FOR 24 years they’ve held the record for being the largest hairy family in the world and it’s brought them a measure of fame.
Documentaries have been made about them, shows have been constructed around them, thousands of strangers have had their pictures taken with them and they’ve landed up in the Guinness World Records book year after year. Scientists have also studied them, analysing the gene that makes them look the way they do.
They have the rare condition known as generalised hypertrichosis, which causes excessive hair growth and is also known as werewolf syndrome.
The family is a phenomenon – and although the attention has brought
