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Posted: 11 Oct 2003 12:41PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 3 Dec 2005 5:09AM GMT
I was wandering if someone can tell me why certain people get these unique birth marks? My son has one on his lower back & so does my newphew. Is it hereditary & if so, I would like to know all info. I can get. Thank You...

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collage student (View posts)
Posted: 8 Apr 2004 6:05PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 3 Dec 2005 5:10AM GMT
I will share the information that I know which is not much. The child sits on the palvic bone of the mother when he or she is still inside of her. This makes for pour circulation of blood and causes the dark blue spot known as "blue butt". The mark does go away within time and blood circluation to the aria does improve. In this case the trate is not genetic. If I am incorrect please let me know because I am also doing research on the subject. Thank You

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vanessa (View posts)
Posted: 21 Jun 2004 11:04PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 3 Dec 2005 5:10AM GMT
My son has the same mark and my brother . The doctor says it comes from hispanic and african american background. It is hereditory.

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dan da man (View posts)
Posted: 19 Aug 2004 4:59AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 3 Dec 2005 5:10AM GMT
My wife is Filipino and we have two kids between us. They both had a blue "bruise" under the skin from the lower back to the buttocks from the time they were born untill over a year old. This mark is very dominant, since I am not Oriental. It went away with time, a few months after taking the child off of the bottle and onto regular food. This is quite common in Oriental children. It is sometimes called a Mongolian birth mark. Alot of Oriental babies have it and years ago, before being properly educated on the subject, health care workers (in North America) during regular checkups would accuse the parents of child abuse because they thought the bruising was from excessive spanking. Some Oriental parents lost their kids for a time while the authorities investigated before realizing the marks were natural. Now, thank God, health care workers are better educated on the subject and are made aware of these marks. Still, whenever I had someone new to babysit our kids, we had to make them aware that these marks were natural and not abuse. We had to be cautious and reassure the babysitter they could check with the local health centre on this subject if they were unsure.

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Anonymous (View posts)
Posted: 2 Feb 2005 7:28AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 3 Dec 2005 5:11AM GMT
I know this reply is a year to late to this thread but I thought I would share my personal information with you. From reading the other replies, it seems that Mongolian birthmarks don't have a direct origin seeing how babies from African decent to Asian decent are getting them. It is very common among Middle East and Meditterranean decent as well. Myself being Armenian, I do have one on the upper part of my "butt cheek" and I have had it since I could remember. For the longest time I could't figure out why my "bruise" would never dissapear till I found out that it is a type of birth mark. My nephew has the same and when he was very young, his school teachers had to be informed that the "bruises" on his back were actually birthmarks and not abuse. And no they dont always go away.

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L.Callison (View posts)
Posted: 2 Feb 2005 8:53AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 3 Dec 2005 5:12AM GMT
Thanks for the reply. I recently had another baby & she has the mongolian spot also but is lighter than her half brother's. I was wondering if Italian people get it because I'm part Italian & wondering if that is where it comes from. Doctors, these days, are informed of the birthmark, thank goodness, but people look at me funny when I tell them of my kids unique mark. My daughter has a penny size, red raised mark on her forehead that I'm trying to find out more about.

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jerome (View posts)
Posted: 16 Feb 2005 5:46AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 3 Dec 2005 5:12AM GMT
Dear All,
I am also wondering what it could be, why to some people and not others ... with no better answer.
My girl friend who is asian has a birth mark. When I asked about this, she said that is a mark from the Han Dinasty and a descendant of Genghis Khan ... could it be another idea !?

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Cindy (View posts)
Posted: 10 Mar 2005 12:21AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 3 Dec 2005 5:12AM GMT
Hi, I too have a child with the mongolian mark on his rump. I do believe your girlfriend's comment regarding ancestry has alot of merit. I do genealogy and I mapped out where my ancestors were & during what time periods. Then I researched history. I have a good bit of Native American blood and the rest comes from Germany. Germany has been invaded at one time or another by every country in Europe and Asia.

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erika (View posts)
Posted: 12 Jul 2005 7:05PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 3 Dec 2005 5:12AM GMT
My sons also have these blue birthmarks. I am native american and their father is Filipino. I was toild by our pediatrician that these marks come from asian/ pacific islander cultures and usually fade by age 4.

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Mia (View posts)
Posted: 21 Dec 2005 9:21PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 22 Dec 2005 4:15PM GMT
Hello!

I am mexican and I was born with a mongolian birhtmark on my lower back as well as an oval shaped red bithmark right in the middle of my forehead.

My birhtmark on my lower back is barely visible now, it faded as I got older but if I pay close attention to that area I can still see it a bit.

As far as the birthmark on my forehead, my parents tell me that it was very noticeable when I was first born and for the fist few years of my life. Right now I can still see it but anyone who doesn't already know it's there can't really see it very much unless I am hot or angry. That's when it's really visible (I read on another thread of a lady who said that her husband who is mexican also had one and it was more visible when he was angry)

The story that I have relating to my ancestry is that the mongolians crossed the Barrin Strait to come to the America's wich is why Eskimos, Native Americans and Latin Americans such as those who are of Aztec, Mayan, or Incan descent also have it.

This is why almost my whole family has been born with this birthmark except for those who are very fair skinned. My background consists of Mexican Indian, Spanish, and African (I have read that about 90% of Africans also have this birthmark but I don't know the exact story behind it)

I have also read some posts where many people of Jewish descent had this birthmark which can add even more to why I had this since somehow my father's last name is traced back to being a Jewish last name.

It's so interesting how much more mixed we all are than how we see ourselves now.
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