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A Genetically Hairy Disposition

BURMA, 1826, a visitor named John Crawfurd accounted of a man named Shwe-Maong who had been serving as a court entertainer of the king of Ava, a province of Burma, since he was given to the king at age five. Shwe-Maong's face and body was covered in thick hair giving him a resemblance of a hairy animal. However he was only a man with an extremely rare genetic mutation and the first in a four generation line within his family that would inherit his mutation. His daughter, grandson, and great granddaughter would all inherit his disorder and would infamously become known as the "The Hairy Family of Burma." The family fascinated people from all over the world who would come to see them. (2)
"The Hairy Family of Burma," actually suffered from an extremely rare genetic mutation referred to generally as Congenital Hypertrichosis (CH). Hypertrichosis, as defined by the Encyclopedia Britannica Online, is "excessive, abnormal hairiness that may be...

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