Here is some photos of Polo n her new babies at 49hrs old hope u enjoy n like them ty for all your h

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All kittens seems to have more or less the same color as mom. Unusual with moggies, esp as it is seldom dad has too the same color.

So there is some possibility they ARE of some sort pure breed, where both mom and dad had a relatively homogene genes - like purebreds do usually have. probably from a byb, but still.

Nice photos!

Good luck!
 
 

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It certainly looks like mom has strong genes!

Another possibility is that she mated with one of her own kittens from a previous litter.
 
 

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There is something about these type of "Moggies". A few years ago, a friend of mine had a barn cat like this. Pure white with a bit of grey on her head. Every litter she had,

four out of five were like her. I probably have pics somewhere.

When another friend moved to a farm and was in need of some barn cats, I took two of the kittens to her farm. They in turn..also produced entire litters

of the same all white with slight dif grey marking just on the tip of the head.

In fact...I brought one home 7 seven years ago.

 
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i put it in the mixed breed catergies cause dont know what breed this would be classed as i believe they might be albino but that isnt on the list of catergies so dont know if anyone could tell me would be a great help ty
 

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No, not albino. What colour are her eyes? I think she is just a moggie or DSH - Domestic Short Hair.
 
 

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It seems you are all forgetting white dominates everything else. That means if the Mom is all white and Dad is black or red, (genetically, those are the only three colors), most likely the kittens will be white. It does not matter what breed they are; the white fur dominance remains in all breeds that allow it. The gray on their heads indicates they are part Turkish Van because the van pattern is color patches on only the head and tail on an otherwise white cat. That would be my guess, but I can't imagine which breed the gray color comes from.
 

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White is not always dominant. There are three different types of genetics that will produce a white cat.

White cats can be produced in three distinct ways.� It can be dominant white (W‑), albino (cc), or spotted (S‑) with one big white spot all over its body.� It is therefore important to observe white cats carefully and take notes about their eye-color.�

The dominant white allele, W, and the homozygous spotted genotype, SS, can both produce a translucent all-white coat with either orange or medium blue eyes.� However, the spotted white cat often has a tuft of color somewhere on its body.� If the cat has even one colored hair on its body, it is spotted rather than dominant white

A lot of white cats who are born with a grey or black spot on their heads, will eventually turn completely white. However, this is not always the case. Larger spots can stay permanently. If they are born with even a tiny bit of colour, the chances of them being deaf is extremely small. Deaf cats usually have blue eyes as well. Although, I had a white cat once that came from a barn. His "uncle" was deaf and green eyed.

The white cats from the original farm had oriental features and could have been descendants of the "foreign white". Even my Taz looks a bit exotic.
 
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This is Lucy. One of the original kittens I took to my friends farm. As you can see, she never lost her grey spots and she had blue eyes. Not many were born with blue eyes. There was only two girls with this pattern brought to the farm and yet the always had full litters of white and maybe one exception. You`d think that in this case the white was a dominant gene but they are not albino and they do have colour on them.
 

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Just for those who don't know, albino is not a breed but a genetic disorder that produces an all-white coat with white skin and pink eyes. It can turn up in all mammals, including humans. Albinos in all species have weak eyes and often other problems.
 

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The gray on their heads indicates they are part Turkish Van 
No, white is a mask. The blue marks show that the cat is truly blue coated underneath the mask. Often the marks fade, sometimes they remain and the domestic has Van markings - this has nothing at all to do with the Turkish Van breed. 
 
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Polo's eyes r a kind of yellowish so what breed would u say she was plz
 
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Polo's eyes r kinda yellowish so what breed do u think she is plz
 
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