Lizard People:This Family Is Taking The Internet By Storm, Living With Strange Illness That Changes Face Shape

By Shreyangi Singh

Let's meet The Manurung family who is storming on internet by embracing their disorder and being famous for their confidence and unique features. It is said beautiful people are not born they are especially created by god. So are they called "The beautiful creation of god". This family is a source of inspiration for every netizens out there with their bright outlook of life.

 Manurung family

Manurung family is a family from North Sumatra, Indonesia who is living with a rare condition that causes their faces to change shape. Out of the six children of the Manurung family, four of them are living with an undiagnosed and incredibly rare facial condition. Many people have considered this family as cursed but they have adapted this condition from their genes, as their father was also affected by this syndrome . The family accepted that they are born different and embrace it whole- heartedly.

Treacher Collins syndrome
Residing in the lush and secluded village of Kedungkang, , Indonesia , manurung family was believed to be cursed . Cursed by the spirit or animal for their lizard like deformity. But the reality of the matter is that the Manurung's are living with an undiagnosed condition which causes their faces to be altered permanently. Their skins are fragile as paper and their gums will never stop growing giving them a protruding mouth.

The condition affecting the Manurung family has been identified as Treacher Collins Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that manifests itself in facial deformities and other health abnormalities. In this family of six only one of them escaped from this genetic mutation. In their family , the father had the same condition but mother was completely normal which is speculated to be genetically transmitted by their father.

Similar to Barber Say syndrome
Treacher Collins syndrome somewhat link to the condition of Kawana who is considered to be the first person in Brazil who have similar genetic condition as Manurung family named as Barber Say syndrome. Kawana was born without eyelids and thin skin while her eyes and mouth protrude outwards and her gums constantly grow. Even after so many similarities she possess a very difficult life unlike manurung family who are living a normal life. It is said that less than 20 people in history have been recorded , who faced Barber Say Syndrome. In any of the two syndrome , it does not affect the life expectancy of the people with these syndrome .It's not something that affect their internal health or organs nor does it cause any intellectual disability all it does is to tamper with their appearance.

Embraced the positivity
Despite no internal health disability it somehow left a negative impact on their mental health. Having a sort of appearance and trying to find a job became hard for Surya. People were not ready to accept such presence around them. He was constantly shunned by many looked down upon and made fun of. Earlier it used to affect their confidence and their look made them feel inferior. BUT now they have learned to embrace it and their attitudes have changed towards it. The disorder which was considered to be negative, is turned by them into positive. Instead of feeling sorry for themselves and giving up on life they figured out ways to monetize on their condition.

Manurung: the Tik-Tok Sensation
The Manurung Family smartly used their appearance as their identity. With the help of Internet these individuals went viral and gained immense popularity for their uniqueness. The manurung gained 300, 000 subscribers on You Tube and over 2.3 million follwers on Tik- Tok. The biggest perk of their unique feature is the money making opportunity for them which elevated their standards of living.
They are truly an inspiration for everyone and teaches us a life lesson of not complaining and accept ourselves as we are.