About the World of Clubbed Thumbs
“Picking your nails” or “sucking your thumbs when you were little”: some explanations that are popularly given for the trait known as clubbed thumbs.
It wasn’t till I was 25 that I found out that it’s a unique trait, genetically inherited according to scientists, and shared by millions of people. In fact, the scientific term for clubbed thumbs is Brachydactyly type D or ‘BDD’ for short.
This page is dedicated to the unique trait knows as ‘clubbed thumbs’.
This weblog is dedicated to bringing together people with clubbed thumbs (or people who’re interested) to share information, scientific or otherwise, about their thumbs.
Cheers!
Alf P
updated 15/6/09
updated 08/4/09
updated 24/2/08: picture of my left thumb!
World of Clubbed Thumbs 
December 20, 2007 at 11:46 am |
i have 2 clubbed thumbs. born in the usa of italian heritage. would love to know more about the historical figures who had one or both clubbed thumbs. maybe i am from a long line of italian royalty!!??!! (so who has the royal treasury?)
June 17, 2009 at 2:36 am |
do you have a short fuse?
In palm reading they are called ‘murderers thumbs”.
August 8, 2009 at 5:50 pm |
I am 55 years old and I used to be embarrassed about my thumbs as a child. I would hide them. For many years I never wanted to get a manicure. I am the only one in my family to have them so far. But as a nurse I notice them on many people I run into. I show them to them and we laugh and share our stories. My vet has them, and he is very down to earth and intelligent. I have been told that we are special to have them. Therefore I choose to think of them that way. In recent years I heard them called toe thumbs. That is cute cute and describes them perfectly. As for Megan Fox I saw the first transformer movie and did not notice hers. I usually am pretty observant. Now on the internet they are making a big deal out of her thumbs in a negative way, calling them a flaw!!! This is not right, she is unique. We need to embrace our differences. We truely are special people.
March 28, 2010 at 8:49 pm
Hey, I’m 14 and both my thumbs are ‘clubbed’ but it was only yesterday that I found out other people have thumbs like this and i havnt just got wierd thumbs with no explanation. I am writing this because i am very self
concious about my hands because of my thumbs and people often make nasty comments at school and stuff when they see them and i try to
laugh it off but sometimes it actually hurts me because there is nothing I can do about them and I was just wondering if you have any advice on what to say to them or how to make them less obvious to other people
thanks 🙂
January 7, 2012 at 10:17 pm
Yes that can be a problem for me too. Both my thumbs are ‘clubbed’ and are from my grandfather who is hungarian, he has them too. Sometimes my friends make a little comment here or there but they just say they’re cute! You shouldn’t try to let your thumbs get in the way of your life, but if you want to make them look a bit more normal try filing/trimming them to look a bit more curved and normal, that’s what I do sometimes!!!
April 27, 2016 at 2:50 pm
My name is dora and I have been living with clubbed thumbs for 14 years now. I was bullied in elementary school by the people who called themselves my “friends”, but by 7th grade I learned that every part of me is beautiful in every way, even my thumbs.
April 22, 2023 at 7:42 pm
you are a nurse? I want to ask you that don’t ur thumb get stuck in the surgical scissors or any hospital scissors?
April 22, 2023 at 10:44 pm
I also have the same thumbs. I never been embarrassed or feel shame for being different. My thumbs don’t get stuck on scissors (even the small ones). You are valued for what you accomplish in this life. I know people with worst disabilities that are successful and happy. My fat, short thumbs don’t direct my life, and haven’t represented an impediment in my life.
September 13, 2009 at 10:35 pm |
i do also my right thumb is clubbed and my second toes are crooked
pellegrino my last name/
September 9, 2012 at 8:38 pm
How odd…both of my thumbs are clubbed. Pellegrino is my last name too..
April 28, 2010 at 3:08 am |
Hi..I live in northern Ireland and im 16 years old, i have 2 clubbed thumbs, When i first relised them i was like what the hell!!!!!
But now that i have relised other peope have them aswell.. i am very glad to not be the only one.
When my mates first found out about them, they wouldnt stop joking about it and it kinda pissed me off, that day i only had one thought in my head and that was why do i have these weird thumbs so i typed it into google and got all the answers i need 🙂
June 16, 2010 at 10:26 pm |
I cannot believe there is a web site for people like myself!! I have exactly the same two thumbs as in the picture above!! Amazing. Found out one year ago my father is not biological father. First inkling was when I was younger and no one in my family had my thumbs and use to think I had them both cut off when the car door slammed on them, but since then I have found out it is hereditary. From my real fathers side. One of my daughter has two like myself, one has just one fat thumb and the other has none,but they have been passed to her children though! My mother is from New York!
June 26, 2010 at 2:06 am
As a child i was teased to the point of tears about my thumbs. I have never ever liked the way they look. They are shorter so it’s harder to hold onto objects. I have hated to have to go over how they are not transplanted toes and i have had no accident. I have two aunts who only have one each, I always felt that would be worse, since i have a pair. As an adult i am very good at hiding them. Since they are shorter they tend to fold into my hand and i have just learned to keep them folded over. It has taken people i know years to recognize them. I don’t care for the name “clubbed”. I prefer lollipop like my mom always called them. Makes it fun and not so much like a defect. I have never met anyone who has a pair. I have come to understand that the recessive gene for this condition skips a generation generally. None of my three kids have these and so far none of my grand children. My doctor also made a comment that she had noticed a very high incident of bi polar disorder in the patients she had treated with my thumbs. I told her i would participate in a study if one ever came along. I was wondering if anyone else his bi polar disorder?
September 7, 2010 at 11:03 pm
Missy, My fathers side has passed along the Thumbs and the Bipolar. That would be interesting to know if they do play apart with each other. Both my thumbs are clubbed and have 3 children, oldest doesnt have clubbed, middle one has only one clubbed and youngest has both clubbed and he has bipolar. They are called murders thumbs for the fact that the those with ones usually have quick/mean tempers. Should be proud that you are not part of the norm.:)
April 13, 2011 at 8:48 pm
This cracks me up reading all of these comments! I just googled fat thumbs as well bacause I was told that they were called murder thumbs, weird! I have two, and one of my three children has two as well. I have learned to be fine with them over the years. I was fine with them until eith grade when a jerk called me deformed in front of the whole lunch room. Then I became really embarassed of them. I got over it though around age thirty 🙂 I’m thirty eight now and love the fact that I don’t care if anyone sees them! Hey if that’s the worst thing wrong with me then I think i’m doing pretty great 🙂
June 6, 2011 at 1:29 am
I have a clubbed thumb on my right hand, my sister had one on her right hand also, my grandmother aleays said we had morgan thumbs. some of my relatives are morgans so i always thought it was hereditary from this family – are you related to any morgans
June 4, 2013 at 12:37 am
I have “clubbed” thumbs on both my right and my left hands. I have always been teased about them. When I was younger, I would always complain to my mother about how my thumbs were “so ugly” and “little toes”. She would tell me that I should feel fortunate because some do not have thumbs at all, and would be pleased to have baby toe thumbs as I do. I thought this was a good way to look at it. Interestingly, in addition to my toe thumbs, I have been diagnosed with depression and bipolar disorder (manic depressive) type I and am being treated with a generic substitute for Lexapro. Coincidence?
February 15, 2016 at 4:57 am
I have 2 clubbed thumbs, neither of my parents have clubbed thumbs. My twin brother has 1 clubbed thumb and my little sister has 2 clubbed thumb. I have yet to meet anyone besides my siblings that i am related to that have these. I hat them lol, I find they look better when you have fake nails on.
June 21, 2016 at 10:01 pm
Wow ….no offence but u people are all kinda messed up. I’ve had my thumbs like this my whole life, and I was never teased or made fun of, and the few people that have noticed them always think they’re cute. U guys make it seem like it’s soooo in ur face noticeable….they barely look different nobody ever notices them ever. There’s no handicap except losing thumb war and putting on fake thumb nail, but pretty darn normal otherwise. I’m a gorgeous chick, have been my whole life, and my thumbs never ever made me think otherwise cuz u know what?…they look pretty much same as everybody else’s thumbs and function the same. I’m thankful this small unnoticeable mutation was given to me rather than some genetic disease or other physical mutations that are actually ugly and impair u in some way. Nobody sees ur thumbs and if somebody actually comments negatively about them, then u tell them to fuck off and give them a wet willie wit ur thumb….cuz if that bugs em then they’re the ones who are kinda weird. Ur all beautiful, don’t let it get to u. It really shouldn’t be something u actually care bout.
February 6, 2011 at 2:07 am |
A couple of my friends have “ugly thumbs” and i need to know the answer to why they have them. .Thanks.
February 6, 2011 at 2:42 am
That is rather rude:(
February 6, 2011 at 10:18 pm
Has anyone mentioned your ugly nose lately? Or maybe they are too polite and don’t want to hurt your feelings. Maybe you should take a hint.
April 13, 2011 at 8:55 pm
I’ll say that’s rude, must be nice to be perfect!
August 13, 2011 at 7:11 am
Ur an asshole
January 7, 2012 at 10:27 pm
Well I don’t think you should say they are ugly they are just unique to people such as us. The reason for them is basically heredity. Grandparents, parents, aunties or uncles might have them which causes you to have them aswell. It’s not a big thing and don’t let them take over your mind!
February 8, 2012 at 12:39 pm
Sorry but I’ve got two clubbed thumbs and, well… they are pretty ugly, aren’t they?
February 26, 2012 at 3:09 am
What happened to your face??
March 11, 2012 at 8:44 pm
I love the way you guys all think!! Glad I found this site because now I don’t mind my stubby thumbs anymore. In fact, I rather like them:) The little devils!
April 1, 2012 at 5:38 am
Hi there you incencotive nasty person!
I’ve two “ugly thumbs” as you put them.
And they make a nice big fat fist wanna see???
Try to be polite next time!
And for everyone else out there who gets picked on about them, please don’t get down on yourselves. I did for years as a child until one day I ended up have a fight in school over it.
Needless to say that was the end of my torment 😉
Now I don’t take the politically correct approach to these kinds of idiots.
My feelings belong to me and why should i let anyone hurt them!!
Have a nice day all my fellow clubbers 🙂
April 27, 2016 at 2:52 pm
Are you KIDDING ME? it took me so many years to LOVE my thumbs. and u are so RUDE???
