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Many of us have a tendency to look at others and only see the things we’re jealous of. Wow, she has the most amazing hair! And his calves look like they were chiseled in stone. But it’s important to remember that everyone has some special features that make them unique. And you just might be the object of someone else’s envy!
Redditors have recently been revealing the ways in which they’ve won the genetic lottery, from having long, luscious eyelashes to being blessed with three kidneys. So enjoy scrolling through these replies about their rare traits, and be sure to upvote the ones you wish you had inherited as well!
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#1
I can see colors that others apparently cannot see.
This came to be known because I see the place in clothes where the weaving has changed threads and the dye lot is different. I notice where embroidered items use different shades of thread because they ran out of the first shade and most people don’t even notice.
I can tell in wallpaper, paint on the wall, even on cars or furniture. I can tell the colors of green in the sky caused by the tint in your side windows vs the pink from the front windshield tint, and they are different. It drives me nuts at times.
On those “color tests” online, what you see as “40” colors, I can see where they begin the gradations to slowly shift to the next color and fool you, so there are hundreds of colors there in the “test”.
But the bonus! I can also remember colors, so I can perfectly match paint colors to fabrics from memory, or buy a shirt to match a pair of slacks in exactly the right color without having them next to each other.
And since I am an artist, I can easily mix paints up to get exact color I’m after, no sweat.
Comes in handy.
Nimitz 6 months ago
Tetrachromacy. Normally the cones in your eyes can perceive shades of 3 colours, but people with a specific mutation can see 4 that allows them to perceive hundreds of millions of shades instead of millions of shades. It's located on the X chromosome and last I read there were only around 200 people known to have the mutation
The Majestic Opossum 6 months ago
That's so cool! Aren't bees like this too?
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Marnie 6 months ago
Fascinating! I worked with a guy whose friend could remember a color and match it without having it in front of them and that baffles my mind. I couldn't do it by looking at the one thing, then moving my head to the thing I'm trying to match. I'd have to hold them up and viewing them together side by side.
Gabby M 6 months ago
I worked with a color-blind printer lol he was perfect matching ink!!
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Jenny Barton 6 months ago
Mum, my brother and I can all colour match perfectly. Makes clothes shopping easy
Lady Eowyn 6 months ago
Seeing where dye lots or thread colors change is just normal to me. I remember colors.
Justbecause 6 months ago
My grandmother and I are like this but the men in our family are colour blind!
Tricia Neville 5 months ago
I didn't think memorising a colour was something unusual until my mother put up a ridiculous plastic seahorse on the bathroom wall. It came down, bringing a chunk of paint with it. I went home and scoured all the DIY shops until I found the shade I was after and bought a sample pot. I was lucky because they had recently stopped making it. It took a couple of coats and scumbling the edges. Now no one can see where it happened, but people are more amazed by how I could go home with the exact mental image of the required colour.
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#2
All the women in my family live past 100, going back at least 5 generations. We tell our first husbands that they're our FIRST husband's because, well.. it's understood that we'll carry on well after they're gone. No one had dementia at the end, either. Sharp as a track and built to last.
Don't listen to me 6 months ago
I remember this one as 'Sharp as a tack'.
Load More Replies... Mim Sto 6 months ago
That's nice but you cannot rely on other people's genetic because your own genes could be from your other side. You could be the first exception. Plus different lifestyles can lead to different health issues. Don't be too cocky because of it ignoring your health because of "good genes"
Mark Kelly 5 months ago
My grandmother is 104 and doesn't have dementia and can still hear and see pretty well
#3
I am a homozygous carrier of the CCR5 Delta32 mutation.
I lack the receptors that HIV uses to infect people, so I am VERY HIGHLY resistant, possibly even immune.
It's a mutation you see in people with Northern European ancestry. I get one mutation from each of my parents. I AM THRILLED to have it because from what I can gather (and I am not a scientist) that gene is the key to stopping HIV and AIDS. I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area so the AIDS epidemic was a huge deal here.
So, scientists, if you need blood, bone marrow or WHATEVER for studies or who knows what, I'm O-, CMV-, and have the CCR5 Delta32 mutation.
I would be THRILLED to be involved in anything that helps save lives.
Lupita Nyong'heaux 6 months ago
a longtime friend and coworker of mine is like that with COVID. after contracting COVID (without even knowing it), he now has "super anti-bodies" that make it impossible for him to contract it. scientists are studying him and his blood in the search for potential treatments for the virus. google john hollis. it's truly a fascinating story!
CatD 6 months ago
My Mom and I are immune to chicken pox, been exposed and never got it. My husband got a bad case in his 20s, my daughter got it, but my son got only a few and went away in 2 days. We've never had COVID either, though we got the vaccine and mask up.
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Mother of Giants 6 months ago
Good for OP! Willing to help advance research in any way can with his unique genes.
Nika Strokappe 6 months ago
This mutation does make you more susceptible to some other diseases though (west Nile) it is a trade off
Big Chungus 6 months ago
I am o- blood and try to donate if my veins don't screw me over, I would love to learn if I have more blood traits that can help even more
Catlady6000 6 months ago
I wouldn't. He's immune to HIV/AIDS, unless this mutation affects other STIs the same way. Real question, can he still be a carrier of the disease? Kinda like my relative carries strep, but never gets sick with it?
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#4
I have very dense bones...?
I found that out when I had to have a hip replacement. When my doctor told me I have above-average density to my bones I said, "OH! So I really AM big-boned!"
He turned and looked at me and flatly said, "Yes, but you're fat, too."
He couldn't let me have that for just five seconds.... LMAO.
Grudge-holding Treefrog 6 months ago
My family is like this. My dad tore his bicep, and according to the surgeon, he has oddly massive bones
Krd 6 months ago
I've never been diagnosed with high bone density, but considering everything I have been through, and have not broken a single bone lends credence to the fact I probably have dense bones. I loved milk my entire life, so I assumed the surplus calcium during growing up helped.
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Billo66 6 months ago
I'm 5'11" 220 pounds and my Doctor said I was obese. Am I? I don't look or feel overweight. Oh well. Probably just wanted to slip that extra fee in there for obesity training. He was a hand Dr.
June 6 months ago
Technically, you are (imc ~30) but if you're jacked the maths don't work x)
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#5
3 fully functional kidneys.
rorscachsraven:
I was born with only 1 so you must have had my spare 😂😂
urbeinghunted 25 6 months ago
good question! maybe one kidney was a twin?
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Bruce Mardle 6 months ago
My right kidney is "a duplex": basically 2 kidneys smushed together, with a separate ureter coming out of each. Sadly, the lower "pole" no longer works. It was blocked by a stone, which didn't cause any pain. Only found out about it while they were doing a liver ultrasound 🤷♀️
urbeinghunted 25 6 months ago
That's a decision, not an obligation, since it's their body part after all
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I’m Black and Japanese. I’m 48 but look like I’m in my 30s. I moved away from my home town, but everytime I run into someone I went to high school with, I can feel their eyes on me and I legit get a little guilty.
My dad is 72 and looks barely 50. We both are still pretty athletic and active.
I tell people that between my two races, I’m gonna look like I’m 34 until I’m 62, and then suddenly overnight I’m gonna look 105.
Nimitz 6 months ago
Interestingly enough, recent studies have shown people visibly age the most at the ages of 44 and 60.
Sue User 6 months ago
Can confirm. Before 60, always mistaken for being younger. Turned 60 and bam! Old h*g.
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Huddo's sister 6 months ago
Both my parents look at least ten years younger than they are, as do I. I'm in my mid 30s and still get asked for ID and some people think I'm a teenager (some of that is because I'm so short though).
Wild Cream 6 months ago
Same, I’m 32 and a 22 year old guy recently asked me out because he thought I was 23-24 😅 (I’m not short at all but I have lucky skin genes)
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Dorothy Reiser 6 months ago
Yup, I'm half Japanese, and I was carded far into my 30s. Watch it, though, menopause aged me pretty quickly.
#7
I can draw near photographic portraits of people with a pencil. I didn’t know until I was a teenager, and it was a school assignment, and I just, did a great job, and was shocked, I had no idea I could do that.
Then I went to show my grandma how proud I was, looked at the art on her walls, and realized I inherited it.
Lulu Waters 6 months ago
That’s why we have classes like art, music, drama…it’s where we start to discover ourselves. That’s why they’re important!
CatD 6 months ago
Republican politicians don't care about any of that though. They're cutting it out of schools as much as possible.
