Genetics and history

Genetics
Albinism trait is recessive, and both parents typically have normal pigmentation. The parents must be carriers of the gene for it it pass. This is called " autosomal recessive". When both parents are carriers, there is a 1 in 4 chance of the child developing albinism, a one in two chance that the child will not have albinism but be a carrier and a one in four chance that the child will neither be a carrier nor have albinism.

History
Many people have read and researched albinism and found it in medieval scripture and literature. Greek and Roman authors (Plinius Secundus the elder and Aulus Gellius) have explained men with albino traits. In 1904 scientists discovered albinism traits in animals, yet the first person to write an accurate scientific report over albinism in 1908 was Archibald Garrod.