October 26, 2017 at 9:37 am
Unless you’re an illiterate and cannot read I guess you have your answer. Though I cannot imagine what concern it is of yours what your friends thumbs look like.
October 19, 2012 at 4:42 am |
Hey! I have two clubbed thumbs as well and I am Italian, no one I know in my family has my thumbs, but I also haven’t met a whole side of family, so we will see! That would be sweet if I was royalty as well!
September 26, 2013 at 7:36 am
Hey i have found it weird that im maexican and have both clubbed thumbs . Honestly i sorta like them although it sucks because when my girlfriend wants to hold my hand i just like change the subject . And i hate how no one in my school has them but me 😪 what also sucks how in my school we have a computer lab and when we go i feel so insecure because i feel like ppl stare at them .
September 28, 2020 at 6:56 pm |
Hello i’m italian but natural dad was german .. i have clubbed thumbs
January 10, 2008 at 4:40 am |
I have one clubbed thumb. A Mormon woman (they’re big into studying genealogy) told me that it’s from French ancestry. This is true for me – my grandfather was either French or French Canadian but we actually have no idea where he was born. At any rate, his parents spoke only French and my grandmother was never able to talk to them as she didn’t speak French. No offense to us, but it seems that a thumb would club as a result of inbreeding (they don’t look right after all!) and the royals were very into keeping the bloodlines pure right up to the point of inbreeding – so maybe the royal thing is true. I’m the only one in my family with a clubbed thumb – immediate and extended family included. Although now that I look at those photos, maybe my brother has them, too. Hmmm…
June 17, 2009 at 2:41 am |
if that is the case why don’t you see those thumbs in the paintings of royalty throughout the ages?
My mother has two clubbed thumbs and she is mad as a rabid dog.
March 17, 2012 at 3:57 am
They aren’t seen in royal painting bc it was seen as imperfection. With that said why would they attempt to immortalized them?
June 14, 2010 at 11:01 pm |
i have stubby thumbs too and i’m french/metis! no one else in my family has them either.. i sure as hell hope its not a result of inbreeding! ew
November 5, 2010 at 7:39 am |
dude. stubby thumbs are gross.
January 26, 2011 at 4:28 pm
McUnicorn….you are rude and need to grow up!! SSure there is a thing or two about you the is “gross” too!!
February 6, 2011 at 10:19 pm
Has anyone mentioned your ugly nose lately? Or maybe they are too polite and don’t want to hurt your feelings. Maybe you should take a hint.
April 1, 2011 at 9:49 pm
NO…NO…NO… Seriously??? If u don’t have short thumbs then don’t be on this site. Find something better to do.
October 3, 2011 at 10:17 pm
they’re DISGUSTING. I know a girl who has them and I seriously have to avoid looking at her hands because her thumbs literally make me barf, one time I was eating at applebees with her and she was holding her fork up and I was just staring at them and i’m not even kidding I actually ran to the bathroom and barfed because it made my stomach churn. So gross I swear this is worse than someone having two heads, it looks so disgusting.
December 14, 2011 at 8:04 pm
I have clubbed thumbs too. It’s not like we can help it.. We were born this way. The only thing different that you is that they’re not pin headed like yours and it might be a little more difficult to type and play X box. Not a big whoop… I personally think they’re cool. It makes us different and even more special than you. Maybe YOU’RE the different one… Oh and andrea, you’re DISGUSTING. Maybe if you guys don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say it at all. K? Thanks. Buhbye.
April 15, 2012 at 3:13 pm
andrea shut up. and get off this site
April 15, 2012 at 6:59 pm
You couldnt be anymore offensive andrea.
January 11, 2008 at 4:11 am |
omg! i had clubbed thumbs my whole life and i just started to care about htem now! they are soo funny looking but i o it makes me unique,
June 25, 2011 at 5:52 am |
I never knew their was a title for both my thumbs looks that I had once considered strange. I have never, up until now heard a name for my thumbs or even know other people have a thumb or two like me. I wonder if it is cureable? I would be okay if it’s not because I know admire this interesting trait of mine. But it would be nice if I could learn more. Like will be thumbs ever grow bigger? If they grow will they remain ‘clubbed’ or will they grow out?
October 25, 2011 at 10:37 pm
When I was in kindergarten both of my thumbs were ‘clubbed’ I remember kids commenting on them all the time, but sometime during grade school one ‘grew out’ Now only my left thumb is short and my right thumb is normal, and people just ask why they aren’t the same. I used to make up stories about what happened to my left thumb, just for fun, but now when people ask what happened to it, I just shrug and move on. I’m right handed and I always wondered if that hand anything to do with my right thumb becoming normal.
April 15, 2012 at 7:01 pm
Haha, Its seriously nice to see others with this condition. Im left handed and mine are identical. Maybe your blood =flow is increased on your right side? Idk.
April 3, 2016 at 3:10 pm |
I think Andrea up there actually got sick because she was eating food from Applebee’s (or Crapplebee’s as my daughter with clubbed thumbs and I call it). Either that was total sarcasm, or if Andrea is truly that ignorant then she is likely to be masking some serious insecurities of her own. Way to call yourself out, Andrea.
To all of you with clubbed thumbs out there, don’t be afraid to give a thumbs up! They’re adorable and I kiss my daughter’s thumbs every day!! 😘 👍🏼
January 12, 2008 at 10:34 pm |
This is so strange! I never made any big deal about my right thumb, just thought it was sort of ugly! Then, today, while browsing through wikipedia (trying to find out what a “widow’s peak” is) I run into this “List of Mendelian traits in humans” and, all of a sudden, I discover that not only I have Hitchhiker’s thumbs, but that my weird thumb could be sign of regal heritage!
I live in Italy and my parents are both italian. My mother also has Hitchhiker’s thumbs and both of them are clubbed (so I got both traits from her). I also know another girl who has a clubbed thumb (left), she married one of my cousins and we have no other family relation.
My father always told me he loved my thumb because it is like my mother’s, the woman he loved until he passed away.
June 17, 2009 at 2:44 am |
hickhikers thumbs, they are also called murderer’s thumbs because people who have them lack self control according to palm readers, and once inflamed they can’t pull back.
September 12, 2009 at 6:06 pm
That is rediculous! murderer’s thumb is an old wives tale, i have a very high stress job where i deal with a lot of jerks and i have never lashed out at anyone or havent been able to control my temper. i dont even think i have a temper, or could imangine screaming at someone. do your research pal, and dont just listen to some crazy palm reader. do you even have clubbed thumbs or know what it is like to go through life with people making fun of such a small feature on your body. its people like you that make people like us feel embarassed about something that we shouldnt be ebarassed about at all.
July 22, 2010 at 7:32 pm
Wow Jaime…what was that about not have a temper…:)))Scotty is only posting what many have posted before. IT is common knowledge that they are refered to as a murderer’s thumb. I too have a stressful job and homelife. I am very slow to anger but once you piss me off hold on, I can not seem to stop, it builds and builds. Hopefully I will be ble to control my anger.
February 23, 2008 at 9:12 pm |
I have two club thumbs. I have always hated them. I is hard to make people understand that you are born that way.
June 25, 2009 at 2:24 pm |
i agree. i was made fun of in grade school and it was very traumatizing (the boys were very mean and disgusting). now i hide them as much as i can, because all people say is how weird they look. well, guess what, your FACE is weird! how about that? that’s what i would like to say, but i’m too nice. 😦 both of my thumbs are club thumbs, but they aren’t as short as some of the photos of club thumbs i’ve seen… maybe i just have a slight case of it?? and both of mine are exactly the same. i know they came from my mother, because my 1/2 sister has one club thumb. THANKS MOM
April 30, 2010 at 12:49 am
I am 47 yrs old and I have 2 clubbed thumbs….I just found out about 1 week ago that there is a name for them!… I am surprised to hear there are so many people with them…In my 47 yrs I have probably only seen a handful of people…As a kid I was very self conscious about them too…. If I went out with friends in my early 20s…to play pool or something I would put bandaids on the ends of my thumbs so that no one could notice exactly how stubby they were….And I swore I would never work in a bank or anywhere my “hands” would be so noticeable…. I am still very self conscious of them today….But they are definately inherited…my moms side….I say too…THANKS MOM:)……
March 28, 2011 at 6:09 am
Lol I’m about to be ineteen in a couple of months and I findout today that what I have has a name! Atleast it’s cool knowing ur not alone. I guess I’m another one who should be thanking her mother for two interesting thumbs. Lol
June 20, 2010 at 5:54 pm |
I know someone who has clubbed thumbs, her name is Mary, what a coinkidink! She’s had them ever since she was born, she claims her grandmother got them, or at least that’s what she told me, IDK she’s really my sister’s friend, not mine.
July 13, 2010 at 6:07 am
eww you people are a bunch of ugly freaks.people like you are ruining an otherwise perfect world.you should all be slaughtered in the most inhumane manor possible.
August 12, 2010 at 5:34 pm
wow…..who is this lewis person???
the world is so imperfect it’s not funny.
but i am really looking forward to the perfection of eternity with my Jesus who died for me, even in all of my imperfection!
He died for you too, and loves you.
i wonder what your imperfections are…………
November 14, 2010 at 3:47 am
let me just say something to this “lewis” person ; if you think that we’re all ugly because of our unique thumbs, then you should be seriously ashamed of yourself. at least we have something that we can call ourselves special by. i used to think that having these clubbed thumbs was horrible, but now that i think about it , i’m PROUD that i have them. it gives me a reason to be more unique and different from everyone else. if you hate the way our thumbs look , then why the hell did you search them up and bother commenting on them in the first place? you’re probably just an immature low-life with nothing better to do with your spare time. your comment was totally uncalled for , none of us deserve to be called ugly just because of one tiny physical feature. most of the people on here are quite distressed and embarrassed about their different thumbs , and you posting this comment -on a website where everyone is meant to share their stories and feel happy about their imperfection- is really damaging their self-esteem. PLEASE do me a favour and think about what you’re going to say here next time , because you sure can easily hurt someone by writing things like that.
January 27, 2012 at 11:00 pm
lewis sounds like a cu*t anyway. He prolly just saying that to make himself feel better about himself since he likes to touch little boys….pedophile…..
May 10, 2012 at 10:33 am
Lewis, you’re such an obvious troll. Put a little effort into it next time, yeah?