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 6 months ago
I wish I could draw people well from photos. I can draw really well other things from photos but not people. I don't think my grandma could either, or maybe she just wasn't interested in it. I do get my artistic interest and some talent from her, but I am also too lazy to put effort into oil painting they way she did. I wish I spent more time learning about pastel painting from her too. She was so amazing, but so were her sister, mother, aunt and probably more. I am really happy I was able to receive a few of her paintings as well as a couple of the other artists in the family.
#8
I have NO leg hair. Or arm hair. Literally NONE. I haven't had to shave in 26 years.
Feels nice sometimes, ngl.
Ipetmykitteh 6 months ago
I’m of Irish descent and I don’t grow armpit hair. Never did and at 50 I feel comfortable saying never will.
Marnie 6 months ago
That would be weird not having arm hair. It must feel like being partially numb, as hairs are sensory apparatus. I remember the first time I shaved my leg hairs when I was about 12 or 13. I afterwards went outside to swing on the swingset. And my legs felt numb, because I wasn't getting the sensation of the hairs blown by the wind creating by swinging. I just remember thinking it sucked and everything was going to be worse in the world from there on out, since I had to be "pretty".
Anna Drever 6 months ago (edited)
I don’t have none but almost none. In my younger days I could just pluck the odd hairs off my legs. I had electrolysis done in the 80’s on my underarms to get rid of what little I had. The downside is the hair on my head is very fine and not bountiful. And I have even less than I did after menopause which sucketh mightily. So swings and roundabouts. 🤷🏻♀️
The Majestic Opossum 6 months ago
Me too! I have a bit more arm hair but only a couple hairs on my legs (my mom is Norwegian and German) but I also have very fine hair on my head...
Pat Fisher 6 months ago
I have very sparse hair. I haven’t shaved my legs or armpits in more than 10 years. Maternal grandmother to me.
Riley Quinn 6 months ago
I'm mostly of Celtic ancestory, usually hairy people, but I have no leg or arm hair.
Wild Cream 6 months ago
I’m European descent and light blonde, so my arm and leg hair just doesn’t show up unless you look real close 😂
#9
My teeth are perfectly straight. No one believes that I never had braces. I’ve also never had a cavity or any other dental work.
Karen Bryan 6 months ago
None of my six brothers and sisters has had one bit of orthodontia. Lots of dental work, but no braces.
Dragon Ashes 6 months ago
My dad and my daughter have perfectly straight teeth. Only ones in the family.
Julie Patel 2 months ago
Lucky! I only have had one cavity in my life and I had to because I love sweets and I hate it. I had to have braces and still have to have them and a palette expander because I didn't wear my clear retainer and I hate it. I have my grandmother's teeth but since I sucked my thumb at 13 due to anxiety, I had to pay the price. It sucks.
Bloobee bloobee bloo bloo bloo 6 months ago
I also have perfectly straight teeth. My childhood dentist always remarked on my teeth compared to my siblings
Magna Linnevers 6 months ago
My teeth are perfectly straight too. When I had my wisdom teeth removed, all 4 of them grew in with a single “tap root” so my dentist only had to give them a light tap and they practically fell out. Took longer for the Novocain to take effect than it did to get the teeth out. Most people’s wisdom teeth grow in with multiple roots, often crooked so I was lucky.
#10
I have some pretty s****y genes but I have double eyelashes which is so pretty and I've passed it to my kids (my son's look like they have eyelash extensions!)
I also have natural ginger hair and blue eyes which is the rarest combination and that feel pretty special.
Big Chungus 6 months ago
My son won the genetic lottery with his lashes, they are about almost an inch long
Sue User 6 months ago
Mine are long and sometimes they leaves little streaks on my glasses if i am hot enough.
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Callie Ge 6 months ago
Ginger with green eyes is the rarest . Reds with blue eyes, 0.17%. Reds with green eyes 0.04% I’m a ginger with jade green eyes.
Not-a-Clue (she/her) 6 months ago
I was naturally blonde (before it went grey) with green eyes. My son ginger, but got the blue eyes.
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Niamh_ie 6 months ago
Red hair is a recessive gene and to a certain degree so is blue eyes. Neither parent had red hair but both granny's did.
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Hazel Sharratt 2 months ago
When my daughter started high school (age 11, UK) the teachers would constantly tell her to go to the toilets and 'scrub off that mascara' because her lashes were long, thick and much darker than her head hair. After the first moth or so, they all realised that her long lashes were natural and stopped hassling her. But if there was ever a new/substitute teacher, then she would be asked to 'clean her make up off' I'm the opposite. I have almost invisible lashes that are much lighter than my natural hair.
#11
I don't get hangovers. I get drunk as ANY Irishman, but the next day, I'm fine. I also have stupid good vitals for a fat dude. No excess cholesterol, not pre diabetic, good heart and blood pressure, but I look like Hagrid. *shrug*.
northernsoulgw 6 months ago
How old are you, being fat and heaving drinking WILL cause problems, just a matter of time.
Je L 6 months ago (edited)
I'm 40 and I've also never had a hangover, I could carry on drinking the next day if I wanted to. When I was in uni I used to pretend to have one just to fit in
KatSaidWhat 3 months ago
Ok, take it from me, they're coming. 51F who never had hangovers until I was in my 40s.
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Kevin McGarry 3 months ago
My Dad, from Ireland, always said he was "blessed" with never getting a hangover:)
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Sanni Lindberg 6 months ago
How long? I’m 36 and I’ve never had a hangover.
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Mike Beck 6 months ago
Never thought about that. I also cannot get a hangover. First time I drank much, they snuck extra to me. They spent the night making sure I didn't drown apparently. Next morning, everybody is talking extra loud for some reason, asking if I was hungry (YES!!), how I was feeling (fine..??), etc. Took me a minute to realize they were trying to pick on me with a hangover. Sorry, don't have one! Later, I went on to drink stupid amounts of alcohol for a few years (BAC had to be 2.0 or higher all the time) and never a hangover.
Dorothy Reiser 6 months ago
I'm the total opposite. I can't tolerate alcohol, get sick on a sip, and have a terrible hangover the next day.
KatSaidWhat 3 months ago
I have an experiment for you... mix champagne and whiskey (not in the same glass, duh) and then come back to us. Not just one glass of each, mind.
Donna Mixon 5 months ago
Same. Despite years of heavy drinking, I have never had a hangover. Nor did I have trouble quitting cold turkey.
Peter Aagaard Jensen 6 months ago
I’ve heard that once or twice before. Come and drink with us, and we’ll teach you hangover
#12
Everyone in my immediate family is very intelligent.
All outshined by my little brother though. He's one of those weird super genius kids. Taught himself to read and write at about 2 years old and now he does programming and 3D modelling at 11.
I'm nearly 26 and he's about as good at maths as me now. Who knows how far he'll go.
CatD 6 months ago
We have this in our family, but the flip side of the coin is Asperger's Syndrome. My son graduated at 18 with a major in computer science and math with a minor in physics, but he needed an aide to get through the classes. He'll never be able to live alone because he can't keep track of things.
#13
I’m white but I have inherited the gene that causes dry ear wax and non smelly sweat. This genotype is more common in East Asia and quite rare in Europe. I am ethnically Finnish so I wonder if it’s some distant Siberian ancestor influence.
Nimitz 6 months ago
There's one specific gene that codes for if your ear wax is watery and your BO oniony, or dry wax and little smell. Like the blurb says, most Asian people have the latter, and most everyone else has the former. That being said, if a person has poor hygiene, the bacteria on their skin will eventually make them stink
Krd 6 months ago
Technically it's the excrement of bacteria that makes the bad smell. The more you know!
Load More Replies... Ghostshaper 6 months ago
The BO and earwax genes happen to be close to each other on the same chromosome, so they're rarely split up. If you have dry ear wax, no BO
Lupita Nyong'heaux 6 months ago
my sister has dry wax in one ear and regular wax in the other. i wonder what that means. lol
Riley Quinn 6 months ago
I just mentioned earlier that my ancestors are mainly Celtic, but I have dry ear wax and I don't stink, even after long hours of manual labor. Trust me, someone in my circle would've mentioned it at some point if I stunk.
#14
I have tetrachromacy. It's rare in women and incredibly rare in men, especially to this degree. It means I have a fourth colour cone, allowing me to see colours outside the usual spectrum (normal is 1 million, I see upwards of 100 million).
Describing and categorising colour is hard, so over the years, I've named them by the feelings I associate with them for whenever people ask me. They seem to understand a lot better when I tell them the feelings associated, almost like they can see it without seeing it.
Tips of wet grass blades when the sun rises, mineral-rich rocks underneath a light stream, retroreflective animal eyes, my budgie's wet glistening feathers; all have a unique colour and I've tried my very best to categorise them!
