Brazilian family cross extra fingers for sixth World Cup


  • Football
  • Saturday, 21 Jun 2014

Members of the da Silva family pose for a photo with a national soccer jersey showing their hands all have six fingers, in Brasilia, June 20, 2014. The da Silvas share the genetic mutation for six fingers, a condition known as polydactyly. The family has been in the local news recently as big soccer fans who with their six fingers are hoping to celebrate Brazil's sixth world title in the 2014 World Cup. REUTERS/Joedson Alves

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil have won a handful of World Cups but for one local family five is not enough.

Fourteen members of the Da Silva family were born with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot thanks to a rare genetic condition called polydactyly.

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