In northern Zimbabwe, among the Vadoma people, difference isn’t corrected — it’s lived with 🌍

Some are born with ectrodactyly 🦶 — a rare genetic condition that can leave two toes on each foot.
Outside the community, it’s often labeled a defect.
Inside, there is no stigma 🤍, no isolation 🫶, no urgency to “fix” anything.

Why it appears more often here is simple: genetics 🧬
Generations within a small, close-knit community increase the chance of inherited traits.
Not ritual.
Not belief.
Just biology — understood without judgment.

In daily life, those feet can even offer advantages ⚖️
Better balance.
Stronger grip while tree climbing 🌳
A practical adaptation in a foraging environment where bodies learn to work with what they have.

Not a miracle ✨
Not evolution choosing sides.
Just humans adapting — calmly, naturally — to the bodies they’re born into 💛

Sometimes the lesson isn’t about changing difference.
It’s about changing the way we see it.