While I count myself very lucky, it can be quite isolating. I've met one other person who sees like me via a study years ago, but we went our separate ways. Almost nobody sees the world as I do, and it sucks sometimes. At least I can describe it somewhat through feelings, though!
Joanne Mendonza-Earle 6 months ago
I just took an online test for that and scored -0-, which apparently is a perfect score for that test. Said the lower the score the better.
KatSaidWhat 3 months ago
Ok, now I know how the guy who commented this on a different post knew...
Bruce Mardle 6 months ago
I didn't know there were any men with tetrachromacy. How would that occur?
Debby Keir 6 months ago
*Tetrachromacy, the ability to see four types of cones instead of the standard three, is a rare genetic phenomenon. While it's possible for men to be tetrachromatic, it's less likely than in women due to the location of the color vision gene on the X chromosome. Men only have one X chromosome, while women have two, increasing the chance of inheriting an altered copy of the gene. *
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#15
My immune system kicks butt.
I am a kindergarten teacher. Kindies are renowned for being adorable and efficient little vectors of all kinds of disgusting contagion.
In the past 11 years I have taken only ONE sick day because I was actually sick.
Riley Quinn 6 months ago
I've always joked how science should capture my immune system in a bottle to replicate for others. I can count on my hands, with fingers remaining, the number of times I've been sick in the last 70 years.
Hoban Michelle 6 months ago
My mom too! She taught kindergarten and prekindergarten and never took a sick day.
#16
Don’t have any reaction to mosquito bites.
Probably never going bald.
lwolf1952 3 months ago
Thank you for using the proper word, envious. You are a rarity.
Load More Replies... Bart Crunk 6 months ago
Mosquitoes never bite me where I live, even while other people are bitten. I’ve been to a couple places where they did bite me, but more often than not, they ignore me. Probably a pheromone thing.
TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 6 months ago
i have the exact opposite effect. the mosquitoes seem to want to party around me and always bite me, even when i put on mosquito spray
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Bi.Felicia 6 months ago
I wish I didn't have any reaction to mosquito bites. I tend to have an extreme reaction, with every bite becoming a large red/itchy welt. I actually think I might be slightly allergic or sensitive to mosquito bites.
Feathered Dinosaur 6 months ago
Me too. It's called Skeeter syndrome (the pun was intended I guess)
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HeavyMetalHeart 6 months ago
Same re the bites. Insects rarely bite me and even if they do, I barely notice.
Bogdan C 6 months ago
I'm the opposite... Especially with fleas! If I walk through the grass for 2 minutes, and there's a flea in the grass, then it comes home with me!!! Drives me crazy, at night, when they bite........ I often get bit between my toes or on my armpits. You've never known itchy until that happens!!!
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Philly Bob 6 months ago
Bugs hate me. Never been bitten by a mosquito, a tick, never had lice. They just don't come near me.
HighNMightyBigshotBossOfWorld 6 months ago
Same here, I only notice them when my friends insist we have to leave bc they are being bitten a lot. Lucky!
HighNMightyBigshotBossOfWorld 6 months ago
Ditto here, my friends will say we have to go bc mosquitoes are eating them up, i on the other hand only become aware of them when they say this. Lucky Lucky me!
Pedro Pacheco 2 months ago
Same here, but massive receding hairline...well I'm 59. No body odour either :)
KatSaidWhat 3 months ago
Yeahhhh... my father was too until he got cerebral malaria and nearly died. Don't get bitten by the wrong mosquito.
#17
Excellent sleep.
Everyone in my family has this.
Usually falling asleep does take less than 5 min and we can all fall asleep basically wherever/whenever we want to (and easily get up).
Huddo's sister 6 months ago
Even with d***s this is a mere dream (pun intended) for me. Take after my dad with this unfortunately. I had one med that worked for a few years but then my body got used to it.
June 6 months ago
Fun fact : a GP told me to get assessed for ADHD after I came for bad insomnia. My presentation of ADHD is far from typical (I'm also autistic), so I was a bit surprised with the diagnosis 😆 Anyway, ADHD medication fixed my insomnia 🤯
Load More Replies... HighNMightyBigshotBossOfWorld 6 months ago
I only sleep 4 hours a night, no matter what time I fall asleep I wake up exactly 4 hours later fully awake, no naps needed.
Je L 6 months ago
This is my partner but he will go from talking to snoring in less than a minute, he's slept in all positions, including standing up and I don't think there's a limit to how much he could sleep, he would make it 23 hours if he could. I struggle with insomnia so ....
CatD 6 months ago (edited)
My husband is like that, but he has narcolepsy. Maybe you should get your partner checked out.
Load More Replies... Lupita Nyong'heaux 6 months ago
i had an ex back in the '80s like that. 3-5 minutes after closing his eyes, he was snoring. and considering this was back in c*****e's heyday, it really was quite impressive. LOL
Roshan Kassan 2 months ago
I get about 4-5 hours and am usually in a good mood. Gimme 8 hours and i feel drugged
Lena Flising 4 months ago
My husband usually falls asleep as he puts his head on the pillow. For me it can take hours to fall asleep. He can snore, sit up, take a sip of water, lay down and snore again. Not jealous at all, nope…
Bella Sennei 5 months ago
I'd really, seriously want to have this superpower, too. Pretty please? 🥺
#18
All of my mom's siblings lived into their late 90's and beyond. Unfortunately my mom, who was the baby, got Parkinson's and we lost her at 65. But so far I and all my siblings are still here and not doing half bad for being 76, 73, 71 and 69. We are not overweight and still have all our mental faculties. We are also pretty short on wrinkles and we are all still active and doing things. My husband and I are even building a house from the ground up by ourselves. He's 73.
joann fielding 6 months ago
I lost that lottery. My Dad died at 44, and Mom at 49. I've beat them both. 🤞
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I’m thin without making any effort. Have been this way my whole life. I’m 50 now and I still wear the same size I did in my 20s.
LillieMean 6 months ago
But if you don't exercise and eat healthily, you may not be healthy even if you are slim. We call these people skinnyfat and with a bad diet you can have fat in your abdominal cavity (that's the worst area) and you are unknowingly prone to e.g. fatty liver and strain your heart health.
Wild Cream 6 months ago
100%! I’m skinny fat haha. I look slender but I’ve lost a lot of muscle and I’m incredibly squishy. My body fat ratio is quite high. You should see my legs jiggle when I walk - I’m 5’10” and 140lbs and it’s all fat 😂
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keyboardtek 6 months ago
I am thin but it is not all good. Thin people have poor food absorption and we have very frequent bowel movements. Often we have more food sensitivities and intolerances to food like lactose intolerance.
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 6 months ago
I’m the same, always been very skinny. Unfortunately, skinny ≠ healthy and I am very out of shape and have bad eating habits.
Lupita Nyong'heaux 6 months ago
i'd say hedge that bet until you hit your 60s. i was the same way. wore a size 5 from 16 to 64 with no effort, ate what i wanted, didn't exercise, the whole nine yards. then i turned 65 and BOOM! gained 13 pounds in a couple of months with absolutely no change in habits. i'm trippin tryna figure out what to do! LMAO
SKaye 6 months ago
This was me until I hit 40. Had a surprise pregnancy and suddenly, keeping slim became a huge effort. Never having had to diet or watch my calories before, even after having my other children, I was shocked. No fun at all, but at least I developed empathy for those who have trouble with their weight!
TruthoftheHeart 6 months ago
Yeah I've been stuck at exactly 95 to 105 lb since high school and I'm coming up on my mid-30s. Not always fun though to be skinny FYI
#20
My hair is extremely thick and somehow stays healthy no matter how much u dye it and it grows pretty fast too.
belleandbent:
Us too. Thick and luxurious. My mom is 72 with long, thick, black hair. Maybe a few grays here and there.
Anna Drever 6 months ago
I’m early sixties and what hair I had is even finer and less of since menopause. I used to think that when my hair went grey it would be coarser like a lot of peoples hair seems to be, but nope. Any grey I have, and I may only have a fraction of 1 percent (you don’t see my greys until I pull my hair up and off my face) is as thin if not thinner. 😬
CatD 6 months ago
Mine started to go silver early, it's kind of half and half at 63, but still thick. My mom's was completely silver and thick by 70.
