(Jan. 31) -- Doctors didn't notice Kamani Hubbard's unique traits immediately after his birth earlier this month in Daly City, Calif., said mom Miryoki Gross.
But little Kamani was born with a spectacularly rare case of polydactyly -- extra digits -- that his father quickly picked up on.
Baby Kamani has 6 fingers on each hand and 6 toes on each foot, KTVU.com reported. Genetic traits like these can run in families, but having extra digits that are functional, as Kamani's are, is extremely rare.
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"Some family member have had six fingers, not completely developed. But not the toes," said his father, Kris Hubbard.
"It's merely an interesting and beautiful variation rather than a worrisome thing," said Dr. Michael Treece and St. Luke's Hospital Pediatrician. "I would be tempted to leave those fingers in place. I realize children would tease each other over the slightest things, and having extra digits on each hand is more than slight. But imagine what sort of a pianist a 12-fingered person would be imagine what sort of a flamenco guitarist, if nothing else think of their typing skills."
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