# The good news: Your baby has something extra. The bad news: . . .

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 29, 2012, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-your-baby-has-something-extra-the-bad-news/617135 "2012-03-29T10:54:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-your-baby-has-something-extra-the-bad-news/617135/1 "2012-03-29T10:54:02Z")

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The bad news: [He has a foot in his brain.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpk61xc8KF4&feature=related)

Good news again: They were able to (probably) successfully remove it.

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**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-your-baby-has-something-extra-the-bad-news/617135/2 "2012-03-29T12:35:34Z")

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Ain’t that a kick in the head!

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**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-your-baby-has-something-extra-the-bad-news/617135/3 "2012-03-29T12:39:09Z")

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Born with a little extra soul?

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**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-good-news-your-baby-has-something-extra-the-bad-news/617135/4 "2012-03-29T12:57:46Z")

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If it were in the baby’s mouth, I’d figure it’s just hereditary.