Four Generations of a Bangladeshi Family Do Not Have Fingerprints. Here s Why
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Four generations of a Bangladeshi family have a rare condition of having so smooth hands that they do not have any fingerprints. The condition is known as Adermatoglyphia and it has become quite a menace for them since most of the government and legal documents require fingerprints in Bangladesh.
22-year-old Apu Sarkar and his father Amal Sarkar are residents of the northern district of Rajshahi in Bangladesh and told
BBC that having no fingerprints was not a big deal in the time of Apu’s grandfather. Even for Apu’s father, Amal, having no fingerprints did not cause any hindrance in legal documentation. However, Amal told