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The mother of my kitten was, definitely a textbook short hair lynx-point of some breed, but the father is unknown. I've never seen a pattern like my kittens and its still developing, she doesn't have the deep blue eyes, more of a pale ice blue thats very pretty. She sleeps like this randomly and is incredibly cuddly and affectionate, she chirps and almost barks a lot, and refuses to get out from under the blankets if I'm under them with her. Shes gone as far as climbing onto my chest when I'm in the bath even, and she trips over her own feet all the time. She was born July 5th so shes around half a year old now, I've had her since she was four weeks old.
This is her now.
And her sister and her. And lastly.
She has gotten a bit more fluffy since this was taken.
Can anyone offer some insight Please? I am curious so I know what genetic issues to look out for as well.
 

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She looks like she has some Siamese or Burmese in her with those points and pale blue eyes, she has the tabby 'M' on her forehead too. With out papers I guess you'll never know for sure but she would be a domestic medium or long haired tabby I would imagine.  She is absolutely beautiful and I would bet you are proud!
 
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Thank you so much! I've asked vets and none will give me a straight answer, one said colorpoint but shes absolutely not pure siamese. I really appreciate it, and I'm very proud, shes my lil fluffpuff. :) Her temperament is a dream compared to other cats I've had over the years.
 

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With these blue eyes, she is probably a point she too, although the masque isnt clearly visible. It may be because she is a creme colored, it may be because she is mitted (=with white).  In both these cases the masque may be hard to detect with a hasty glance.

She has the M, so she must be tabby of sorts, ie Lynx.  How is with these reddish spots visible on the first photo?  If there are there for real, she may be even a tortoise shell.

Ie maybe even  Torbie Point with white...   I wont swear on the colors, I have taken wrong earlier.  My monitor isnt the very best, not my eyesight either....

Anyways, her dad must have been pointed, or at least, a carrier of long hair.

She is longhaired. The heritage is essentially the same as for points, so mom must have been a carrier she too.  Dad was longhaired or carrier of the longhair gene.

Nice girl!   Congrats!

Good luck!

ps.  I see one of your vets DID used the word colorpoint, which is the same Im trying to say, she is a point.

With siameses, some associations use the word colorpoint meaning a siamese with not not approved colors for siameses.
And yes, per definiton she cant be a pure siamese, but theoretically, she may be a mix siamese and balinese - which could make her acceptable in the inner circles, IF IF IF.   :)
 
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Thank you so much!
She does have orange, varying shades of ut, recently shes been developing more orange as well. Since she was born the back of her ears have been like this.
These are more pictures I've just taken of her.
This one is blurry but you can see how intense the orange is.
Also one side of her face is much darker than the other.
 

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I see now I was partly wrong in saying the masque isnt clearly visible.  In fact, the masque is nicely visible, but the masque is tabby patterned, that is why we dont see as a typical siamese one colored masque.   So this is one of the cases where we dont see the wood because of the trees....   :)

I suspect even more now she is tortoise shell.  This orange spot on her leg is clear, its no rusticism(?).

So it will be a quite bewildering combination, point, tabby, tortoiseshell, and white.

Torbie point with white?    But the coloration I wont guess, I leave that to our color experts, BiancaVD, GemsGem and Willowy.  Posiepurr should also know...  :)

Is she big? clearly over average for females?

Looking at her face, the face looks triangularish.   So she may perhaps even pretend to be a Norwegian look alike?

Although NFC isnt known to be pointed, so this observation really doesnt helps us much.

Still, a very nice mix..    :)

Pardon me for saying that, but the longer Im looking at the latest pics, the more fond of her looks I am...   A real, stunning beauty, and pretty sweet at that!
 
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You have a lovely Black Tortie Tabby point  girl. And I'm very happy to see you taking many pictures of her, because that means you love your cat and want to show her to everyone. I love when people do that! So don't be shy, keep sharing ;)

StefanZ pretty much covered all the rest.  I don't really see one particular breed in her and it's possible there are multiple breeds/mixes/non-breeds on both mom and dad's side. Eventually it's quite difficult to say what she looks like. She's gorgeous though, keep loving her the way you do now, it's precious to see 
 

Oh btw, point is a coloration that progresses over time (A little faster in the beginning). The older she will be, the darker she will become. It's like watching a painting develop ;) A year from now she'll be even more different than she's now! It's quite fun to see!
 
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Beautiful cat really. But sounds like you have a mix breed and most vets can not give you a 100% answer on it. But you have a beautiful cat so I would not worry to much about breed. but she looks a bit like a tabby birman but with out knowing 100% bout the parents it's no real help. but again beautiful cat!
 
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