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6 fingers, 6 siblings…1 father? #karamoshow #dna #siblings

12 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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In this Karamo Show segment, host Karamo interviews two guests (Speaker B and Speaker C) about their experience with polydactyly, the condition of being born with an extra finger. Karamo cites a statistic from childrenshospital.org that the condition occurs in roughly 1 in 500–1,000 births, describing it as rare and often genetic. The conversation explores whether the shared trait suggests a familial link among the participants. Speaker B confirms having extra fingers on both hands that were removed at birth. Speaker C shares that both of her children have polydactyly—her son with a small nub and her daughter with fully formed extra fingers that required surgical removal. She recounts researching the condition, learning that the trait often originates from the paternal side, and reflects on using the physical sign to confirm parentage. The segment blends factual information, personal anecdotes, and speculation about inheritance, while also mentioning surgical correction of the extra digits.

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So just to let y'all know, so you've heard them talk about fingers. Each of you were born with a sixth finger, correct?
Yes.
And so according to childrenshospital.org, about 1 in every 500 to 1,000 babies are born with this condition. But it's very, very rare. It's like a genetic thing. So usually if you have that sixth finger, it kind of is a telltale sign. It doesn't always mean that, but the fact that you all have that sixth finger lets us know that this is something where you all could be related. Yeah. Right. And you were born with the sixth finger as well? Yes. Yeah, okay. I gotta ask 'cause I've never seen it. Well, how do you know the finger? Like I've never seen a— Oh, it's on the side. I'm sorry. Y'all don't act like none of y'all weren't curious. You was curious, right? Okay, thank you. Let me see. How you do?
The extra fingers. I had it on both. I had it on both hands. You see it right there. Got it. They take them off when they're born.
I have two children that have it. My son's was born like mine with just the nub. My daughter, which is my youngest, she was born with both and she actually had full fingers with nails. And so they had to surgically remove hers. Wow. When I had my son and I looked at his hands and I saw that and I said, okay, I know he's mine, right? Yeah. I wanted to do more research. I needed to know where it came from. And so from my research, I found out it came from the parental side, but primarily the male. And then when I had my daughter, I was just like, okay, this has gotta be from my family. Yeah. I just didn't know where.
Got it.