Question

why some people have six fingers ?

Answer 1

Having extra fingers or toes (6 or more) can occur on its own. There may not be any other symptoms or disease present. Polydactyly may be passed down in families. This trait involves only one gene that can cause several variations

Answer 2

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• 'Gestation' is the process in which babies grow in the mother's body before they are born

• The formation of fingers happens during the 6th/7th week of gestation.

--- If there occurs some irregularity in this process, it leads to less/more number of finger formation.

- It is quite common that some people are born with extra fingers on hands or legs or both.

- Sometimes it can be just a soft tissue without bone, sometimes may have bone and sometimes it can be a complete finger with bone joints.


• The condition of having fewer fingers in hands or feet is called 'Polydactyl'.

• The condition of having fewer fingers in hands or feet is called 'Oligodactyl'.



• Famous people with Polydactyl or Oligodactyl :

- Hrithik Roshan
- Maria Sharapova
- Kate Hudson
- Halle Berry
- Oprah Winfrey