The Brazilian family who hopes to count all of their country's World Cup wins ... trends now
A Brazilian family whose members have six digests on their hands are cheering their country to victory at the World Cup so they can count the number of trophies on one hand.
Nicknamed 'Family Six', some 15 members of the da Silva family have six digits on their hands – and sometimes feet. They are willing their captain Thiago Silva to lead the squad to its sixth World Cup trophy win.
Brazil is the most successful national team in the history of the World Cup, having won five times in Sweden in 1958, in Chile in 1962, in Mexico in 1970, in the USA in 1994 and in South Korea and Japan in 2002.
The da Silvas are hoping this turns to six at Qatar 2022.
Nicknamed 'Family Six', some 15 members of the da Silva family (three members pictured) have six digits on their hands – and sometimes feet
The rare genetic variation, called polydactyly, has reportedly been in the da Silva family for four generations
The family surname Silva is common in Portuguese countries and is the most popular surname in Portuguese-speaking Brazil, but the footballer Thiago Silva and the family are not directly related.
The family, however, do want their country to win its sixth World Cup trophy and are looking forward to being able to count all six wins on one hand, something the rest of their countrymen will not be able to do.
Yesterday that ambition came one step closer in Qatar with goals from Jose Vinicius Junior, Junior Neymar, de Andrade Richarlison, and de Lima Lucas Paqueta.
South Korea's Seung-Ho Paik scored in the 76th minute of play, but it was not enough to counter the Brazilian steamroller.
No doubt the six-fingered family, who live in Aguas Claras, in the Federal District, just outside Brazil's capital Brasilia, will have been gripping the edges of their seats with all their digits.
The rare genetic variation, called polydactyly, has reportedly been in their family for four generations and ever since Brazil last took the World Cup home, winning in 2002, they have been waiting for the day they can be the only ones to count their country's wins on just one hand.
'Family Six' are said to be confident that Brazil will prevail this time.
Six-fingered student