Load More Replies... Wild Cream 6 months ago (edited)
A lot of people don’t know the difference between thick/thin hair or fine/coarse hair. I have thick hair (meaning lots of individual hair strands, my head is a thick a*s forest) but it’s also very fine (meaning the strands are baby-soft and thin). It means my hair is thick and I have tons of it, but it’s super soft. If you have thick hair and your hair strands are also thick, you have “thick and coarse” hair (more like a horse’s tail than a human baby’s hair - I don’t mean this offensively at all, it’s literally how I was taught to think of it in hair school). If your individual hair strands are very thin and you also don’t have as many hairs on your head, it’s “thin and fine.” So many people have told me I have “thin hair” because my hair strands are so fine, but you can barely find my scalp because it’s so thick haha, and I have to take extreme protective measures to prevent damage and tearing to my lil baby hairs haha. Braids and silk caps while I sleep, deep conditioning treatments and very regular trims, avoid heat, don’t look at it funny, don’t tell it any bad news, etc. Thick fine hair is like a thick forest made of glass. The opposite, coarse thin hair, is like a valley with oak trees. Thick coarse hair is like an enchanted forest.
Catlady6000 6 months ago
This is my daughter 's hair too. It won't hold a curl either. The only time we bothered with a perm, it was back to straight 4 hours later
CatD 6 months ago
The one time I tried a perm, I looked like a wild woman. Never again.
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Wendy Miller 6 months ago
Mine is coarse and thick and grows quickly, too. I'm in menopause and no thinning, though that is something that does happen in my family. Hopefully not something I have to deal with. I also hope I get the beautiful white hair of my Mom and Grandma. Neither has (had) that white/yellow mix.
Donna Mixon 5 months ago
Same. Right through menopause. I keep it cut VERY short because it is too hot. Even in winter.
Jenn Olges 5 months ago
53 here. long dark brown hair with one exception - a white streak from my right temple down that just started a couple years ago. No, it's not from any "life changes" - that was a LONG time ago. Catch is - I work in education, so on Halloween I now go as Anna from Frozen!
Riley Quinn 6 months ago
My individual hairs are thin, but lots of them. Anyone who's have worked on my hair comments on how much hair I have.
urbeinghunted 25 6 months ago
don't be - mine's super thick and washing it is a bloody nightmare!
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I write songs and can learn to play almost any instrument pretty quickly. And it’s mainly me and my dad. Musicality is off the charts for both of us.
Nova yt 6 months ago
My dad too, couldn't read music but could hear a song and be able to pick up an instrument and play most anything by ear.
TwiggyTheTree 3 months ago
I can think up a song right off the bat. Music, lyrics, the whole thing. I'm talking tune, buildup, verse, chorus, all of it. I also play bas, drums, keyboard and I sing ^^ I like my musical superpower ^^
#22
I was born in America with a disability that counts as *just* debilitating enough to qualify for great government funded health insurance, but isn't so debilitating I'm constantly suffering.
That's winning the genetic lottery in America.
Riley Quinn 6 months ago
Since the House just past Rump's Big Beautiful Bill that will make drastic cuts to federal health coverage and SNAP, we best hope the Senate tells them where to stick it.
Sue User 6 months ago
I have a disability. So bad that some days taking a shower wipes me out. But thank god for wfh, because i couldnt do the four years it took my brother to get disability. Also, i would have to cash in my retirement and divest of all assets except house, one car and $2000 in cash.
CatD 6 months ago
I was "lucky" that I hurt myself at work and not at home. I was able to get workman's comp, then disability after my second failed back surgery. My check went to house payments and we have homestead, so no taxes because I'm disabled.
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I have shite genetics, but my eyes are so blue that people ask if I’m wearing colored contacts a lot. I’ll take that for a win!
JenniB 6 months ago
Me too! The other day with my teenage son at the grocery store, my sunglasses were hanging on my shirt. A lady that works there said "I like your lenses". I touched my sunglasses and told her they were a cheap pair but thanks. She said "no, I meant your contact lenses". My son said "those are her eyes!" I have light skin but quite dark hair, for some reason people find it hard to believe blue eyes can be natural with anything but blonde/light hair...
Ursula S. 6 months ago
Saw a lot of blue eyes & dark hair in Ireland. Beautiful
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Cerridwn d'Wyse 6 months ago
My grandfather had the palest blue eyes. They were gorgeous. No one inherited them
Donna Mixon 5 months ago
My eyes change between and bright blue to an emerald green. Kinda like mood eyes.
#24
My period is so regular I know exactly when it's coming. It only lasts 3 days. No cramping ever and not an overly heavy flow. I might be the only person in the world to say "I like getting my period" .
Lady Eowyn 6 months ago
I hate you. I had wildly irregular, very heavy, painful periods. I was on birth control pills continuous for decades. I was thrilled to hit menopause, even with the "so hot I stick my head in the freezer" episodes.
Joanne Mendonza-Earle 6 months ago
I was 57 and showing no signs of menopause so I demanded a hysterectomy. Best decision ever.
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Big Chungus 6 months ago
Mine used to be pretty regular and easy to predict, but quite heavy. Thanks to bc, I have none now
Lilly Pomar 5 months ago
I had the same and then perimenopause hit. It's awful never knowing if you'll wake up leaking like a barrel with a hole and how long it will last.
Catharina Geerts 6 months ago
I never had cramps or pain from it, but my periods were very intense and lasted at 4-5 days. I often worried that maybe I was losing too much blood. They were also irregular, so I used birth control pills almost until my menopause
WA2DK 6 months ago
Mine was like that too....... until I turned 34 then, out of the blue, it lasted 25-27 days a month, and the bleeding was INSANE (I've worn both a tampon AND pad, and bled through both in less than an hour, forcing me to go to the store and buy new pants and underwear for the trip home 😬). I hope you don't suffer the same faith 😉
Dorothy Reiser 6 months ago
My mom had that too, but probably from malnutrition since she lived through WWII in Japan.
Sally-Ann 6 months ago
I was irregular. Months irregular. 18 months one time. On the odd occasion I did get periods, they never lasted more than 3 days and rarely heavy. I was so irrregular it took me 3 years to realise menopause had hit and even then it took another 4 years before I got a hot flush.
Anna Drever 6 months ago
Was regular until menopause but still lasted approx 5 days. Wasn’t as bad as most have it. My halfway cramps were worse but that made it easy to know when was a good time for making babies. So a win I guess. 🙂
CatD 6 months ago
I knew I was finally in labor with my son because it felt like period cramps.
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I have Gilbert’s syndrome, my liver doesn’t process a certain waste product as quickly as it should (bilirubin is always a little high). That sounds bad, but apparently it’s a strong antioxidant, so having extra bilirubin around all the time apparently gives me extra protection against many cancers and heart disease.
#26
My hair is almost all still brown in my 70s.
g-a-r-n-e-t:
My grandpa on my dad’s side still had a full head of shoe-polish black hair in his 90s. He had only just started going salt and pepper when he died at 96.
This would be a GREAT genetic lottery win except for the part where he’s not my biological grandpa. I took after my mom’s side and started greying at 17. My poor dad went full Picard at the ripe old age of 21.
Catlady6000 6 months ago
My Mom died last year. For some reason, all I could think was she has half as much grey hair as I do. And it's twice as thick. She was so beautiful right up until the last
Lady Eowyn 6 months ago
My mom told me her hair started going grey when she was in her teens. My dad's hair was jet black until his death at age 80. At 70, my hair is still mostly brown. But I don't care about the grey, it's fine by me.
Debby Keir 6 months ago
I've had white hair since my late 30's. One of my daughters had a few gray hairs in her teens.
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zerofoxgiven 2 months ago (edited)
Meanwhile my hair started going gray when I was 22... 29 now, naturally dark brown hair, now with streaks of gray. Really hated it in the beginning, but decided not to cover it up, since it's very unique. And people still think I'm a lot younger than my age, I get ID-ed every time, and legal drinking age is 18, soooo... flattering, I guess?
Bloobee bloobee bloo bloo bloo 6 months ago
My dad died when he was 71 and with the exception of a few random stands of gray his hair was as dark as it was in his youth. At 47 I’m starting to think I may be blessed with that also. As my 50 year old sister is showing a lot of gray
Fagira Morti 6 months ago (edited)
Same here. I'm 51 and I have no gray hair. My mother is 75 and she has almost none gray hair. Also, my vision on close range is 125%, so no reading glasses.
Lupita Nyong'heaux 6 months ago
i went to school with a guy who went salt and pepper in 7th grade. he's 67 now and still salt and pepper, so i guess it worked out. lol
Riley Quinn 6 months ago
Nearly 70yo and very little grey. Shame since I could care less and others would k**l for such little grey.
