I don't know of any relatives or ancesters with them. I never new anyone else with thumbs like mine until I was an adult. My sister used to squeeze them to make them "normal," but of course that did not work. Your info on toe thumbs was very helpful to me. No other sibling of my mother or myself has toe thumbs. You can't tell for sure until they are older. I think 2 of my grandson's have my thumbs. When my children were born, the 1st thing I did was look at their thumbs. I'm 62 years old, both thumbs are "toe thumbs." I hate my thumbs. I hope this entry can help some more toe thumb people find each other! We just say "Have you seen Kari's toe thumbs?!". That her thumbs are perfect when a conversation gets awkwardly quiet. Another person commented the same thing Kari and I have experienced for years. Just like a turtle hiding its head inside its shell. Like this one girl whose boyfriend called her "Turtles", because each time someone looked at her thumbs she would hide them inside her hands. I especially love that some people share their stories. But on the bright side, most people seem really happy to find out they're not alone, exclaiming things like "My brothers and sisters! I've been looking for you all my life!". Don't you just love internet?! Sadly some people are not happy with their thumbs, and only interested in finding out if they can be remedied somehow. While googling around, I also found a facebook group, a flickr group and long forum thread with people discussing the phenomenon.
It also goes under a number of other names, some less flattering than others: It is an inheritable syndrome, and type D relates specifically to excessively shortened tubular bones in the thumbs. Brachydactyly is greek for "shortness of fingers or toes". The medical term for toe thumbs, is Brachydactyly, type D (BDD for short). And not surprisingly I found plenty of other people wondering about this phenomenon. This was obviously something I had to look up on the internet. Kari told me she had met three other girls with the same kind of thumbs, and that was surprising and uplifting to know there are other toe thumb people out there. She's a pretty confident person, and she openly joked about her funny thumbs, but she also always hid them when I took a picture. With Kari I didn't really take much notice in the beginning, except thinking her thumbs were a bit short and stubby. Especially because most people out there with toe thumbs, don't know they're part of a large group of people. Some have two toe thumbs, others have just one. Apparently one in every thousand people out there, mostly girls, have thumbs that resemble the big toe of a foot. Send your story tips to the author, Chris Joseph.Did you know there is a phenomenon commonly called "toe thumbs"? Neither did I before I met my wife, Kari. Is that.is that.JJ Barea? /uLr8dyj7R1- Jordan⏙ September 26, 2014 Though one Twitter follower has his own theory: Looks like the Deadspin reader is on to something here.Īnd now a very serious question: Are Tannehill's toe-thumbs screwing with his accuracy?įor all his talent, arm strength and athleticism, Tannehill has one very serious issue, and that's with getting the ball to his receivers at a consistent clip.Īccuracy is everything for NFL quarterbacks and Tannehill has been pretty bad with his, particularly with his deep balls.Īccording to his 2012-13 numbers, Tannehill's deep ball passes were all over the place.Īnd this year - albeit just three games in - he seems to have regressed. Y6Mlhd2ibk- NBC Sports September 22, 2014ĭolphins players reportedly told Ryan Tannehill will start Sunday vs.
So, we scoured Twitter images for proof and this is the best we could find:ĭolphins coach Joe Philbin stopped short of saying Ryan Tannehill would start on Sunday. Unfortunately, all photos New Times has taken of Tannehill have the football concealing his thumbs.īut that didn't stop us from investigating. Interestingly, one in 1,000 has this syndrome - including actress Megan Fox. What they came up with was a fascinating medical condition known as brachydactyly type D, or, as they call it on the street: Clubbed Thumb Syndrome. And by "dig deeper," they did what most of us do and hit up Google. It could shed light on the REAL reason why Philbin "doesn't want to tip his hand".ĭeadspin did dig deeper. I'm not sure whether this has already been scooped, but Ryan Tannehill's thumbs are shaped like toes. On Thursday night, an astute reader with apparently way too much time on their hands sent the website an email positing a theory that Tannehill's struggles might be due to the fact that he has toes for thumbs. A rough week for Ryan Tannehill just turned rougher with a blistering investigation by the sports site Deadspin on the Dolphins quarterback's apparent toe-thumbs.
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