August 21, 2010 at 10:41 pm |
i too have club thumbs in so much as my thumb nails are not normal shape.
it affects how I act around people, exchanging cash etc and greeting people. I hate the thought of being offered a free manicure.
it has affected my self-confidence and if there was a way of ‘normalising ‘ the shape of my thumb nails I would definitely be interested.
April 13, 2011 at 9:15 pm
Ok Dale, I too have two of these unique thumbs! The only thing that I havea hard time with is bowling! I always have to use waaaay to heavy of a ball so that my dumb thumbs can fit in the whole 🙂 Please don’t let this affect you self confidence anymore! I seriously got over it and so can you. I am a fairly attractive woman and I have never had anyone of the oppisite sex (as an adult) tease me meanly about my thumbs. Yeah people comment sometimes but it’s never a big deal. What I have done is make my own comments about me and my fat thumbs for example, oh let me push in that tac, I have the perfect thums for it, if you ever need a hitch hiker im your girl, or when bowling it’s pretty funny to talk about, or just say that if you thumb wrestle me you will probably win! I just try to joke about them, I for sure dont do this all of the time Dale, dont get me wrong. Haven’t you seen tons of people who bite the heck out of their nails? That looks waaaay worse then our thumbs do. I have seen many many people through the years with our thumbs, I just notice them, I think I look for them. We are kindred spirits and have nothing to be asshamed of. I think it’s better for men to have them then women. But women can get fake nails that meke them look a little bit better I guess. I just don’t care anymore, life is too short to worry about my funky thumbs! I hope something that I have said wil help you Dale. Good luck with your transformation of your thumb hang up 🙂 You can do it, if I can you can too 🙂
February 26, 2012 at 6:03 pm |
Emily – you are funny, and I like the way you think. I have the fat stubby buggers too, and it really is not an impairment. I am 67 years old and just became aware of what they are called. For many years I thought I was the only one on earth with them. I am glad I found this site as I think it is hysterical! God bless you and your thumbs!!
March 3, 2008 at 3:13 am |
I have two clubbed thumbs and have only met two other people with them. I hate when anyone comments on them. I am 100% italian and I believe my father has them also, however he has chubby hands so it looks as though I got it from him. No one else in my family has them. I never knew they even had a name. If there is a slight chance I have some royal blood in me, I will take it!!!!! At least now I have a comeback for the people who try to make me feel like there is something wrong with me. I just might not try to hide them anymore and give everyone the royal thumbs up!! :]
March 9, 2008 at 3:01 am |
I was told they were called hangmans thumbs! I am native american on one side and english,scottish,and irish on the other side! I usually call myself a mutt with stubby thumbs. I can never find gloves to fit or press on nails! It is nice to see others with stubby thumbs cool!!!!
February 15, 2010 at 4:38 am |
i am too Native American full blooded that i know of anyway from canada i never met anyone with clubbed thumbs ever but yeaa stubby just reminded me of my old gf’s sister she use to call me studdy becuase of my thumbs it never offended me tho friends always made up names for my thumbs too names like sherk thumb or cartoon thumb or toe thumb lmao
March 13, 2010 at 5:10 pm |
I was embarrassed as well for years, only to be told I have my grandmother’s thumbs….until one of my Nursing School class mates had them too! It looks like my 2 year old daughter will have them as well. I am English/German on one side and English/Irish on the other side of my family. I always called myself a mutt too! They suck for texting, but GREAT for video games! I’m psyched I have something in common with Megan Fox!
I just assume it means we are brilliant and creative! AND caring, that’s why I’ve met other nurses with the same thumbs. I am a Registered Nurse in the US. Glad that we are proud of our uniqueness!
Kacey
March 18, 2010 at 11:06 pm
I have one left club thumb and a normal right thumb. I have always loved my different thumb! It is in my family, my dad, uncle, grandfather, and great-grandfather all have/had them. I’m the only one with one though. Also, our name is Fox so maybe Megan is a distant relative afterall. It’s great to find out how many others have the same thumb. I’m surprised to hear how some of “us” have hated them. I say love them!! They’re cute! When I was a kid, I would paint the American flag on my thumb because the nail was wide enough to look like a flag, LOL!
June 22, 2010 at 2:17 pm
My mother and my aunt both have one club thumb and my cousing (my aunts daughter) and I both have 2 club thumbs. My family has always joked about them so I think they are funny & I like to show them to people to see there reactions. But the point I was getting to Kim is my grandmothers maiden name is also Fox so maybe there is some connection there. Oh and does anyone have trouble snaping their fingers?? Does anyone have a hard time snaping their fingers or playing pool because of your tumbs being short??
June 22, 2010 at 6:48 pm
Hey Lauren, if you can trace your grandmother’s family back to TN or GA, then maybe there is a connection. That’s cool. Yeah, I can’t snap either with my left hand that has the short thumb.
June 28, 2010 at 3:25 pm
I wish I could trace it back but my no one in my family really know much about my great grandad. He walked out on my great grandmother when my grandmaw was only 3 yrs old. So I guess I will never know, oh well.
June 28, 2010 at 7:56 pm
Then we really should talk more. Email me at fox616@hotmail.com.
July 9, 2010 at 5:45 pm
Hey Lauren, my great-uncle did just that like what your great-grandfather did. His name was Thomas Clifton, married to Vinia Bell D. Their daughter was Francis Cleo. And then he left them when Francis was only 2 or 3. So if any of those names are familiar, just let me know so we can share more ancestry info. I’ve done a lot of research the last several years.
March 9, 2008 at 1:06 pm |
I think there must be a gene for club thumbs. I have two myself. My mother has two and her mother had two. My daughter has two club thumbs also. My granddaughter has one club thumb. I always thought that my family was the only one in the world that had funny looking thumbs. It is nice to see that there are lots of people just like me. Many people are so surprised when they see my thumbs, its like did you mash your thumbs and they grew like that. It is amusing to some people. I personally have always hated my thumbs. I try to hide them when I can so people won’t see how ugly they make my hands look. My daugher don’t seem to mind showing hers off. My daughter even went as far as having acrylic nails put on hers. I think that you find it more with people in the south.
March 14, 2008 at 12:27 am |
wow! I never knew there were so many people out there that had clubbed
thumbs. I thought I was the only one who was suffering..I thank God i hve them it could be rather hard to do with out them.I had a doctor tell me that it was from the irish desent.and to people over there. you are of importance. my mom was irish an scottish, an my dad was of the metr. decent and some indian. who knows! I know I have them and have had for 55 yrs. so gang we need to start a club! lol we are diffrent and unique. no one quite like us we have been set apart from the rest… they can call us the short and stubby gang or the royal thumbs!!!!! it might be exciting to meet others with this trait
March 16, 2008 at 1:07 am |
I have two clubbed thumbs which I also only realized recently were a genetic trait that other people have…I always thought I was the only one with cobra thumbs! I don’t know anyone else in my family that has them, however my dad has pretty short legs, “club legs” if you will. Maybe this has something to do with my thumbs being short. Does anyone else with club thumbs have family members with shortened legs?
May 26, 2010 at 3:00 am |
I have short legs and I have club thumbs! 😀
August 12, 2010 at 5:41 pm |
i’m really short – just barely 5 foot, and i come from a short family, my mom and dad are like 5’2-5’3
i don’t know of anyone else blood related to me with clubbed thumbs though
March 17, 2008 at 10:09 pm |
Wow I am so glad that Im not the only one!!! I have a clubbed thumb on my right hand and am soooo embarrassed by it. I recently met a woman in a shop who also had a clubbed thumb, it was amazing to meet someone else with the same thing. I think it’s a genetic thing but no one else in my family has it. I am of Pakistani origin so this whole Italian thing seems a little odd.
April 2, 2008 at 12:42 am |
Yay! I’m not deformed. I’m glad this isnt common knowledge, it’s so much fun watching people when you tell them you cut the tip of your thumb off 🙂
It’s amazing how much the picture looks like my hand!
July 2, 2009 at 2:53 am |
Hi there…I am also Robin…. (girl) and I have 2 “clubbed” thumbs…. I only just stubbled upon this website..and, boy am I glad…. I used to tell people that I ran into walls and used my thumbs as cushions…. people don’t seem to get that these are the digits we’re dealt with… although I understand the shock upon first sight…. I waitress for money and am hyper-aware of how different I am everyone I serve…and further worry that people will loose their appetites from my “deformity”…. Anyhow, glad to know there are others with this special physical trait and I should continue to carry the plate…. Yay!
July 6, 2010 at 9:42 am
hey,
I waitress part time too! I have one fat thumb on my right hand, I’ve been waitressing about five years and i honestly think no one has noticed the little chubber. Too busy looking at what’s on their plate 🙂
April 13, 2011 at 9:34 pm
The little chubber………too funny, I love it!
July 15, 2011 at 1:51 am
Aww I love the nick name :)) I have my right thumb and I have grown to love it!!!
April 8, 2008 at 11:39 pm |
hey guys, i’ve got two and they’re great! i show them off because people are like “cool!” i know a bunch of people who have them, and they all seem embarrassed of them, but it’s nothing to hide. because they are so small, it makes it harder for opponents to beat you in thumb wars 😀
trust me, the midget thumbs make you awesome.
June 19, 2009 at 6:51 pm |
Hillarious!!! I have to stubby thumbs and I always win at thumb wrestling…that must be why!! I never knew there was a name for it…but it is great to know there are other people with the same thumbs out there!! I am usually embarrassed by them, but honestly its a great ice breaker. Everyone notices them and I give them the ‘ol “Thumbs up!”. When I go to get fake nails put on, its funny to watch the person digging through the box of nails to find the right size for my thumbs…and then finally they have to go into the drawer to get out the “special” size. 🙂
PS. I am 50% Italian.
June 19, 2009 at 7:01 pm
…I should clarify….I am 50% Italian and 50% German, so they might be right about the European descent.
Also, I plan to get a custom bowling ball made since my thumbs never fit in the balls they have at the alley 😦 LOL
June 25, 2009 at 2:29 pm
i am not sure which side my club thumbs comes from. i keep hearing that it is italian, and also indian? i know they came from my mother, who is indian/irish/german… and my 1/2 sister (from her 1st boyrfriend) has one club thumb. my father’s side of the fam doesn’t have any that i know of. and he’s 100% italian, so that makes me 50% italian, then a small % of indian/irish/german… who knows where they come from!