#27
The most basic kind of a genetic lottery win— it’s unfortunate that this is still considered a win in 2025 but I was privileged to be born to well educated, upper middle class, white, atheist, happily married parents as a planned baby and to have turned out conventionally attractive, intelligent and creative. For most of my life I was also slender with an hourglass figure. I still have an hourglass figure but have put on weight due to age & medication in my old age. My parents were also financially savvy and started savings and credit accounts for myself and my brother when we were children so we’d have a positive head start in those areas. We were also well traveled children and exposed to the arts from a young age. I am acutely aware that my privileged upbringing contributed a lot to the success I enjoy in life today.
Pretty Pink Sky Photography 6 months ago
I really admire that you recognize the blessings in your life. It’s refreshing to hear from someone who appreciates what they have without a sense of entitlement. My hat’s off to you.
Megalodon Meg 6 months ago
More people should realize that having privilege doesn't automatically make you an a*****e. Refusing to acknowledge your privilege while treating less fortunate people like s**t because they aren't privilege is what makes you an a*****e.
nottheactualphoto 6 months ago
I consider myself to be reasonably well educated, but I wasn't born that way.
June 6 months ago
Cognitive dissonance big time, I view myself as privileged to be born to well educated, lower middle class, white, atheist, with divorced parents and as a planned baby (that's what they say, but I've got trust issues) and to have turned out intelligent and creative despite all the abuse. I feel like "privileged" is an understatement here.
Donna Mixon 5 months ago
Why is being atheist considered a blessing over being born to faithful Christian parents?
Hazel Sharratt 2 months ago
Because strictly Christian religious parents tend to be controlling and a*****e. Not all Christians are a*****e of course, I'm talking about the strict misogynistic ones. The type that think women belong in the kitchen, the type that think the husband is the 'leader' of the family. Atheists tend to be kinder, have more empathy and be less judgemental.
Load More Replies... Bloobee bloobee bloo bloo bloo 6 months ago
I don’t see how this fits the topic. Being born in a wealthy white family has nothing to do with genetics other than your skin color
Ruth Meszaros 6 months ago
You sound like one of my children, except for the hourglass figurre part. We parents have tried to give our kids exactly that sort of start in life, and they are both doing very well.
CatD 6 months ago (edited)
I still have an hourglass figure, it's just more padded. Always had 10 inches difference between top, waist and hips. Was 40-27-37 from 13 to 22 when I got pregnant. Now it's 52-40-50.😹
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I can be well-rested with only 4-5 hours of sleep every night and I can stay up for 48 hours straight (rare instances) if needed with no noticeable cognitive impairment.
Nay Wilson 6 months ago
I wish I could do that. I have Chronic Fatigue syndrome and need 14 hours of sleep a day just to function for the few hours I’m awake
SnackbarKaat 6 months ago (edited)
I feel you, got it too. What a dream to be able to sleep little and have energy
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Yep! Me too. Not staying up for 48 hours though, unless I’m out dancing, I think. No matter what time I fall asleep, I wake up exactly 4 hours later, fully awake.
SouthernGal 6 months ago
I’ll bet OP is young. I used to be like that. Middle age changed all of that.
AsylumWalker 6 months ago
Not necessarily. There are people who stay like that all the way through life
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Jealous, with my wonderful autoimmune diseases, I am a walking corpse most days
Bloobee bloobee bloo bloo bloo 6 months ago
I’m the same way and I actually hate it. I always tell people I sleep in naps. My work/sleep schedule is to blame tho. I miss having 8 hours of sleep at a time
#29
I’m one of 7 children in my family. There is no record of anyone on either parent’s side having cancer. My paternal grandmother loved to be 101. My dad is 92 and still rides a motorcycle and flies drones. Blessed with great health.
Hazel Sharratt 2 months ago
I'm sadly the opposite. Both my grandparents died of cancer, my little brother and sister, both brain cancer, my beautiful son, gastric cancer. My mum cancer, my uncle cancer, cousin cancer. Doctor told me it's likely that I will also get cancer at some point. On my mums side we have Neurofibromatosis which makes cancer more likely. But my grandparents who died of cancer were on my dads side. So probably rip me in the next few years.
urbeinghunted 25 6 months ago
grandmother "loved to be 101". i'd also love to live to 101 but at that age, i think things start to become a little monotonous
#30
My taste and texture sensitivity means I can taste minute differences in ingredients and seasonings. I can tell which water has a higher PH if you places two glasses of iced water in front of me.
It’s not a cool skill, but maybe I could have been a poison tester or something. Idk.
Bubs (he/they) 6 months ago
but hey, at least you'll secure the job for the rest of your life!
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OneHappyPuppy 6 months ago
Dad? No, seriously, my dad is like this. Two grains of salt less, two grains of pepper more and he'll tell mom she changed the recipe again. And she'll flip out on him
Not-a-Clue (she/her) 6 months ago
I'm the same. My husband (who does the cooking) is frequently infuriated!
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They had a cooking show where you had to taste the food and recreate it. This person would of probably been aces at it.
Not-a-Clue (she/her) 6 months ago
Not necessarily. I'd know something's changed, but can't always identify what. I often ask my husband "what's different?" when he's cooked.
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My husband can smell the difference between regular soda and diet soda.
#31
Huge bladder (or just dull stretch receptors). Road trip champion!
thesquishsquash:
Eyyy same here! My parents dubbed me “bladder of steel” as a kid because I wouldn’t need to use the bathroom on long flights 💀
KatSaidWhat 3 months ago
I will try and drain every last drop before boarding a plane so as to not use the loos and am then good for another 8 hours or so.
Giulio Verdekiwi 5 months ago
Bad news: that is bad for your body. I lived up to 40 going to toilet only twice a day, one in the morning, one before going to bed. After 40 the entire system collapsed, and now I need to run for pee every 1-2h
Anna Drever 6 months ago
When I was young my sisters, mother and I had what we called Woolworths bladders. Always on the lookout for a loo. As I got older I managed to ‘train’ mine and now I can hold on well, sometimes too long and that’s uncomfortable. So don’t do that.
CatD 6 months ago
I used to be able to, but I got an infected kidney stone, lithotripsy and then gastrointestinal problems that had me catheterized for weeks on end for months. Caused bladder spasms and weak sphincters.
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I have Absolute Pitch, which is the ability to identify or re-create a given musical note without the benefit of a reference tone.
I am not a musician so I am wasting it away
Edit: I am not a career musician, I did play the violin for 13 years or so but stopped around the time I finished high school and never picked up again.
keyboardtek 6 months ago
Jazz pianist here. Perfect pitch and absolute pitch are considered the same thing. Many non musicians have it. What is more useful as a musician is relative pitch. That is easily trained by listening to intervals and learning to recognize what the interval is. Most jazz musicians and rock musicians who learn a lot by listening to recordings have good relative pitch.
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Zaach 6 months ago
On an odd note, Mandarin is a tonal language - the tone is as important as a syllable to the language; when they tested a native speaker, she could repeat the precise tone exactly day after day. I do not know if what they do is similar to what you do
Lorenzo 6 months ago
Thai-speaker here. Thai has five tones. The Chinese speaker you describe is unexceptional, goes with the territory. It's so mundane, in fact, I suspect you misunderstood the testing, or you heard an apocryphal story.
Load More Replies... Pavla Thurnvaldova 6 months ago
I have it too and it's huge advantage while learning foreign languages. I can learn just from songs, I can speak with correct accent in many languages. My son inherited it and he can repeat words he hears with perfect accent.
Wild Cream 6 months ago (edited)
That’s not an equivalent comparison at all. That’s like saying someone who can draw an entire city landscape from memory after only seeing it for a few minutes isn’t that impressive because you know what some big words mean without having to look them up in the dictionary. Being able to identify the exact corporate names of a certain brand’s paint colours and shades without having to look them up isn’t equivalent to being able to name musical notes without having to look them up AND easily reproduce them without a reference. (Me playing a song for someone and then having that person be able to write the individual music notes for each instrument down is super cool - me showing you a painting and you telling me “oh that’s Titanium White” but unable to tell me how the brush strokes and techniques came together to make the image is not the same.)
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I got central heterochromic eyes! Green on the outside, hazel on the inside.
My hair is thin, but i have a lot of it, so styling is easy(ish).
I have really pale skin, so my tattoos pop up really well.
Marnie 6 months ago
If you have a lot of hair, isn't your hair thick? Do you instead mean that your hair is "fine"? ("Fine" refers to the thickness of an individual strand of hair. "Thickness" of hair has to do with the hair in total.)
Wild Cream 6 months ago
Yes! So glad to see someone else who gets it. I also said this earlier somewhere in this thread - thick vs thin hair solely depends on HOW MANY HAIR STRANDS YOU HAVE ON YOUR HEAD. Fine hair vs coarse hair depends on how thick the individual strand of hair is. OP sounds like they have thick, fine hair like me - TONS of hair, but the individual strands are very fine and soft and breakable.
