African Man Leaves Wife, Kids Because They Had Blue Eyes

In a study by Copenhagen University the genetic mystery of "blue eyes" is said to have originated from the northeast coast of the Black Sea.
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People across the world have long fantasised about coloured eyesand with coloured contact lenses that fantasy is not that hard to realise. While some go out of their way to convince others that they were born with it, some others see coloured eyes as a taboo or a birth defect. /Punch NewspaperBlue eyes have always been associated with the Caucasians(whites), but there are a few Africans who are born with it. A woman named Risikat is one of them and has been at the receiving end of severe social stigma attached to it. Her husband started treating her differently after their children who had the same blue eyes,The Nigerian woman named Risikat told the Punch Newspaper that shewas born with blue eyes and passed it on to her children. In an interview to thelocal media, she recalls no one in her family to have had this issue and thatshe's the first one to have been born with it. Also Read: Poor Eyesight Can Improve By Looking At Deep Red Light, Hints Pilot StudyRisikat says that there's nothing wrong with her eyes and that she never once had to go visit the hospital for any sort of discomfort or a medical issue. Her kids have healthy, normal eyes too. When she was younger her parents were made to run frompillar to post to get her eyes checked, to make sure she had a proper vision. The authorities atschool would repeatedly ask for proof if Risikat was actually their daughterbecause her eyes didn't match theirs. After marriage, Risikat has had to dealwith her husband, Abdulwaisu Omo Dada who wasn't too comfortable with the factthat the children were also born with the same blue eyes. A rather superficialreason for which he literally decided to give up on his family. 'When I had myfirst baby, it became difficult to have a conversation with him,' Risikat said.Also Read: South Africans Allege The Poor Are Being Used As 'Guinea Pigs' For COVID-19 Vaccine TrialsWhen things started getting difficult without her husband'ssupport, Risikat had no choice but to stay with her parents. Heronly desire is to keep her daughters happy and hopes to give them a goodeducation. Her first daughter is5 years old and is a twin, but the second one died due to lack of proper care. Facebook/Alabi Rukayat Oyindamola A student from a College in Lagos named Alabi RukayatOyindamola first posted the story about Risikat and her daughters on socialmedia and has tried to raise awareness about the problems they face owing to the rare genetic condition.In a study by Copenhagen University the genetic mystery of blue eyes issaid to have originated from the northeast coast of the Black Sea. According to this blog, some scientists attribute the blueeyes syndrome to a genetic mutation or Waardenburg syndrome (WS), which is arare (1/40,000) disease characterised by sensorineural deafness in associationwith pigmentary anomalies and defects of neural-crest-derived tissues. Also Read: COVID Breaching Africa? Nigeria Has 36,000+ Cases, Almost 800 Deaths & An Infected Minister

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