Comments on: Asian Medical Hazard: Mongolian Spots

By: djm921

djm921 — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:42:21 +0000

Hi I am African American with strong Native American genealogy and Korean great great grandfather. I still have the mongolian spot very visible on my back, From the time I was born until the age of 8 year old, I had the spot on my ankles buttocks, and thighs, thank God they have all faded. But perhaps there should be a support group for those of us rare folks with the spot still present.

By: MiriamMiniMcTague

MiriamMiniMcTague — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 04:03:16 +0000

Hi, Im canadian, with strawberry blonde hair and hazel eyes. My ex husband has dark hair and dark eyes, with olive coloured skin. Hes American and german. Hes the only one in the family with these features. Both my children were born with birth marks. The older one has a hemangioma on her lip and she is now ten, it has never gone away, and was also born with a strawberry on her rib cage that has gone away. The little one was born with 2 mongolian birth marks on her buttocks, and they have recently gone away and she is 6. My ex said his great grandmother was cherokee indian. I was assuming thats where they got it from. Both my girls have dark hair and dark eyes. Is it possible that they got these birth marks from generations back….

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:27:00 +0000

Last week on the second day of my daughter’s preschool, the school reported us to DCFS (Child protection agency in IL) after seeing my daughter’s mongolian spots on her side/back. It’s been a hell to go through. When I met the principal ( in a cordial manner ), he wouldn’t even say he was sorry until I contacted the district president and superintendent. The teacher reported it to the school nurse / principal. The school nurse apparently can’t distinguish between mongolian spots and real bruises. If you are a parent with mongolian spots, be sure to inform you child care staff proactively. This happened to us in a fairly large school district with diverse community. Don’t let this happen to you.

By: inezdeborahemiliaaltar

inezdeborahemiliaaltar — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:45:11 +0000

Who needs such obscene photos whatever the pretext?

By: inezdeborahemiliaaltar

inezdeborahemiliaaltar — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:45:11 +0000

Who needs such obscene photos whatever the pretext?

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:16:26 +0000

I am of English/Swedish descent and my husband is of German/American Indian descent. The American Indian portion of his heritage is only a “sliver.” Before we were pregnant, his family spoke of his father’s mother (his grandmother) as flamboyant and someone prone to embellishing the family information. In fact, it was family “lore” that his grandmother was said to claim that she was an “indian princess.” I am fair skinned and my husband has some pigment to his skin – it is darker than mine and does get very dark, very quickly in the summer. When our daugher was born, she had several dark “blue” spots on the tailbone and buttocks. The Doctor noted the “mongolian spots” on her birth record. To our knowledge, and after checking with the family, no other children (from three generations – we are ‘older’ parents) have been born with these spots. My husband’s grandmother has passed on – but we now have a ‘new little indian princess’… with the spots to prove it!

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:16:00 +0000

By: Denise

Denise — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:29:18 +0000

I am african american and I was born with a mongolian spot and so was my son it’s noted on my birth certifcate…it’s not just an asian thing…it’s just not that common amongst caucasians…..