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I have central heterochromia too. I recently read that 1% of the population has it. Mine are blue and brown. It always looks like my pupils are a little dilated.
Papa 6 months ago
I guess I do too, but I didn't know there was a name for it. Like OP's, mine are green near the center, with light brown on the outside, and the ratio varies at different times.
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Nona Jaynes 6 months ago
OMG......I've never heard of anyone but me having eyes like these!! Mine are the same colour - green on the outside and a golden brown hazel on the inside.
Bruce Mardle 6 months ago
I had a friend in middle school who had 1 brown eye and one that was half-brown, half-green.
CatD 6 months ago
He had complete heterochromia. Eyes of 2 different colors.
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Peta Hurley-Hill 6 months ago
I have very pale skin(an lots of tatts).My eyes are a quite pale but vivid green with a navy blue ring around them.
June 6 months ago
Central heterochromia is very common. I've got a splash of brown then green and then a dark grey outer circle. I call the combination "goose poop" 😎
CatD 6 months ago
Green eyes are 2% of the population, and central heterochromia is even more rare than that. We have five generations of gold/green central heterochromia eyes from my mom's side of the family, and my eldest sister has complete heterochromia because she has a blue eye and the gold green. If the rings in your eyes aren't distinct you might have hazel eyes.
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I have a charcoal grey outer ring, then a circle of green, with a rust ring around the pupil. Technically not Hazel, but what the heck else would I call that combination? I also have a lot of fine hair.
CatD 6 months ago
My mom called her eyes hazel because we didn't know central heterochromia was a thing until about 15 years ago.
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#34
I don't get bitten by mosquitoes, like ever. I'll be outside in summer and never have any issues, but my daughter will constantly get bites.
#35
I have golden 'strawberry blonde' hair! The exact same shade of gold as my Golden Retriever; if I lay my hair on top of his fur, you can't tell the difference. My hair is mostly pale blonde with occasional pieces of coppery red. ChatGPT says that's the rarest hair color (~0.01–0.08% prevalence), except for pure white hair (Albino).
Wild Cream 6 months ago
Is it that rare? My coworkers have an ongoing inside joke with me about whether I’m a redhead or a blonde because of my strawberry blonde hair 😂
#36
Apparently I have enough room in my mouth that I can keep my wisdom teeth.
Wild Cream 6 months ago
About a year ago when I was last at the dentist he’s like “oh! Your wisdom tooth on the left popped through eh?!” I didn’t even notice 😂 there is indeed a wisdom tooth fully erupted on the left side of my upper jaw and I didn’t even feel it come in. I can feel the right one right under my gum but there’s no pain. I think I’m lucky?
Joshua David 6 months ago
You're lucky for now. Mine were bad but seems like so long ago now that i can't remember how bad it felt but mine sucked.
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keyboardtek 6 months ago
I had one removed. The creepy part of the removal is the sound of it coming out of your jaw. It sounds inside your brain like someone with a crowbar is prying open a metal drum.
Bloobee bloobee bloo bloo bloo 6 months ago
I did too but the drawback is you can’t brush them well enough and they may eventually start to decay. You may have room for the teeth but not enough room to properly brush them.
Dorothy Reiser 6 months ago
My orthodontist was waiting for mine to come out, since my mouth was too big for my teeth.
Joanne Mendonza-Earle 6 months ago
So did I until I hit my late 30s and my teeth were so tightly pushed together that dental floss would break. I had to have both left side ones extracted b/c they never came in all the way and I spent years biting my cheek. With them gone the other teeth finally got some room b/t them and now I can floss.
Foxglove🇮🇪 6 months ago
I have 4 partially erupted wisdom teeth, all at an angle inside the gums. Dentist says to leave them alone unless they become problematic. Conversely, my daughter has none at all!
#37
My brothers & I can all wiggle our noses. (Like on Bewitched). We got that from our Dad. We use it to say “love you” whenever the fancy strikes.
I feel the need to say that my real “genetic lottery win” is my brothers who show me affection in this small way.
Wild Cream 6 months ago
Yes haha, I’ve always wanted to wiggle my nose like on Bewitched but I can’t do it that fast at all and it requires scrunching my face up and twitching 😂
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I'll talk about my wife. She's Native American so she has the most silky smooth golden brown skin imaginable. And she has that "line" in her thigh naturally making her legs the best asset. Pair that with her naturally straight dark hair and dark eyes and it's a total package. After almost 20 years together and in our mid-40's she's still got it all the way. She doesn't have to work on her physique at all, it's just naturally good.
I'm very average guy but I did get blessed in a key area.
Papa 6 months ago
Maybe muscle definition? I can't think of anything else it would be, and Google was no help.
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I live in a First Nations community, and not gonna lie, those folks have amazing skin genes 😂 always glowing and looking 10 years younger than they are
#40
I don’t need glasses.
YakFactory 6 months ago
It wasn't until I was in my mid 60s that I needed glasses. Before that, one eye was short sighted, and the other one was long sighted. They balanced each other out.
Anna Drever 6 months ago
I do but the eye doc said at my last visit recently that in theory I don’t need them to drive. But I do in the interest of not running anyone over. Definitely need reading glasses though. Blurry as otherwise.
Wild Cream 6 months ago
I’ve always needed glasses and refuse to get contacts because glasses look cute on me 😊
Huddo's sister 6 months ago
Much as I wanted them when I was younger, since I got glasses in my mid-teens I would rather not need them.
#41
I do not get alcohol flush AND I can drink whole milk as an Asian. My closest relatives are lactose intolerant and get alcohol flush, so I think I beat the odds there.
#42
My grandmothers and great grandmothers have all lived into their late 90s, living independently until their mid 90s.
Wild Cream 6 months ago (edited)
If your grandparents are around, please send them a message/give them a call and tell them you love them. I lost my Baba when I was 30 and she was 75 - I really thought I had AT LEAST a decade left with her, but Covid-related pneumonia got her way too early. I was on vacation when she passed and the last message she ever sent me (in response to some vacation photos I’d sent) was “take my love with you anywhere you go.” 🥹🥲 I didn’t get to say goodbye to her but I got that message about 24 hours before she passed. If you have loving grandparents please just send them a quick “love you” message, or call them, I promise it’ll mean the world
#43
Fast growing hair and nails. Considering the rest of my body/health seems to be a genetic dumpster fire, I’m convinced my hair and nails use up all the energy like vampires.
Wild Cream 6 months ago (edited)
I had only gotten 1 haircut in 6 years until I decided to start getting them regularly (like a “normal adult” lol) in 2023. My frizzy dry hair was just hovering around my shoulders then. Now that I’ve started getting a cut every 6 months, it’s thicker, silkier, so healthy looking and past my waist - it’s counterintuitive that cutting it helps it grow but it makes sense 😂 my thick fine hair needs trims or else it just shrivels at the ends and keeps itself short and damaged and every stroke of the comb breaks it even more. Most interesting side effect is that instead of finding tons and tons of little 2”-4” bits of split end hair pieces around my house/car, I’m now only finding a few entire hair strands, because the end bits aren’t breaking off as often 😊 my stray hairs are now more from normal shedding than breakage, instead of the other way around. Biggest advice I can give is learn about your hair texture and how to care for it, and then actually follow that advice instead of being like “nah it’s fine” like me 😂
Wild Cream 6 months ago
My fingernails grow like weeds but my toenails barely seem to budge. (I also have terrible circulation in my toesies so that might be it).
Huddo's sister 6 months ago
I loved my fast growing, strong nails when I was younger (though I hated mum cutting them, which is why I grew them long most of my childhood) but now I work in childcare, where I have to prepare food and clean a lot, I hate how often I have to cut them so I don't always have stuff stuck under them.
#44
I was born without wisdom teeth.
Bruce Mardle 6 months ago
Apparently the incidence of that is slowly increasing. We're evolving!
#45
Both parents were s**t in a multitude of ways but they were both good looking, and passed that down. Wasn’t always fun growing up with a “hot” mom. Friends said things that p**s me off to this day. I can remember my mom being catcalled while I was right there with her. My dad is 64 and still has his teenage hairline. I’m 38 and haven’t started thinning at all, so I should be good.
But aside from occasionally checking to see if they’re still alive, I have very little to say to either of them. Thanks for the face, though!
#46
No matter how much I weigh, I always seem to maintain an hourglass figure.
#47
I have a 120% lung capacity and my legs go numb when I’m sprinting so only feel tired when I stop. Makes me a h3ll of a runner tho.
