars so far. "No one can reach mine and I reach yours easily."

"My dad's index tip was cut off when he was 10, my index is shorter than my pinky," the uploader explained. Obviously you can't inherit a chopped-off finger, so this person was just born with an abnormality that happened to line up perfectly.

This person says that he's never had a nosebleed, and that hitting his schnoz on something doesn't hurt too badly. You do have to wonder what it's like to blow your nose without a bridge though, right?

And you know what that's good for — fewer wrinkles. Bet you thought I was going to say something else.

However, apparently there's at least some cartilage in there, so they're not completely floppy. But still, it tends to make for one loose shoe.