August 31, 2009 at 9:35 pm
About the bowling balls:
I am the only one in my family (that I know of) that has clubbed thumbs. However my entire family are avid bowlers. When I was younger I used to bowl by rolling the ball down the aisle, because I couldn’t fit my thumb in the hole like everyone esle. I now bowl with a custom – made ball, but it was really funny seeing the guy at the store measure my fingers for the bowling ball. He said they didn’t have any with my “measurements” in stock, do they would carve me a new one!
June 22, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Yeah bowling isnt really our sport. Does anyone have a hard time holding a pool que (Billards)?? Or snaping your fingers?
November 30, 2011 at 4:28 am
I am Italian and German also and find my thumbs to be awsome for keeping away from other thumbs in a fight. What part of Louisiana are you from?
June 20, 2009 at 3:44 am |
i beat my brother at thumb wars all the time!!!!! he still laughs at them but i love my clubs!
April 9, 2008 at 9:53 pm |
Hi, I have a “club thumb” on you right hand. Am 100% Irish. Always hated it & still do! Also have webbed feet i.e. both toe’s beside my big toes are webbed!
I suppose I’m kind of unusual.
G
June 25, 2009 at 2:32 pm |
ok, wow. i have 2 club thumbs, and i have only 2 toes that are webbed together… my sisters always made fun of me for that… why must i always be made fun of?? i think it’s cause they’re jealous that i’m cuter than them! lol
August 18, 2009 at 9:56 pm |
Ok hmm the more and more i read I keep coming acorss Irish and the right hand thumb. I am 1/4 Irish female and have one clubbed thumb on my right hand.
I think im gettig closer as to where it comes from… i just call it my inbread marking..lol
July 10, 2010 at 2:31 pm |
I have two clubbed thumbs and both of my feet are webbed just like you describe. The two toes next to my big toes. No one else in my family has this trait. I am from the Atlanta, GA area and I know I have Cherokee and Irish in my background.
September 7, 2014 at 1:03 am
I have two clubbed thumbs.My big toes don’t really resemble eachother. I also have the slight webbing between the toes next to my big toes.Like they’re a couple or something! In addition to that: on my right hand my pinky and ring finger are much shorter than my left hand. When I make a fist it looks as if I have no knuckles.Both my feet have shorter toes as I described the shorter fingers on my right hand. So my pinky toe and the one next to it. I wanted to play the piano when younger, 8 years old. I showed my mother my right hand. She took me to the hospital and they took x rays of both hands and feet.They said the bones in my feet and hands were short too not just my toes and finger bones. My fingers on right hand get tired and when I was a teenager they”fell out off their sockets” sometimes. Really painfull. I always hid my thumbs and thought they were so ugly. I felt unattractive because of them and I thought no one would go out with someone like me. Once I cried and went to my mom, because I felt I just was sooo ugly. I guess my mother didn’t excatly comfort me. She just said: I don’t know why you have to have thumbs like that, no one else in our family does. I took it as that she was ashamed of them like I was. I have trouble using my iphone for typing, so I use the microphone when I can. I always hid my thumbs, but slowly I stopped. I don’t even think they are uglyl anymore. Never thought that would happen. Today is when I found out what they are. I am 43. I like that it has an official scientific name. Anyone else have other finger and toe issues like me?
October 26, 2011 at 7:40 pm |
I never really thought about it because I don’t look at my feet that much (and neither does anyone else), but the two toes you guys described are slightly webbed on me as well. My left thumb is clubbed.
April 10, 2008 at 3:17 pm |
WOW! There are more of us!
I also have two clubbed thumbs and very short legs! No one on either side of the family has them. in my whole life, I only met one other person with my thumb and she was from Pakistan.
April 10, 2008 at 3:50 pm |
Hi again!
I just posted and wanted to ask if people knew their bloodtype.
I’m B+ with Polish/Ukranian, Italian and Scottish.
June 11, 2009 at 8:01 pm |
OMG I am also B+ blood type with two club thumbs. I am of Spanish Mexican Indian, Basque, a little english (I am very fair skinned with hazel eyes)
June 12, 2009 at 6:16 am
Hi. I don’t think being B+ blood type and clubbed thumb is a significant coincidence. I have 2 clubbed thumbs and I’m A+…
I’ve heard the suggestions that the thumbs relate to regal/royal heritage, to Jewish ancestry, and to an indication of rare genius. While anyone of them is just fine, I’d prefer the 3rd one… ;-D
So, does anyone know what the deal with them is?
February 19, 2010 at 10:12 pm |
Hi to all clubers
I’m B+ too and my great grandmother was French, it’s really interesting to know that there is heaps of us out there.
I used to tell people that my horrible sister squished my thumbs using tools and everyone believed me, so then they wouldn’t tease me anymore (my sister is now lovely)
My thumbs are shy and go into hiding quite often they like being wrapped up by my other fingers:-D. YAY to us
March 2, 2011 at 3:22 pm
I have to short thumbs like the picture. I don’t know what u call them. Growing up.I was embarrassed but it all changed. My husband loves them. My mom has short thumbs. My dad is Scottish and French Canadian. My mom is Irish, German, British, and Dakota and Cherokee Indian. I do not know what heritage the thumbs came from but my daughter has them too. I told her don’t feel embarrassed love them. She would like to know more.
November 21, 2010 at 11:31 am |
I am a swedish women 54 year, two clubthumbs, bloodtype B+, my grandfather also have clubthums!
October 31, 2011 at 11:46 am |
I too have my “toe thumbs” to contend with but I don’t worry about them. i am irish italian and B- blood type so who knows what connects us all together, if anything. Seems to be many variences of commonalities
August 10, 2012 at 7:02 am |
I’m B+ with 50% Italian and 50% Hungarian decent and two clubbed thumbs.
August 10, 2012 at 7:03 am
Oh and my grandmother and my cousin have “the thumbs” too!
April 14, 2008 at 7:30 pm |
Hi! I have just found out club thumbs are the official name for my two short fat thumbs. I have only met one other person with them, a school teacher of mine and she shared the same birthday as me, Dec 30th which was spooky. I am English but my mother’s family originated from Ireland. I am blood group O.
December 31, 2011 at 3:38 am |
ok…i’m tripping out …today is Dec. 30th, and it’s my 45th birthday..DECEMBER 30th!!!..WILD!.. I also am blessed with two clubbed thumbs (turtle heads)!! My Grandfather had them, his daughter has them, then her niece(me) has them, and my neice has them… all have both thumbs clubbed. I too, while in school, hid them in my hands. My aunt that has these thumbs said a doctor once told her it was a sign of intelligence..:) I have passed the same quote down to my neice. Just makes us smile when we talk about it! Funniest thing we have have ran into with them is when the “thumb rings” first came out and we tried to find a ring that would fit our thumbs… The oriental man behind the counter just kept saying and pointing to his thumbs “too big here, too little here…. too big here, too little here”… it was toooo funny!!! We were crying because we got soooo tickled at him…My husband loves my thumbs and thinks it is so cool we have a special family trait!
January 1, 2012 at 5:11 am
and i need to add that I have two sons and they do not have them… 🙂 None of the next generation have kids yet so we just have to wait and see… so far each generation has only one person in it that has these thumbs..:)
April 18, 2008 at 3:11 pm |
Hi
I have one clubbed thumb (left) and one normal. I am 21, Swedish and I know my grand dad had one clubbed thumb, same as me. I am quite embarrassed about it, but no-one, apart from my family mention it to be honest. I have been with my boyfriend for 2 years, and he has never mentioned it, so I guess it’s not a big deal! Go clubbed thumbs!!
November 21, 2010 at 11:34 am |
Any other swedes here?
March 11, 2011 at 1:03 pm
Yes, I´m from Sweden too.. 🙂
April 20, 2008 at 3:54 am |
Wow i’m not the only one! Hi to all the unbelievably awesome royal people with the toe thumbs! I have one clubbed thumb on my right hand, but everyone love it to bits. I have never met anyone with a clubbed thumb, but my family has a history of funky limbs and other weird stuff like webbed fingers and toes, and even joined kidneys! I am from Irish, English, Welsh, Scottish and German ancestory, and probably even Italian or Spanish. Anyway, everyone with a clubbed thumb should not be embarrassed about it as it makes you truly unique and definately more awesome than the rest 😀
April 24, 2008 at 10:04 pm |
wow.
i hate my thumbs.
i always tuck my little ‘clubbed’ thumbs in my hand , so nobody sees them.some people find them cute,some find it weird.
i have met about 3-4 people with them.
so it must be quite common.
prehaps i should learn to love them, but its hard. lol.
THUMBS UP.
(Y)
xx
April 29, 2008 at 9:40 pm |
i have two clubbed thumbs. the irish thing doesn’t make sense to me as i’m english, german, and native american. i, too, have been self conscious about my thumbs. people laugh at them a lot or ask “what’s wrong with them?” i have seen a few people with clubbed thumbs. my dad has clubbed thumbs as well. i did a search on google and it says it’s from european blood lines. doesn’t really specify where exactly. i’m not really self conscious about my thumbs like i used to be. i’m born this way and there’s nothing i can do about it. might as well just accept them the way they are. it’s nothing to stress about. =)
October 22, 2010 at 5:41 am |
I also have two clubbed thumbs, and I am also of English, Native American decent, but also have som Irish and German in the mix.
I have also been very protective and curious about this trait, as no other person in my family has them. It is nice to know that so many other people share this with me. I am one of five children and have these toe thumbs.
April 30, 2008 at 3:30 am |
wow – this is weird. I can’t believe these thumbs have a name. I have seen a number of people over the years with the same “thumb” as me – I only have one on my right hand. the people I have seen before with them have had two thumbs – never one with only one and one normal one so I guess I an kinda strange in that aspect. I never actually realized it was a condition or named defect before. I have to say when my son was born 6 years ago the first thing I asked my hubby was whether his thumbs looked normal… it has bothered me and I have tried to hide it most of my life although now that I am in my 30’s it seems to bother me less and less.
It is pretty weird reading about this online and looking at pictures and seeing how much some of them look like mine. crazy. I guess I am thankful I had normal toes and was healthy otherwise and did not pass it on to my son.
May 2, 2008 at 6:56 am |
I googled “short fat thumbs” and came across this site. When I saw the picture of that thumb I started laughing and couldn’t stop. I told my friend “My thumb is on the internet!”