Debby Keir 6 months ago (edited)
Any lung function test looks at the 'average for your weight and height'. Thus, against the average, his lung function is 120%. If you're asthmatic, then your lung capacity is at 80% or lower. Opera singers and divers usually have a much greater lung function than average.
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Spidercat 6 months ago
Numb is not the same as paralyzed. I have a numb finger from quite a serious knife attack and I can still move it and play a guitar. I can also hold it over a candle till it burns and not feel it. ( PLEASE DON'T DO THIS IF YOU HAVE A NUMB LIMB. It was a stupid drunk party trick in my 20's).
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Red hair, not allergic to anything and even though my family history is filled with alcoholism I rarely drink and have never had any major illnesses (mid 50s).
Wild Cream 6 months ago
Alcoholism/addictions can have a genetic component, which is interesting. (If any of y'all are currently struggling with addictions, me too - sending love and hope to ya ❤️ it’s one of the hardest things an individual human being can conquer for themselves, and it’s ok if you’re struggling - it doesn’t make you weak or stupid, it makes you a normal human.)
#50
I have clear skin. I don't get pimples often.
Huddo's sister 6 months ago
Even in my teens I had few pimples, but I do still get them every so often in my 30s. Much better than my siblings who had horror teen years with acne. Not sure how I managed it when both my parents were the same as them.
#51
Well my parents gave my siblings and me some great skin and lethal face cards however they also passed down some awesome mental illnesses and other health issues. But I’m hot so I guess you just gotta take the good with the bad.
Huddo's sister 6 months ago
Face cards? I inherited all the mental health issues my parents had too, as well as the fibromyalgia from mum and migraines from dad (though at least mine got remarkably better when I became an adult unlike his). :( I have good skin, but I have no idea how.
Papa 6 months ago
I am glad for you that your migraines improved when you became an adult. Mine started when I was in my teens, and remained constant for several decades, but have slacked off in intensity and frequency as my gray hair has become more prevalent.
Load More Replies... General Anaesthesia 6 months ago
"The character of Helen of Troy is often remembered only in terms of her beauty. The general public associates the name Helen of Troy with a kind of unworldly attraction and physical perfection of a woman who could drive men to war, “the face that launched a thousand ships”.
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#52
I have no reaction to mosquito bites or poison ivy. No clue why. Also, according to 23 and me, I'm genetically resistant to Norovirus, which would explain why literally everyone in my college dorm got it but me. I'm pretty sure my mom is too, as she was a kindergarten teacher and was often exposed to it (a crazy amount of people send their kids who are vomiting to school), and she never got it.
#53
I have an epic beard and am freakishly strong. I guess the two go together when I’m cutting wood or doing other manly things.
#54
My hair is brown, but my beard is red! I feel like that's pretty cool.
HeavyMetalHeart 6 months ago
Very common in Scotland. My partner has dark brown hair but his beard has streaks of red.
Huddo's sister 6 months ago (edited)
So many of the guys I went to high school with found this.
#55
I have really large, fleshy earlobes. Big enough that they will noticeably flap in a stiff breeze.
If I ever get in a bad wreck I’ll have plenty of extra skin for grafts, or I could put like dinner plate-sized plugs in my ears.
Even better is that the older I get the more expansive they get, so yeah I hit the genetic lottery there.
Bi.Felicia 6 months ago
🎶...Can you throw them over your shoulder, like a Continental soldier? Do your ears hang low?🎶
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#56
Uh my reaction time is really good according to human benchmark less than half of that of the average human. Not very useful but kind of cool I guess?
#57
My legs are toned and muscular as hell. I always wear short skirts and dresses because my legs are my best feature by far. I rarely work out, but I have the legs/calves of a ballet dancer combined with a long distance runner/cyclist. I regularly get compliments on them and it makes me feel so good!
OneHappyPuppy 6 months ago
So are mine but, unlike OP here, I hate the look of them. I call them footballer legs
#58
I still get carded for buying alcohol and am 40 lol, usually get a comment about that when they see the year. I’ll take that for as long as it lasts.
Igor914624 6 months ago
I am 61, and look like I am in my late 40s. It sucked when I was growing up and a young adult. I was 22 and on a date with a 20 year old woman. I got carded going into an R rated movie. She didn't. She wouldn't date me anymore because "I made her look old". But now it is great. People underestimate my experience levels at everything.
#59
Longer than normal arms. In PE we had to touch our toes. Easiest "test" ever. I could put my palms flat to the ground and bend my elbows a bit. I am now old and out of shape. I can still touch my toes.
Huddo's sister 6 months ago
My least favourite test (except the beep test) was the sit and reach test as I have short arms and bad flexibility. I was so embarrassed about how low my score was.
OneHappyPuppy 6 months ago
I feel you. The (maybe using the wrong term here) tendons in the back of my knees are short and I can't bend in the hip farther than 90 degrees if my legs are straight - I feel the tendons pull. Combined with my short arms, we're in the same pickle
Load More Replies... Wendy Miller 6 months ago
My Mom, who is 86 and has a replaced hip, can still bend over and touch her toes.
#60
I have the t**s, lips and cheekbones of a woman half my age. I believe the lips are called bee stung, I also have golden eyes, they’re a mixture of green and amber. Both of my parents were very young looking and at 37 I was still being asked for proof of age for age restricted items. My dad’s family have all lived to 80+, whilst my dad’s health declined rapidly in the 6m before him dying, at 81 he was still playing football in the back garden with the grandchildren.
OneHappyPuppy 6 months ago
My husband has the same eyes. I audibly gasped once a long time ago when I saw him in sunlight and actually payed attention - that's when they're most golden. In everyday life, they're green like mine
#61
Naturally thin. I have a twin sister (fraternal) who doesn’t have this trait and it’s so sad to watch her constantly dieting and struggling with body image issues.
#62
I’ve got thick black eyelashes and eyebrows. I don’t look particularly washed out without makeup and I don’t need to get tints done or anything.
#63
I'm a male model and look nothing like my parents, so my friends tell me I won the genetic lottery.
I was also born without a functioning colon though (they don't know about that part), so I suppose nature has a way of balancing things out. 🤷♂️.
#64
I stay fit super easy, I live a healthy life and exercise often but particularly if I want to strength train, I gain significant size and definition within a few weeks. My army buddies said I just had to walk past the gym and I’d bulk 😆.
#65
All the women in my family have had multiple babies and even twins and we all ‘bounce back’ from pregnancy.
OneHappyPuppy 6 months ago
Reading this list, I realize my mom should be on it. Bounced back after 2 pregnancies, she only gained weight when she hit menopause, but she's back to slim now (mid 50s). I also bounced back from my pregnancy
#66
I don't sweat.
Very minimal body odor. In difficult times (bedbound), I've gone over a week without showering at all, no odours.
Very minimal body hair. I don't even have anything to shave when pregnant.
I also have the thickest hair you've ever seen on a white woman. Stylists always call all their colleagues over to ooh and ahh at it. "3x more hairs per square inch" and "each strand is 3x thicker" compared to an average young adult client, I've been told. I'm not one to faff about with my appearance, so I'm not too thrilled, but others think I've hit the jackpot!
#67
My blood type is AB negative, the rarest type. I'm a highly-valued blood donor!
Happy Onion 6 months ago
People with this blood type often donate but it's the plasma and the platelets they use, not the whole blood because of the type.
Ahnjunwan 6 months ago
True, the downside of a rare bloodtype is, you better not need a kidney 😬
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My hair and skin are always so soft with no effort. I always have green eyes.
Wash with whatever kind of shampoo and whatever kind of body wash and go.
No conditioner. No lotion.
And with my hair being very fine and straight I don’t have to really do anything with it. Don’t curl or frizz or anything.
Downside is it won’t hold a curl and trying to do an up-do hairstyle needs a pack of Bobby pins and enough hairspray for its own hole in the ozone layer.
And downside to light colored eyes is even on a gray overcast day my eyes hurt outdoors. Sunny days really suck if I don’t have sunglasses.
Ace 6 months ago
The outward appearance of so-called 'green' eyes - actually there is no pigment involved - depends greatly on the background/ambient light conditions. So some people thin k their eyes change colour, but it's not actually true.
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I got big breasts and nice long, thick hair.
#70
I have been complimented on how big and doll-like my eyes are, how healthy, long and soft my hair is and I have a beauty mark right under my right eye.
#72
No big but I was surprised to learn that green eyes are the rarest or nearly the rarest eye color. I have them and so does my son.
OneHappyPuppy 6 months ago
My husband and I have green eyes. My son had blue until recently when they've begun turning a shade of blue green
#73
I feel I got the worst genetic lottery possible lol…but I will say, I am quite tall at 6’ 6“. If that counts haha.
