‘World’s hairiest child’ goes to be a brother as mother and father throw gender social gathering

A baby who quite probably is one of the world’s hairiest is going to be a brother after his parents did a gender reveal on TikTok.

Joao Miguel, from Brazil, has an extraordinary amount of hair has taken the internet by storm with many claiming the youngster looks like a grown man despite only being 19 or 20 months old.

His parents, from Brazil, have been posting videos of the boy on TikTok for months, amassing a following of more than 438,000. The videos show the child doing normal baby things, yet he is covered head to toe in thick brown hair, has huge eyebrows and more hair on his head than most average blokes.

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He also has a bit of a beard – which has spared comments on social media including that he “has a better beard than most men”.

Now Joao Miguel’s parents, mum Ane Caroline and dad Jonas, have recently shared that they’re expecting another baby… leaving most people drumming up ideas of exactly how hairy the tot will be.

They revealed the news on their channel BabyJoaoMiguel13, which has a massive 10.8million likes on its videos, with a series of family photos and gender reveal – which unveiled that they’re due another boy.

Fans of the family took to the comment section to congratulate them with heart emojis and questions of what his name will be.

“Miguelito [kissing emojis] beautiful you are a very tender boy you stole my [heart emoji] te amo angelito blessings,” wrote one loyal follower, while another added: “Beautiful Miguel I love this baby”.

Joao Miguel was diagnosed with hirsutism, which means his hair grows at a rapid rate in comparison to his peers. Mum Ane Caroline revealed her son was born with the thick hair and it will continue grow as he gets older.

After he was born, she consulted a endocrinologist in the their city and were told that “not much can be done” due to him having the genetic condition. Dad Jonas explained the condition actually runs in the family and that he has it himself, along with his mum and grandfather.

“It comes from my mother,” Jonas said. “I was born like this, she was too, and my grandfather was too. Over time, the amount of hair decreases, but there is still a lot of it. It’s just a question of aesthetics.”

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