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Comment on Finally, a snow day by pat Buckman

pat Buckman — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 03:17:21 +0000

I can’t wait to get to Kurama onsen in Jan. Hope we will be lucky enough to have snow!

Comment on Taiyou ga Oka family pool: Summer fun for kids in Kyoto by Matt

Matt — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:51:34 +0000

We went yesterday and it was simply fantastic. My son and daughter (ages 12 and 9), wife and myself spent 7 hours there. From Kyoto station we took JR Nara line to Uji (25 min and 230 yen) then a taxi for 900 yen. Entry fee was only 500 yen/220 yen (adult/12 and under) for both water park and 50 meter lap pool. Only problem was they had no sunscreen so bring some with you!

Comment on Mongolian blue spot by Sheila

Sheila — Tue, 29 May 2012 19:01:57 +0000

I am one of 8 African American Children and all of my brothers and sisters as well as many of my 54 nieces and nephews. I remember vividly my mother who is an RN telling my sister that the blue bruised looking area that covered her son’s rear and back were Mongolian spots. My mother is the product of a Mulatto (Indian) and a Black man that came from the Dominican Republic. Since we as a race never stays still, geographically–we think we know who we are by whats written on paper…but really looks are decieving… Who do you think you are? Are you really?

Comment on Mongolian blue spot by chris

chris — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:24:23 +0000

my daughter had a a blue spot all down her lower back like a large belt , she is 14 now and still have it , the color is fading with time , but it still there ! i don;t know from where she got it , or what is the meaning and i think she had it from my mother side , cause my cousin , her daughter had it but at her ankle , it faded now , she is 8 . we are middle eastern ,and i think if it really was “mongolian” , so we may have some mongolian -turkish blood in my family , cause Turkish governed my country for centuries , not mongolians !

Comment on Mongolian blue spot by Namira

Namira — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 00:54:12 +0000

What an amazing thread! I’ve just read everything and have found all of it very interesting indeed.

I was also born with the blue spot which faded after a few years. My son was also born with a little irregular shaped blue fried egg at his tail bone and the same on his arm which also faded after a couple of years.

My mother is Caucasian Australian and my father Australian Aboriginal, my sons father was Scottish and white.

My friends who are mixed race [west indian and caucasian] were also born with the blue spots.

I’ve yet to hear of any other [Australian] Aboriginals who also had the blue spot. However, my grandmother was dark skinned and was often mocked by my granddad who called her Queen of the Arrernte tribe.
I would love to know more about her heritage but I doubt I will be able to trace anything now.

If anyone has any opinions on how the blue spot could have been carried over to Australia, I really like to hear them!

I would also love to be able to trace my ancestry through my blood, but i presume these types of tests are extremely expensive.

Comment on Mongolian blue spot by ktay

ktay — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:18:17 +0000

American Indians predate mongolians. They may have shared an common ancestor but then so do all modern-day humans. The blue spot occurs with some frequency among some African populations. I doubt Africans descend from mongolians.

Comment on Mongolian blue spot by Evangeline

Evangeline — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:39:52 +0000

I’m British, I’m white and I have no foreign relatives in my family history, I checked. I had a mongolian blue spot which is very rare for people like me.

Comment on Mongolian blue spot by Miranda

Miranda — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:15:49 +0000

Also, I agree with a lot of you but some comments were like whoa!

Comment on Mongolian blue spot by Miranda

Miranda — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:12:15 +0000

Wow! Ok sought out to see what others thought about mongolian spots and I’m sorry y’all but…wow! As you all can see there is a genetic simularity between the races. The spots are commonly found in African and Asian descents. Sorry some might not like it but gosh you guys there is a motherland. I, too, am enrolled in a federally recognized tribe, Choctaw, and even I know that we didn’t spring out of the ground. Its a matter of science, check out the chinese scientist on youtube and see where his findings of chinese people go…some of you will be astounded! Those continents are right there close… you don’t think that they might have the same traits? When are we going to stop thinking we are all seperate and superior? Why are people afraid to say they are from Africa, but adopt poor african kids? These are called Mongolian spots, just because your baby has some won’t make him or her any smarter in math! Haha! My baby girl has them too and she is choctaw and white. My background goes back to cuba, african american, white, chinese, american indian. I can name each grand parent of each race…. so you think my daughter only got her spots from my chinese grandmother, I beg to differ.

Comment on Mongolian blue spot by Teresa

Teresa — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:02:38 +0000

Does it pass down from the mother or father’s side!