00:07 COMM: Meet the Andrade kids.
Who are used to stares wherever they go.
Unlike their brothers and sisters, siblings Ruth, Estefani and Kauan were born with albinism.
and their condition doesn't just affect the way they look.
It poses a number of challenges for the family and a major health warning awaits them.
00:27 COMM: Mum Rosamere from Recife, Brazil was
shocked when first daughter Ruth was born.
Rosamere was even more convinced there had been a mix up when second child Joao Paulo
was born black.
00:46 COMM: Estefani was third followed by Kauan,
then Rebecca and finally Maria, while Rosamere is proud of her family some of the local community
think
they are cursed.
01:18 COMM: At school the children face other challenges,
their condition causes poor eyesight so they struggle to see the board
in lessons.
01:46 COMM: On hot days the albino children have
to shelter from the sun's dazzling rays.
01:57 COMM: Rosamere and step-father Robenilson,
who has not fathered any of the Albinos worries that the condition makes life to difficult
for them.
02:13 COMM: To find out more they have arranged
to see dermatologist Sergio Paulo who shockingly reveals the children are at a high risk of
melanomas and other types of skin cancer.
02:58 COMM: Armed with new knowledge Rosamere feels
she can continue to give her kids normal lives, while helping to protect them in better ways.