I have two clubbed thumbs. I was a little self conscious of them growing up, but ever since I graduated from high school they haven’t bothered me. In fact, I adore my thumbs and I’m glad I have them. I love to show people and watch their eyes bulge out and they exclaim “What happened?” I think its funny. Only a handful of people have noticed it on their own though… And I’ve never met anyone with thumbs like mine. Which is funny because I remember thinking that my mom had weird thumbs, not me… haha. I think “our” thumbs are cuter then regular thumbs. Regular thumbs look weird to me…
Oh, and most of my ancestors come from Europe. I think mostly Germany and England. And I don’t know my blood type, though I think I should.. Does “royal” count? 😀
May 2, 2008 at 9:49 pm |
Hello, just saw my post was deleted…Hm, was it offending? I do not want to mess with my new found thumb community…anyway greetz
May 3, 2008 at 3:10 pm |
no, ‘tremens’ your post was not deleted; it’s on another thread.
May 4, 2008 at 3:34 am |
WOW!
this is so cool!
I never knew ANYBODY had thumbs like mine.
some people say they’re “deformed” which really bothers me,
but I try to just hide them in my hand. lol.
but I sarched “deformed thumbs” and came across this!
its really neat because the picture lookes exactley like both of
my thumbs.
But, it sucks that I cant wear fake nails.:/
December 27, 2009 at 4:33 am |
Fake nails will work. I used to get mine done all the time. ^_^ Just ask for a size “0” and it should fit.
As for me, my thumb is on my right hand. One girl that saw my thumb in high school freaked out when she saw it so I concocted this story and she believed every word of it;
“I was hunting with my dad when I was about 4 or 5 and I grabbed the barrel of the gun. It went off and I was rushed to the ER. This is some guy’s toe. He was in the morgue and blood type matched.” hahahah Soo funny! She still calls me “Toethumb”.
And as for heritage, my last name is Houston and from what I’ve been able to research it is from Scottish origins. I’m also rumored to have Irish, Cajun (French Indian), Cherokee and I’m 1/8 Russian Jew (don’t ask… I still don’t get that one). Blood type is O+… Fair skinned with blue eyes and light hair. So I don’t know but I LOVE the royalty idea. 🙂
July 28, 2010 at 5:45 am |
Both of my thumbs are ‘little’ and I wear fake nails all the time! I used to want white tips(not just airbrushed, but actual white tips) so badly, and my nail dude came up with a solution! He would put a clear tip on, cut it to the size of a normal nail, then put a white tip on the tip of the clear one. If you don’t do that, the white tip tends to take over your whole nail bed and kind of make it ‘stick out’ even more. What drove me nuts was having to redo the whole tumb nail everytime I got them done, they always fell off, lifted really bad, or broke! Anyone else have this problem? lol
November 24, 2010 at 3:17 am
I tried acrylic nails for a few years – but after catching one thumb nail and ripping off the entire nail – requiring a visit to the ER, I decided to go natural. The problem is that the nail arches away from the thumb – so growing a nail longer becomes more obvious. Now I just keep them short…
May 4, 2008 at 10:01 am |
Me again! The webshots album is created and I’ve already received 2 pictures and I’ve decided to make an anonymous fun contest with them… The widest and the thinnest thumbs will win (no prize, just fun)… I’ll put a picture of mine to try to win the thinnest lol… Would be funny to see an 18yo girl win the widest and me , a 29yo male win the thinnest lol… Anyway thank to those who participated and I’m waiting for more… The webshots album is at :
http://community.webshots.com/album/563297521FOfYFc?vhost=community
Send your pics at spectrale@videotron.ca
Thanks 🙂
P.S: I’ve receives 1 ‘normal’ (but wide) and 1 clubbed thumbs… More clubbed needed 🙂
October 26, 2011 at 9:31 pm |
I can’t send a picture but mine is 34mm and I’m not 18, but I’m 20 and a girl, so that’s kind of close, hehe.
May 6, 2008 at 8:15 pm |
hello everyone!
Like everyone else has said, I’m glad to know that they’re others out there with thumbs like mine. Ever since I can remember I’ve been super embarrssed about my thumbs. I recently found out that they’re called clubbed thumbs, and are a sign of royalty. Not sure why. I am the absolute only person with these thumbs in my family. I know one other girl in my school that has this thumb.
I am French, German, and Norwiegen, with A postive blood.
If you’ve ever heard of megan fox, she is a beautiful actress, you will notice that she too, has a clubbed thumb! I thought that was interesting.
May 9, 2008 at 2:39 pm |
“Thumbs up” to all!
I am a 56 year old mom who has been looking for “thumbers” my whole life! This website has been a “most exciting find”. Both of my thumbs are clubbed. I am primarily of English and German blood lines. My aunt, my mother’s sister, also had this trait. My 3 children do not have clubbed thumbs. I am type O blood.
I had been told by another “thumber” that this trait could be traced back to a specific area in England- I like the royal connection!! Thanks to all of you for your stories. I love the contest idea. Before I can enter I have to learn how to photo my thumbs and then download to my computer 🙂
May 10, 2008 at 10:47 am |
Hello Judy 🙂 I’m waiting for your pic and even if they’re not the widest or the slimmest thumbs it’s ok because at the end I’ll make an average and we’ll finally know what is the average width of a clubbed thumb (not scientific but valuable anyway lol) man and women separated 🙂 For your pics it’s easy you just put your thumb near a ruler, exactly like all other pictures (the best view is picture#3) in the Webshots album http://community.webshots.com/album/563297521FOfYFc?vhost=community
You download your pics from your digital cam into the computer via a USB cable and “attach” (add pictures option) your pic with this link spectrale@videotron.ca and you click send… That’s it and have a nice day 🙂
May 13, 2008 at 4:56 am |
Hello fellow club thumbs. I am a 25 year old female with two club thumbs. I was very self conscious of my thumbs when I was younger but they don’t really bother me know. I have had people tell me that they disgust them and that they look like big toes which bothers me. I am of german, danish and english descent. The english part can be traced back to Sir Francis Drake who was an english politician, slave trader and pirate who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth 1. His lineage can be traced to royalty, sort of. So I might have got my thumbs from him. Whatever. It seems to me that more women have them than men.
Does anyone else notice this. Is there some sort of statistic?
June 22, 2010 at 2:39 pm |
I have never met a man with them only myself, my mother, aunt and cousin have them
May 20, 2008 at 10:32 am |
Hi all – WOW !!!!!
Both of my thembs are clubbed and i live in London and i have NEVER seen another person with them !!
I have always loved them in fact at school my best friend had big braces and we nicknamed ourselves “fums n Gums ” lol
When i looked at your pic at the top and then read all of your replies i am really blown away that i’m not that unique !!
Hmmmm well all i know of my background is that i have some Spanish on my Gran’s side and Welsh on my Dad’s and Irish on my Grandad?
No Italian – wow could i be descended from Royalty ? lolol
Thank you kindly for sharing everyone and thank you Alf for your pic and setting this up to enlighten myself and my fellow – Fum friends ! ! heeehee
x x x x
May 25, 2008 at 6:35 am |
I`m 42 male in Chester England..I`ve always known my thumbs were different from others,I never really any issues with it and have also been playing the guitar for 30yrs without any problems, until a mates girlfriend noticed them and started laughing her head off about 20yrs ago.Since then I started to be very aware of them and found myself tucking them behind my fingers and when I pass someone something I always make sure my thumbs are not shown.My kids think there “cute”! But how can 2 big toes where your thumbs should be cute?? I hate them..sorry.
They`ve also been linked to a bad temper as well..I hate to admit it but I do have a short fuse and do get quite angry at some stupid things!!
June 11, 2009 at 8:24 pm |
I play a little guitar as well but with tiny hands and club thumbs it does make it a wee bit difficult. I am spanish, english, basque with some indigenous Mexican Indian thrown in for good measure, however I do favor my father’s grammie who was the daughter of an american englishman named John Hawkins. wjite skin with blue eyes , and a little too short 5 ‘ 4 ”
May 25, 2008 at 11:36 pm |
I can’t believe I’ve got two demented fingers my brother + sister make fun of them its no fair
May 29, 2008 at 3:10 am |
OMG!! Im 38 and so happy I have found that Im not alone!! Both of my thumbs are clubbed. I have a 2nd or 3rd cousin on my fathers side w/ the same. To our knowledge no one else in our family has them, including our children. Im very excited to tell my family about this as they have also wondered my thumbs were so different. Unfortunately, I dont know my heritage so I cant really make the connection to the royalty thing, but what a great story! I didnt realize that a person could have only one clubbed thumb. Thanks for all the info.!!
June 1, 2008 at 4:02 am |
love this site.
June 1, 2008 at 4:08 am |
I love that we all have “European Royal Thumbs!”
I totally agree w/the person who said they look like cobra thumbs, winning thumb wars, and of an Irish descent. I’m young-and I accept them! Both of my thumbs are that way and my dad has them, and 2 girl cousins on my mom’s side. So… I have it in my blood on both of my parent’s sides!!! I feel that it’s more common in girls too. Those pictures look a lot like my thumbs. Curious if anyone has a problem of getting infection in the sides of their thumbs and how it gets better. Thumb rings are tricky to get on! lol
June 1, 2008 at 3:04 pm |
How do I send pictures of my THUMBS. I think mine are the widest I have seen.
June 2, 2008 at 3:19 am |
Hahahaha wow I can’t believe this; this is great!
I have two clubbed thumbs… but I never knew there was a name for them!
My friends call them my nubs… or toe thumbs. But I also agree that they look like cobras; that’s what I use to describe them hahaha.
However I’m not any of the nationalities that have been previously mentioned…
I’m Irish, Spanish, Lebanese, and Croatian.
Two nubs up ;]
January 12, 2011 at 8:21 pm |
I’m Croatian 🙂
February 16, 2011 at 6:26 am
im croatian (a) hehe
April 2, 2012 at 11:27 pm |
Hi Julez, I just found this site and ur description of clubbed thumbs is the same as mine. I never liked my thumbs and still don’t. I’m always aware of them and always hide them .. wish I could always wear gloves. I wish I could be more accepting of them. No one in my family has these thumbs but me. No one has ever made comments about them. Once, a woman noticed them and said, “Look, we have the same thumbs.” She thought hers were unique and was proud to have them. I let my nails grow a bit longer, so I can shape them and make them look more normal.