I like to think I am smart too, but sometimes I don’t feel that way.
#74
Blonde and blue eyed.
That's enough of a lottery in the western world.
Huddo's sister 6 months ago
I love that my whole family has lovely blue eyes. My hair has gone through a lot, being almost black when I was born (only one of five babies with dark hair at birth) which became white-blonde before I turned one. It stayed that way until I was about 4, when it became more golden blonde, then darkened more, to what I would call dirty blonde. My mum, grandma and sister all had white-blonde hair at birth that stayed that way until much longer. Mum and grandma's was mousy blonde by the time they were mid-teens, then light brown in their 20s. My sister's only became a mousy blonde colour in her 20s
#75
As a woman, I haven’t worked out in years but I can easy knock out some push ups and pull ups. I have a naturally athletic build.
#77
I’ve already survived ovarian cancer at 18 and breast cancer runs heavily in the family (no know genetic markers though) so, we definitely have some subpar genetics…
But I’m now 41 and:
Never needed braces-
Have 20/20 vision -
Only had 1 cavity my entire life -
As a 40 something female: 38D, 30 inch waist, 38 inch hips. Been a comparable ratio (just smaller versions) all my life. -
Both grandmas lived into their 90s and grandpas into their late 80s.
AmyBcat 6 months ago
...why don't men ever "quote" their measurements? And I do Not mean that one... That 1.
Megalodon Meg 6 months ago
Society hasn't placed as much importance on those things for men outside of like body building.
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I don’t have a single wrinkle at 37 and I’ve never had any type of facial treatments.
#79
I have great skin and zero cellulite. My dermatologist told me my skin looks 20-30 years younger than it is, unsolicited.Really made my day. I take exemplary care of it and my health to keep it this way.
#80
I have virtually no body hair/body odor.
this isn't exactly a typical genetic lottery in my family, nobody else does. I've done a bit of research on people who are along with some self reflection, and a lot of things (such as the above) would point to me being intersex.
I'm not entirely certain that I am, just that there's signs and it could explain a lot. I don't want to pay for tests to prove it since the knowledge isn't worth the cost to me right now. regardless, the bit about me lacking most body hair and odor is very much true, so I'm unique compared to most people and even members of my family.
Megalodon Meg 6 months ago
Because intersex folks often have attributes from both sides of a gender binary. For example, they can be male presenting in every typical way but not grow as much body hair or have a higher estrogen level than normal. There's a multitude of attributes on both sides of a binary genetically that show up in intersex folks, just some examples.
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Me, my mom and my sister look 10 years younger than we are. Several people have told me they hate me for it.
#82
I have nice fingernails and toe nails and a decent nose. Got those from my mom. No hereditary illness, except Diabetes lurks in the shadows.
#83
Despite being more autistic than both of my parents (which are pretty autistic to begin with) it has come with me being pretty quick to learn things.
I consider them to be smart overall but they've always told me I seem to know more than them when it comes purely to facts
I also got extremely muscular and shapely legs for some reason,it's weird since I don't do leg workouts or anything of the sort that could cause it.
Huddo's sister 6 months ago
I'm happy I didn't get the (probable) Autism from my dad, or ADHD from my mum, I have enough problems as it is! My sister was unlucky and got both, while my brother has inherited none of the family issues at all.
#84
I am a pear shape, got wide hips, I hope that will help delivering my baby easier. Expecting this summer!
#85
My nose is completely different from my family, and it's great, a cute Disney princess nose. Many people have said they liked it, and it felt weird each time.
What do you think ?
sofacushionfort 6 months ago
Many, many times I’ve been informed by my parents that my eyes are bigger than my stomach
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 6 months ago
I have a whole load of physical and mental health issues, but I also have synthesesia, I can taste/mouthfeel words
TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 6 months ago
i think i might also have synthesesia because i can smell and taste colors
Load More Replies... Lauren Caswell 6 months ago
I had the very mild win of sectoral heterochromia (Eyes are grey, one has a brown splotch). It is served in my case with a bunch of co-morbid genetic nonsense. Wish my body would quit buying tickets 😆
Black Cats and Corgis 6 months ago
My eyes are grey as well! But mine are somewhat flecked with blue and green. I also have a lot of co-morbid genetic c**p, from EDS.
Load More Replies... Igor914624 6 months ago
I have hearing that is outside the normal range for people. I can hear dog whistles. Although as I get older, the dog whistles get quieter. And I have a perfect sense of direction. My wife calls it "Iron boogers" from Tim the Tool Man Taylor of Home Improvement, I recall an episode of him clarifying his impeccable sense of direction. I have never been lost. Drop me in the woods, and I can head in any direction you ask. My 8th grade science teacher tested both of these. And the Navy wanted me for a sonar operator. But I told them I was too claustrophobic to go in a submarine.
Mike Beck 6 months ago
Rodent repelling speakers are LOUD. And painful. Don't know about dog whistles.
Load More Replies... Black Cats and Corgis 6 months ago
My 71 year old mom and her 76 year old sister both have hardly any gray hair. Like, a strand here or there, but not many. I also have yet to get a gray hair, and I'm almost 40. We also look YEARS younger than we are. The downside? It's because we have a genetic disability that causes all of us to be in full body pain, 24-7. I'd take looking like I'm in my 80's if it meant not being in pain.
CatD 6 months ago
Right? The good genes always seem to be balanced by the bad ones.
Load More Replies... Anna Drever 6 months ago
Just the lack of body hair for me is all. The rest of the body is shïte. 😬
Forrest Grump 6 months ago
I’m naturally immune to plants such as poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac.
OneHappyPuppy 6 months ago
One that's not on this list and I've got - hyperosmia. Both my dad and I have it, he's more sensitive than I am. I once smelled a forest fire that was 10km away (in a straight line, just checked on Google) up in a mountain while on a boat in the middle of a bay. No one else could smell anything burning for a good 5 minutes except for me up until someone noticed the smoke way up high
CatD 6 months ago
I've smelled snow from New Mexico during a front passage. I live in South Texas.
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sofacushionfort 6 months ago
Many, many times I’ve been informed by my parents that my eyes are bigger than my stomach
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 6 months ago
I have a whole load of physical and mental health issues, but I also have synthesesia, I can taste/mouthfeel words
TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 6 months ago
i think i might also have synthesesia because i can smell and taste colors
Load More Replies... Lauren Caswell 6 months ago
I had the very mild win of sectoral heterochromia (Eyes are grey, one has a brown splotch). It is served in my case with a bunch of co-morbid genetic nonsense. Wish my body would quit buying tickets 😆
Black Cats and Corgis 6 months ago
My eyes are grey as well! But mine are somewhat flecked with blue and green. I also have a lot of co-morbid genetic c**p, from EDS.
Load More Replies... Igor914624 6 months ago
I have hearing that is outside the normal range for people. I can hear dog whistles. Although as I get older, the dog whistles get quieter. And I have a perfect sense of direction. My wife calls it "Iron boogers" from Tim the Tool Man Taylor of Home Improvement, I recall an episode of him clarifying his impeccable sense of direction. I have never been lost. Drop me in the woods, and I can head in any direction you ask. My 8th grade science teacher tested both of these. And the Navy wanted me for a sonar operator. But I told them I was too claustrophobic to go in a submarine.
Mike Beck 6 months ago
Rodent repelling speakers are LOUD. And painful. Don't know about dog whistles.
Load More Replies... Black Cats and Corgis 6 months ago
My 71 year old mom and her 76 year old sister both have hardly any gray hair. Like, a strand here or there, but not many. I also have yet to get a gray hair, and I'm almost 40. We also look YEARS younger than we are. The downside? It's because we have a genetic disability that causes all of us to be in full body pain, 24-7. I'd take looking like I'm in my 80's if it meant not being in pain.
CatD 6 months ago
Right? The good genes always seem to be balanced by the bad ones.
Load More Replies... Anna Drever 6 months ago
Just the lack of body hair for me is all. The rest of the body is shïte. 😬
Forrest Grump 6 months ago
I’m naturally immune to plants such as poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac.
OneHappyPuppy 6 months ago
One that's not on this list and I've got - hyperosmia. Both my dad and I have it, he's more sensitive than I am. I once smelled a forest fire that was 10km away (in a straight line, just checked on Google) up in a mountain while on a boat in the middle of a bay. No one else could smell anything burning for a good 5 minutes except for me up until someone noticed the smoke way up high
CatD 6 months ago
I've smelled snow from New Mexico during a front passage. I live in South Texas.
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