47-year old Father in Atlanta

Dad's Feet

Born in 1958, my toes and I have led a happy, healthy life.

My earliest memories that my toes might not be "normal" were accompanied by my mother singing "Be kind to your web-footed friends..."so I found it cool that you open your page with it. Neither my father or mother, or to my knowledge, any of my ancestors exhibited syndactyly. Growing up I never hid my feet, in fact I would go out of my way to show them off. I remember being asked too many times to mention "what does it feel like?" to which my standard reply would be to ask what it felt like to have separate digits.

In April of 1993 I was doubly overjoyed as my daughter entered the world exhibiting the genes that she shares with her dad. Hers are in the same position, index and middle, but the "webbing" only extends to the mid-point. The only upset that the condition has ever cause is that she was very uncomfortable wearing toe-socks... Until we brought out the scissors and thread.

Recently, I read the newest Dean Koontz novel, "Life Expectancy", and was surprised to discover the main character was amongst the webbed (even though the doctors "fixed" the problem early in his life), and there was an official name for my toes... syndactyly.

Other that my daughter and I, I have not met anyone who shares syndactyly.


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Created March 23, 2005. Modified October 9, 2006. Modified Feb. 10, 2007.