June 2, 2008 at 5:48 am |
Hello Molly! You think you have the widest thumbs? Just ‘attach’ your pics to your message sent to this address (a picture of your thumb near a ruler so we can clearly see the width is necessary) spectrale@videotron.ca or I’ll make a test with this address because I’ve had problem to receive some pictures lately, try svendar78@yahoo.com… I hope that you’ll win! lol
June 2, 2008 at 5:51 am |
(Clic either spectrale@videotron.ca or svendar78@yahoo.com then ‘attach pictures’ then select (double left click on the mouse) the picture from your computer and click send… That’s it! 🙂 )
June 4, 2008 at 5:21 am |
OMG!! I cant believe such a website exists! Well I am 21 yrs old and I also have 2 clubbed thumbs.. so it really makes me feel better that there is alot of other people with similar thumbs like mine..im sorry to say but I have always hated my thumbs and I think I still do just a little I just cant seem to get over the fact that they are different. In high school, there were lots of times that I was made fun of because of them and I would cry inside because of it…i was called a “freak”.. and i would just think that is just the way I was born and there was nothing i could do about..omg im like tearing right now 😦
Well now that im a little older i am a little over it..no one in my close family has them as far as I know.. but i might..i never really paid attention.. At my high school I knew 2 people in my grade level with them, now that im in college i know another 2 people with them, and actually one of my co-workers has clubbed thumbs as well! Oh and I just realized that Megan Fox has them also! which makes me feel even better! I should be happy that I wasnt born with a missing leg or something!! Oh and I am Mexican America by the way and I believe my great grandmother was from Spain!
June 10, 2008 at 9:37 pm |
i have 2 club thumbs. always thought they were called hammer thumbs. was soooo jealous of my sister (who has 2 normal thumbs)! i hate my thumbs and always try to hide them. when people notice i tell them i caught them both in a door when i was younger and people seem to believe that! when i had my son it was one of the first things i checked and thank god he does not have them.
wish i was more like some of the people above who are quite proud of them. feel guilty sometimes when i see people with real problems and here i am happy and healthy yet moaning about my short thumbs!!! good to know that other people have it and i am not a freak.
June 12, 2008 at 6:48 am |
I have two and always felt like I was at disadvantage in thumb wars against the long thumbed majority. I also could never pull off a magic trick involving a fake plastic thumb because it was made for longies. They’re still kick ass thumbs though!
March 31, 2010 at 4:13 pm |
ya tell me bout it.my thumbs look like hell put in to a reject
June 13, 2008 at 8:19 pm |
I found this site while I was looking for a connection between my thumbs and a medical issue. ( I have found none, by the way.) I have two clubbed thumbs and rarely have been bothered by them, even though my husband and the rest of my family have teased me about it. (When I was a little girl, I could never find a bowling ball that didn’t weigh 12 pounds or more that had a hole wide enough for my thumb. Needless to say, I was not the best bowler! I was, however, able to wear acrylics on a couple occaisions. The manicurist had another client with thumbs like mine, so she knew what to do.) My husband has almost creepily long, thin fingers. One of our daughters has his fingers and the other appears to have clubbed thumbs like me, but not to the same extent. She doesn’t seem to mind either. If it works, what’s the problem?
June 14, 2008 at 11:24 am |
Hello B.! Here’s a site for you if you want to be able to play bowling : http://kingofthemill.net/?page=Contemporary_Bowling_Ball_Fitting_Measuring_and_Drilling_Tools
So, everybody, whats your thumb size (thumb width)?
June 11, 2009 at 8:26 pm |
funny….i tooo cant use the generic bowling balls they stick on my thumbs
June 14, 2008 at 11:03 pm |
haha, I’ve read many of your posts and I’m noticing a slight trend… I am also Scotch-Irish and English. I know that it does get irritating at times when people notice my thumbs for the first time and gather a crowd around to look at them, but I still like them. It’s funny looking back at baby pictures and realizing how very tiny my thumbs are in comparison to everyone elses. Not to mention, going out and getting acrylic nails always proves difficult because the salon never has a large enough tip to fit. But it’s also nice to fantasize that I might be extremely distantly related to a royal line, imbred or not.
February 10, 2010 at 3:51 am |
Hi MARIA,
I am Swedish, and both my thumbs are identical to the actress, Megan Fox. Out of 15 first cousins that I have, only 2 of us girls have these thumbs. (Ironically, my mom and aunt are sisters who then have a daughter each who have these traits- that being my cousin and me). I have 3 sons and they do not have this trait.I have met 5 people who also have them on both hands….an Italian,Ukranian,Native American,French, and a Canadian…how interesting this is. It occurs in 1 out of every 1000 births.It is a mystery when you wonder how this genetic component mutated to over the world.
June 15, 2008 at 3:28 am |
Omigosh! I have two clubbed thumbs. I am of Irish and German descent. AND my husband has two clubbed thumbs as well! He is Scottish, English and German. I have seven children (ages 4 to 20) and I think they all have the thumbs, except for two…Is there a prize for the most short, fat, toe thumbs in a family? I’ll take a picture tomorrow. I was googling thumbs because my daughter (who was prom queen at her high school this spring) is having issues… I have never even tried to get acrylic nails…I always thought why bother?
June 17, 2008 at 4:50 am |
Another “Yay, I’m not the only one!” 🙂
Now I can fight the silly inquiries with a little science. And prove that I wasn’t so stupid as to slam both my thumbs in a car door when I was a baby (how would you slam BOTH thumbs in a car door at the same time, anyways?!?). No one that I’m related to has club thumbs though, so I’m a bit of a mystery. Although I’ve got at least a half-dozen different types of ancestry in me from all directions, so who knows.
June 18, 2008 at 8:24 pm |
Hey, I have thesee thumbs. I knew ppl had them but not as many as these ppl. They’re kinda embarrasing because all my friends are like “omg they’re so weirdd” and I’m like yeah, I know. But, whatever. Ya know? Its a hairflip. One of my bestfriend says its cute. :]
June 19, 2008 at 3:14 pm |
I have 2.. My Great grandfather on my mothers side had them and 1 of kids did as well. my 2 Kids do not have them. Thank god! I’m canadian french.
June 23, 2008 at 8:44 pm |
Today a doctor tried to tell me that clubbed thumbs indicated lung issues. Are you kidding me??? Cool to find this page!
I have 2, my brother and mom also have 2, and we’re Scots/Irish/English/Hungarian. Aside from bowling balls sticking, pretty girl-gloves squeezing and thumb rings being impossible, it’s never bothered me! I just laugh when people grab my thumbs and call them “nubby,” “stubby,” or “E.T. Thumbs.” That’s a new one, huh?? I mean, come on, it’s not like we have two noses or something! I met a girl who plays Belle in the stage show of Beauty and the Beast who has them and she’s gorgeous and proud of her thumbs! Standing out is fun!
June 24, 2008 at 1:04 am |
im cool.
i have clubbed thumbs.
June 24, 2008 at 3:27 am |
OMG! I met a lady today with one clubbed thumb. (she is the 4th i have met) She informed me about genetics so I came home to do some research. Very interesting to read all of these posts. I have always hidden my left clubbed themb in the palm of my hand because I was so embarrased of it. People always ask….did you smash it, suck it, break it etc when you were smaller? I always say, Nope, I have no idea why its this ugly. Im 33 and it doesnt bother me like that anymore. Acrylic nails is a no go for sure, Cobra is a funny way to describe it. I have enjoyed all of the info I have read. I do not know my heritage but am going to look into it for sure. My grandparents are from the south and thats all I have. (Lousianna & Texas) Im going to try to go to the website listed above and do the picture thing. I will continue to research and keep this site in my favorites. OH…..Im the only one in my family that has this….at least that we know of. Did you guys have this clubbed thumb from birth? I have no idea if it was from birth or appeared this way later. Thanks for the info.
Wendy…Vancouver, Washington USA
June 25, 2008 at 7:20 am |
This is so cool…I didn’t know there was a community of us out there. I am 22 and just recently realized that my thumbs are due to some kind of genetic defect. Nobody else in my family has clubbed thumbs but I can tell you that I am of Spanish and Puerto Rican decent if that helps??? I would really like to find out more about this if anybody finds anything else out!
June 26, 2008 at 7:03 pm |
omg im not alone with these thumbs. i have one clubbed thumb on my left hand. Im british/welsh/italian. im really happy there are other people like me. all my life ive had people call me “toe thumb” or say my thumb looks like its made out of playdough lol!!!
June 30, 2008 at 6:16 pm |
I have those thumbs both of them and my sister has one regular and one like that.
July 15, 2008 at 3:30 am |
I also have these thumbs. I never knew there was a name for them until tonight. I ALWAYS hide my hands and I have been teased for years. Nobody in my family has them ~ I have asked my parents, aunts, and other extended family and I seem to be the only one. I’m so glad that both of my children don’t have them. I have hated them for over 45 years and love winter so I can wear gloves!!! I’m so glad I found this website so I could read others stories…but how can I find more pictures?? I think mine are probably the most fat and short!! Yuck!!!
July 18, 2008 at 2:18 pm |
I also have these thumbs, and ive always hated them
Ive always found that with mine that they aren’t the best for technical work as the top bit is slightly “crunchy” as it bends, which has always kinda concerned me. I’ve only ever known one other person with these thumbs but they moved to a different school and I never really talked to them anyway!
I’m english but not sure of my ancestry, both my parents are english
July 21, 2008 at 8:53 pm |
Im not the only 1!!!
I never realized so many ppl shared this quality…
I too, am so embarrassed when ppl make comments about them. But im happy that im not alone.
This is the first time i ever looked up the condition b 4 so i wa pleasently surprized.
July 25, 2008 at 4:51 pm |
I’VE FOUND MY PEOPLE!!!!!!
June 15, 2011 at 6:30 am |
me too..
July 28, 2008 at 2:39 am |
I can’t believe how many of us there are out there! Glad to read your stories- I can totally relate to problems with bowling balls, art classes, peers, etc. It is so good to know that I am not alone!! I am 47 and of Italian descent. My paternal family were from Rome and northern italy and my maternal family came from southern italy. I am an A-blood type. Love the speculation that our clubbed thumbs may be indicative of a royal heritage! Makes the suffering a bit better! Never liked my thumbs, but feel so much better to know that there are many of us out there.
