Comments on: My Bent Pinky Fingers http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:16:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Louise http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers#comment-57181 Louise Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:46:11 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers/#comment-57181 i'm the only one in my family that has bent pinkyfingers. i just asumed that it was something i would grow out of, but i didnt. they started hurting in the teen years when i was growing up. i'm the only one in my family that has bent pinkyfingers. i just asumed that it was something i would grow out of, but i didnt. they started hurting in the teen years when i was growing up.

]]> By: curtis http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers#comment-57144 curtis Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:00:31 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers/#comment-57144 i have a bent pinky too but mine are more bent it is so hard to play guitar hero it is hard to play with the fourth fret and almost impossible to play with the number 5 fret i have a bent pinky too but mine are more bent it is so hard to play guitar hero it is hard to play with the fourth fret and almost impossible to play with the number 5 fret

]]> By: Karen http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers#comment-57095 Karen Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:24:17 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers/#comment-57095 [quote comment="54479"]Are you people idiots? Bent pinky fingers are a common recessive genetic trait. Many people (including myself and my mother) have severly bent pinky fingers, much more bent then those in the photo. Sorry to break it to you but none of you are that "special." If you really were written up in an "article" in the 'New England Journal of Medicine' I'm pretty sure you would've looked up the article and posted a link to prove your point. I'm sorry, I don't believe you. Read a biology or gentics book next time you think you have an "abnormality."[/quote] I have to agree with you - my Mom, myself, sisters, now daughter and her 4 children - 3 boys and 1 girl all have the "funky" pinkies. geneticschica said on June 14, 2009:

Are you people idiots? Bent pinky fingers are a common recessive genetic trait. Many people (including myself and my mother) have severly bent pinky fingers, much more bent then those in the photo. Sorry to break it to you but none of you are that "special." If you really were written up in an "article" in the 'New England Journal of Medicine' I'm pretty sure you would've looked up the article and posted a link to prove your point. I'm sorry, I don't believe you. Read a biology or gentics book next time you think you have an "abnormality."

I have to agree with you - my Mom, myself, sisters, now daughter and her 4 children - 3 boys and 1 girl all have the "funky" pinkies.

]]> By: 007mommy http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers#comment-57017 007mommy Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:20:55 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers/#comment-57017 Hi everyone We have a 7 yr old daughter who was born with crooked pinkies. Once we assured ourselves that it was normal and not a sign of some disease, we realized it was just something she had. No shame should be attached to it. We've talked about them with her from an early age and told her that everyone has something different about them. That's what makes us all special. She loves her "baby crookeds" as she calls them. As do we. It has also taught her to appreciate the differences between people. Whether its a schoolmate in a wheelchair or a friend with a prominant overbite. We all have something different about us. Hi everyone

We have a 7 yr old daughter who was born with crooked pinkies. Once we assured ourselves that it was normal and not a sign of some disease, we realized it was just something she had. No shame should be attached to it. We've talked about them with her from an early age and told her that everyone has something different about them. That's what makes us all special. She loves her "baby crookeds" as she calls them. As do we. It has also taught her to appreciate the differences between people. Whether its a schoolmate in a wheelchair or a friend with a prominant overbite. We all have something different about us.

]]> By: Nick http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers#comment-57013 Nick Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:45:41 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers/#comment-57013 Ha Ha i have the same collapsing pinky problem! i hate the fact that i can't fix it. i guess i'll just have to learn to play without a pinky to finger with (impossible for certain chords) Ha Ha i have the same collapsing pinky problem! i hate the fact that i can't fix it. i guess i'll just have to learn to play without a pinky to finger with (impossible for certain chords)

]]> By: David http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers#comment-56974 David Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:36:47 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers/#comment-56974 I have a badly bent pinkie on my left hand, it's at almost 45 degrees. It is annoying at times, I have thought of getting it fix, but have been too chicken, mainly becauuse my big brother would tell me horrible stories when I was a kid about the procedure of how doctors would fix it. The pinkie actually saved my life before I was actually born, the umbillical cord was wrapped tightly around my neck, my pinkie was underneath it, so it became disformed, so unlike others on here my disformed pinkie wasn't from genetics. I know they would have to replace the middle joint for it to be fixed, I'm still thinking it over, like I said I have been able to live with it up to recently where it has bothered me alot more. I have had other health issues since college and they always took precedence over my pinkie being repaired. I have a badly bent pinkie on my left hand, it's at almost 45 degrees. It is annoying at times, I have thought of getting it fix, but have been too chicken, mainly becauuse my big brother would tell me horrible stories when I was a kid about the procedure of how doctors would fix it. The pinkie actually saved my life before I was actually born, the umbillical cord was wrapped tightly around my neck, my pinkie was underneath it, so it became disformed, so unlike others on here my disformed pinkie wasn't from genetics. I know they would have to replace the middle joint for it to be fixed, I'm still thinking it over, like I said I have been able to live with it up to recently where it has bothered me alot more. I have had other health issues since college and they always took precedence over my pinkie being repaired.

]]> By: Joanna :) http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers#comment-56927 Joanna :) Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:35:24 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers/#comment-56927 i have bent pinkies too :) but wat i dont understand is tht i havent met anyone in my family wit the same bent pinkies mane are just like the ones in the picture but my left is a little more :) its kool to kno tht im not the only one wit bent pinkies :) o yea and ppl are saying they are traits from the English but i am Hispanic send me an email if u have any information about this email me at joanna_velez@hotmail.com i have bent pinkies too :) but wat i dont understand is tht i havent met anyone in my family wit the same bent pinkies mane are just like the ones in the picture but my left is a little more :) its kool to kno tht im not the only one wit bent pinkies :) o yea and ppl are saying they are traits from the English but i am Hispanic send me an email if u have any information about this email me at joanna_velez@hotmail.com

]]> By: Debra http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers#comment-56916 Debra Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:38:42 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers/#comment-56916 i have English blood..........and Irish.......and the bent pinkies..:D i have English blood..........and Irish.......and the bent pinkies..:D

]]> By: flavius http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers#comment-56914 flavius Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:59:45 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers/#comment-56914 I have one bent pinkie - I was told by a doctor that once that it is the oldest known genetic abnormalilty traced in one noble English family back 300 years I have one bent pinkie -
I was told by a doctor that once that it is the oldest known genetic
abnormalilty traced in one noble English family back 300 years

]]> By: Lyn http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers#comment-56910 Lyn Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:47:53 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/08/10/my_bent_pinky_fingers/#comment-56910 My mother, 1 of my 3 daughters (I don't have any sons) and myself all have slightly bent pinkies. My daughter's paediatrician told us that it is a marker of short stature - you probably won't get to be as tall as your shorter parent. (we are all 'supposed' to be as tall as our shorter parent). It doesn't matter what height - my mother was the shortest in her family - her parents and 5 siblings were all 5'10" to 6'0" tall but she's 'only' about 5'8". I'm shorter than both my parents. My 2 daughters without the bent pinkies are taller than me but the one with the bent pinkies is looking pretty short so far! My mother, 1 of my 3 daughters (I don't have any sons) and myself all have slightly bent pinkies. My daughter's paediatrician told us that it is a marker of short stature - you probably won't get to be as tall as your shorter parent. (we are all 'supposed' to be as tall as our shorter parent). It doesn't matter what height - my mother was the shortest in her family - her parents and 5 siblings were all 5'10" to 6'0" tall but she's 'only' about 5'8". I'm shorter than both my parents. My 2 daughters without the bent pinkies are taller than me but the one with the bent pinkies is looking pretty short so far!

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