August 1, 2008 at 4:58 am |
I know that thumb!!! Reading thru these comments, I feel like I found long lost kindred spirits. I have two club thumbs. Until today, I thought they were called “tailor’s thumbs” . When I was growing up, my mother attributed the “stubbiness” to the fact that I sucked my thumbs. Wow, was I sorry. I know better now. I can so relate to your stories about bowling balls, nail tips and gloves. I am the only one in my Irish/Scottish/Norwegian family who has them. My Norwegian grandfather may have had one. I thought they were part of a skeletal anomoly package because I also have shorter (actually lower) than usual baby fingers (pinkies) and my second to last toes are shorter than the baby toes- anyone else have this or is this unrelated? (For the record, my blood type is O).
October 3, 2012 at 3:29 am |
Hi, re: short 4th toe, shake hands. Though I’m Jewish, and in fact have stars of david engraved on my palms (which palmists fail to mention). I have 2 stub thumbs, and also one short 4th toe – on my left foot only. Short 4th toes are absolutely linked to stub-thumb syndrome, according to research by Dr.Goodman (see: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1012845/)
September 7, 2014 at 2:24 am
i jave the 4th toe thing too and also short ring finger on right hand. I hope you can find my first response where I describe in more detail.I always thought my hands and fet were so messed up and ashamed of it.
August 3, 2008 at 8:02 am |
hi everyone. I’m glad to have found this site. I’m east indian. My parents come from India and I get it from my fathers side. I was reading in the handology book in chapters book store that anyone with clubbed thumbs is very stubborn or has a temper but we are able to bring it out only when we want to which is not all the time! I dont know about you but i see it in my dad and i do get my temper from him! i thought that was unique
August 5, 2008 at 11:57 pm |
Hi im lea im 14 years old and i didnt know what was wrong with my thumb ever since i was little everyone had normal thumbs but not me it more so looked like a toe and i always got made fun for it then today i looked it up and realized what it was and i had no idea some people would have the same problem as me well thanks alot for all your help!
August 6, 2008 at 2:17 am |
I always thought that I was the only person in the world with these ugly thumbs. To me they are ugly and my mother always told me that it came from thumb sucking. It was agony for me to eat in public, always trying to hide my thumbs. So glad that there are so many people out there that have the same affliction. I am very pleased to have found this webpage.
August 8, 2008 at 5:45 am |
I LOVE MY THUMBS! I have two little stubby thumbs and I’ve always thought they were quite funny, as opposed to being any kind of thing to be embarassed about.
Oddly enough, my first boyfriend had one clubbed thumb and a couple of decades later, I married a man with one clubbed thumb.
I think they must be a sign of perfection!
August 11, 2008 at 9:14 pm |
Hi. I have one clubbed thumb on my right hand- same as my mum!!! Its funny- i have met several people with these thumbs (although everyone but my mum and me had them on both hands) and they are all wonderful people. I am quite proud of mine. I am actually a geneticist so i find it particularly interesting. I am from Scotland. Another reason to be proud!!
I found out there is one gene that is responsible. It is autosomal dominant (you only need one copy of the gene) and it has variable penetrance (you can have the gene without the thumbs). Apparently it is less penetrant in males which is why there are more females with the cute thumbs- but it is called Bachydactyly type D (i think that is latin for special!!).
: )
April 17, 2010 at 3:41 pm |
Yes, I think we can all forget contemplating what geneological region our ancestors may have come from; rather get a DNA test where they can test a swab of your inner cheek tissue and then tell you that you are related to people groups all over the world; some you would never have dreamed of.
I inherited my short thumbs from my mother and she is entirely of Norwegian decent. (Of course, it is always possible there is something secret about the family ancestry, but we don’t need to go there. ha.)
My known ancestry is 3/4 Norwegian, 1/8 Swedish, 1/8 English. Blood type A+. I have wide square hands, “clubbed” thumbs and feet & toes to match. I am fair-skinned, with ash blonde hair and freckles everywhere. (Maybe theres actually a little Irish in here, after all, lol.) I also have relatively short legs, like the shorter legs typical of many Oriental people groups.
Unique, that’s what we are! As I kid, I used to think my hands were normal and all those other people had “spidy” toes and fingers. Ha.
August 23, 2010 at 10:03 am
I cannot believe all these people have my thumbs. I have been given heaps all my life about my thumbs. I am 52 and have 5 borthers and sisters. None of whom have the famous thumbs. I cannot believe there are so many of us out there. I have never met anyone else with them. Great to know there is something that makes us unique.
April 14, 2011 at 9:13 pm
I checked my daughter’s thumbs in the delivery room too! ( Not that I was planning on putting her back if she had my thumbs) When my granddaughter was born, I did the same thing! As much as I’ve come to terms with owning 2 clubbed thumbs – I was relieved that I didn’t pass them along. I did try the manicure route. The outcome was a disaster. The longer thumb nail – which still arched back from the thumb caught in something I was carrying and ripped the whole nail right out of the nail bed. That episode of vanity took months to recover.
August 17, 2008 at 4:39 am |
Wow! I am so thrilled by this site! I too have two clubbed thumbs. I have 3 brothers and none of them have it and neither does anyone I know of in my familia.
I remember noticing something different about my thumbs when I was a young girl. I also remember the day some girl at school told me I must be “an alien” because look at my thumbs “they’re so…different”.
A lady in jr high told me her niece had that too and that it was genetic. She said her neice could bend her thumb all the way back!
Also, someone also has told me it is related to artistic people. What do you guys think?
Recently, I actually met someone who had them! She said no one else in her family had them either. She also said she was artistic.
Well, I’ve gotten a lot of teasing as well. I think people are just stoopid if they are really weirded about someone’s nail shape.
Its so weird to see the photo gallery=those hands looks just like mine!
April 17, 2010 at 4:04 pm |
Who knows? Maybe there is something to the artistic tendency, if not in the sense of music or other arts, then in enhanced right brain applications.
I have occasional flashes of artistic “talent,” where some sketch comes from nowhere, like the pencil scetch of the torso and face of a man I was to meet and date the following semester in college. (That was just plain freaky.) I am not otherwise considered “artistic” as I have not studied the arts to develop this talent. There’s a great book called “Drawing on the Right Side” that teaches us “non-artists” how to access this latent talent, if it exists.
I also sometimes sense or “see” things before they happen, but it isn’t something I have ever tried to control. As far as I know cannot control it. It just happens, and it may sound weird, but it’s real. Such extrasensory perception is a right brain function, just as is the manifestation of artistic talent.
Maybe there is something to the association between having clubbed thumbs and enhanced right brain activity. Anyone else?
Would be interesting to know if we have general personality charistics in common, starting with extroversion v.s. introversion or just a balance of these.
And we’re all high IQ, too, of course, right? Ha.
November 8, 2013 at 8:05 am
Hello
I can feel myself in your right brain application.
gerry
August 28, 2012 at 5:00 pm |
I have 2 fabulous stubbers, and am the only one I know of in my entire family. My mom always called them “artist thumbs”. I always loved them for this reason and attributed them to my exceptional artistic ability. I was teased plenty, but never for my thumbs. I was once asked in art class if I was in an accident, otherwise the only other comment came from another stub-thumber in AZ. (A neat hippy dude with a bead shop) I have some other quirks that bother me, but never the thumbs. I have always believed them to be exceptionally special. I have met a few other stubbers: one art techer, one knitter, one mechanic, & the bead dude. If not for my mom or my art ability, it may have been very negative for me as well. My family (non-stubbers) especially my kids, make jokes, but in a good way. Around here, we admire and give reverence to the stubbers! All the haters shall repent & genuflect these bad boys!!!
August 17, 2008 at 4:33 pm |
Hi,
@Canadagirl:Yeah, I’ve heard about that artistic thing, my mother used to tell me that when I came back from school, crying, because people were joking about by thumbs…;))not kidding… It would be cool if it was.Actually I’m quite good at drawing… I read a few times about characteristic properties (hand-palmistry), that short thick thumbs indicate an impetuous person, that easily loses its temper…
@all:
Hi, i’ve posted here a while ago.Reading thru the msgs, I draw the conclusion that women are more often affected by “clubbophilia” (HA!) which underpins observations I’ve made in the past!Most people I met who had clubbed thumbs were girls/women.
Anyway (I’m a guy and also am proud owner of 2 clubbed thumbs), I just wanted to say I feel relieved knowing that out there there are some other folks swinging their clubbed thumbs;)).We’re not alone.UNITE, CLUBBED THUMBS OF THE WORLD, LETS RAISE OUR THUMBS IN THE AIR AND MARCH TOGETHER!
Question: Do you mind people asking about your thumbs?I sometimes think its quite rude!Because most people don’t ask about that…Just yesterday I’ve been asked (during a party) “mate, whats wrong with your thumbs?”, I laughed it away saying ” yeah theyre alien thumbs blablabla” but I have to say I didnt feel confortable at all!Its not the first time!Anyway, just wanted to know your opinion!
BTW I’m from Germany, wehere do you all come from??
August 21, 2008 at 5:08 am |
I saw a doctor yesterday and during the exam he commented oh I see you have club thumbs I was in shock I’m almost 26 and never thought there was a name for my thumbs. I’ve gone my whole life hiding my thumbs especially in my school years, I always kept my hands closed with my thumbs tucked in the center of my palm, I would even keep my thumb turned into my palm when I’d hold hands with boyfriends. I got into quite a few fights due to kids making fun of my thumbs or asking stupid questions like did your thumb get run over by a truck. I wish I had known that it wasn’t just me but oh well now I do know so I can explain the why anytime I get asked.
August 26, 2008 at 3:50 am |
I am 49 years old and didn’t realize this had a facination. Every time one of my childeren has been born my wife always checks their thumbs to make sure they are “normal”. My Aunt says it is because “we have dwarfs in the family”. Well at 6’5″ that is the only part of me that has been dwarfed…. My one poor little thumb has been smashed, cut, bitten and burned. My doctors just said “well it is kinda gimpy so I guess it doesn’t work too well…
Oh yes. I always try to hide it.
My parents never noticed it until I brought it up. When I look at pictures when I was a toddler I can see that big old thumb hanging there…
So today I was in a class with a fellow that had two thumbs like ours…. I didn’t bring it up. Possibly I should have.
October 30, 2011 at 1:14 am |
My husband checked our daughter’s thumbs in the delivery room as well! She did not inherit my double clubbed thumbs – nor did her daughter. I don’t like them – but they function and I am grateful. It’s fun to hear kindred stories, and sad to see the level of bullying and hatred people have experienced.
August 26, 2008 at 8:44 pm |
I have 2 clubbed thumbs too. I have met two people in my life who also have them. Both women. I am of 100% German descent. Can’t wear a thumb ring, but no one else uses my bowling ball! Texting is a bit of a pain as well. No one else in my family has this that I am aware of.
August 27, 2008 at 3:10 am |
Re: artistic: I have 2 club thumbs and I am a pretty talented illustrator/painter. I have kept a near perfect rendering of my hand that I did as an assignment in 7th grade art class. I got a “C” because the teacher didn’t think I portrayed the thumb correctly- Little did he know becuase I was too embarrassed to show him the model, which was of course my clubbed thumbs.
Re: dwarfism: I was told by a geneticist that there could be a disposition toward dwarfism (we adopted so I’ll never know). Re: being especially impetuous-oh, yeah. A little short fused, fer sure
Re: having other shorter digits :I’m still curious to know if anyone also has the shorter than average pinky finger or second to last toes to go with their special club thumbs. I thought this was part of the complete set or am I just really lucky?!!
October 3, 2012 at 3:33 am |
I responded to you previously, but here’s a copy which should interest, even if years late:
Hi, re: short 4th toe, shake hands. Though I’m Jewish, and in fact have stars of david engraved on my palms (which palmists fail to mention). I have 2 stub thumbs, and also one short 4th toe – on my left foot only. Short 4th toes are absolutely linked to stub-thumb syndrome, according to research by Dr.Goodman (see: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1012845/)
August 29, 2008 at 9:05 am |
My family is from the south. and my grandmother is native american.
i have always been embarrased and teased about my weird thumbs.
its really good to know im not the only one anymore!
September 1, 2008 at 6:38 pm |
hi i hv got 2 clubbed thumbs n i m from india, my parents are of indian tibetan origin. and yes people often make fun of ma thumbs.. its funny but a blog on clubbed thumb i never expected. nice to have it??
September 1, 2008 at 6:48 pm |
many people in north west India located in a small place seem to have this trait. cuz many of cousins and friends have it either in the one hand or the both. pic looked as if some body took the pic of ma thumb and uploaded here… ha ha ha !!!
September 2, 2008 at 9:30 am |
wow im so happy i found this site, im 22 and have two clubbed thumbs one is a bit worse than the other, they used to really bother me but now sometimes i show them off for a laugh, i feel much better knowing im not alone, i am welsh, my uncle has them too and he is english/scottish. xx
September 3, 2008 at 4:40 pm |
hi Elaine !!!
i m also from genetics background too and presently working on bacteria. i tried not seriously but just out of curiosity i found that the gene responsible may have a morphogens like function. during the time of embryo genesis concentration of these morphogens determine weather its going to be clubbed or normal.
September 6, 2008 at 7:57 am |
hey i have two clubbed thumbs as well, the thing is no1 in my family has it, its weard. my nationalaty is 100% lebanese and i live in australia. sometimes i like my thumbs and sumtimes im embaresed, alot of mixed emotions. people have teazed me about it but i try and egnore them, its accutuly kinda cute when you look at it in a different way 🙂
September 7, 2008 at 12:35 pm |
Heyyy! I’m soooo happy to have found this site!! I have two clubbed thumbs and I always feel so unique and special, until people start saying im deformed. I LOVE when i find people with the same thumbs!! My question is- no one else in my family has them. I’m Jewish, does that have an effect? And i read that they are dominant, but that cant be. oh, and replying to patty- I have short pinkys too!!!!! Ive never met someone before with pinkys that dont reach to the top line on their ring finger!!!! Oh- and my favorite class is genetics if that helps me understand anything.
October 28, 2011 at 2:01 am |
Oh! I guess I have short pinkies too. I wasn’t sure what you guys classified as short, since I never really paid attention. But mine don’t reach the top line of my ring finger either.
October 3, 2012 at 3:38 am |
Gavi, like yourself, I’m Jewish (the below URL should interest) with short pinkies & stub thumbs,
…and like Patti, I have short 4th toe albeit left foot, and short pinkies & stub thumbs.
Here’s what I responded to Patti:
Hi, re: short 4th toe, shake hands. Though I’m Jewish, and in fact have stars of david engraved on my palms (which palmists fail to mention). I have 2 stub thumbs, and also one short 4th toe – on my left foot only. Short 4th toes are absolutely linked to stub-thumb syndrome, according to research by Dr.Goodman (see: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1012845/)
September 8, 2008 at 2:40 am |
Wow. I had no idea there were other people out there with thumbs like mine. No one in my family (of my knowledge) has clubbed thumbs. Just me. Now I no longer feel alone! 🙂
September 8, 2008 at 4:25 am |
What a unique club we have here (pun intended)! Does anyone else, besides Gavi and me, have the short pinky to go with our facinating thumbs? The top of the pinky reaches the mid knuckle instead of the top joint of the ring finger because the pinky knuckle lower than the others.
I also have what some have called “Fred Flintstone” toes- short and stubby with an exceptionally short second to last toe on each foot. (My husband loves me in spite of it)
My roots are Norse/Celtic…Maybe it’s all from my Druid ancestors.
September 8, 2008 at 11:07 pm |
I am of Italian decent, and live in the United States, and come from a long line of club thumbs. My right thumb is a club thumb, my grandmother and my mother both have or had a club thumb, one cousin has a club thumb and my son has one club thumb. Just by chance tonight I was cutting my nails and was wondering how rare this genetic condition might be. Wow was I surprised, besides family members I have never seen anyone else with a thumb like ours.
September 11, 2008 at 2:01 am |
My thumb is on the internet!!!! I was browsing Facebook groups and I typed “thumb” just out of curiosity and came across the Clubbed Thumb Society! I was astonished! I’m from Greece, 20 yrs old, I have a right club thumb and always have been extra embarassed of it. The worst thing I’ve ever heard is “Freak thumb”..! My friends call it “The Frog Thumb” and I think that’s kinda cute!
My dad’s thumbs are kinda fat (!) but I think i got mine from my grandpa whose thumbs were both clubbed. I have never met a person with a thumb like mine but I DID notice that Megan Fox had one when I saw Transformers at the movies!
Guys, I’m so surprised, glad, relieved and thankful we’re a whole lot with funny thumbs!! And I might even begin to like mine…
Cheers, Nat
September 11, 2008 at 2:04 am |
PS. I’m quite hot tempered and stubborn, by the way!!!
September 22, 2008 at 2:16 pm |
Hi… I have clubbed thumbs and I have small hands in general, short pinkys too. I never had a manicure as im too embarrassed. For the ladies out here, does a manicure improve the look of the hands. Do people wear fake nails? For a special occasion, im always like to look really good but my hands let me down. I try to hide them. Any advice on this??
April 17, 2010 at 4:21 pm |
My manicurist did paint-on UltraViolet nails for me. She insisted on slightly cutting in the inner edge of the thumb nail “for the shape.” Of 400 clients, she had only one other with thumbs like mine.
When I wore my nails natural, one woman whom I just met in a social group actually snubbed me from across the table with a comment like, “at least she could shape them!” I guess my thumb nails fan out too much if I don’t keep the sides filed. My friend sitting next to me, however, said, ‘That’s just the way they are,” bless her heart. That the other one cared to criticize my manicure in the first place kind of took the cake! I’m not like that.
I love my unique hands.
September 23, 2008 at 7:27 am |
My mom and I both have pinkies that do not reach the top line of the ring finger! They only reach until the first line. =P But I don’t have clubbed thumbs. Just stumbled onto this site because I’m researching my pinky for a Genetics homework.
September 26, 2008 at 11:02 pm |
I have club thumbs and i thought it was a deformaty, my great grandmother, aunt and cousin all have the thumbs. I was told people who have club thumbs tend to have heart conditions. Is there any truth to this? If you have any information let me know. Thank you for any help you can provide me.
September 27, 2008 at 1:19 am |
omg i have two of them! i always loved them, i felt unique but alwayd hid them from people, but now, i am so happy others have it too, and i was even happier when i found out i have a chance of being royalty=D
so awesome. im 14, im also glad i found out now than when im older, thanks for making the site
September 28, 2008 at 1:47 pm |
Hi there! 🙂
Glad to read I am not the only one with clubbed thumbs. My grandmother had them too and yes, her father was the cook for the Italian King Vittorio Emanuele III. I have no idea if my great-grandmother had an affair with royalty or not, but the idea is amusing. I have always been curious to learn if this trait is attached to other genetic problems such as mine (kidney stones). Any ideas? Thumbs up to everyone!! 🙂
PS: To Cath: I have my nails done on a regular basis and yes, they make the thumbs look a bit longer and less… Different, but I can assure you a good manicurist has seen clubbed thumbs before, so go ahead and get your claws done!
September 28, 2008 at 2:14 pm |
Almost forgot to post info on the questions asked so far:
1. I have shorter legs than average, for a woman. I also have wide feet, with short toes, and I was one hell of a swimmer for many years. I can also bend and turn much more than the average person; I wonder if that means that people with these thumbs are more ‘elastic’ than the average person…
2. My blood type is B+
3. I am a very good artist; I started drawing like an adult at the age of 6.
4. Yes, I have a short temper.. Then again who can abide idiots?
5. I have lordosis; meaning the backside sticks out and is ‘bubbled’ rather than wide. Narrow hips, muscular legs.
6. I don’t process protein very well; whether animal or vegetal makes no difference; that’s where the cystine stones come from.
7. I am 100% Italian, and moved to California 10 years ago
Hope this helps! 🙂
April 17, 2010 at 4:39 pm |
OMG, we should get that DNA swab test taken to find out if we have any ancestry in common. I have your build, generally, and find I am *perfectly* balanced in the water–never need to stand to rest, just assume the reclining-in-a-lawn-chair position and float, though I am slim, not fat. Just learning to swim this year. Not so “elastic” as you–very tight deep internal rotators of my hips, and no lordosis. I do have high round (you say “bubbled”) backside, though. I gain muscularity quickly when I work on strength training. Never noticed a problem processing protein, though my stomach is sensitive to *so* many things–xanthan gum and non-fat dry milk give me serious stomach bloat; nuts give me numular excema. I am always looking for the ultimate healthy diet. Some proteins or foods prepared a particular way are easier to digest than others, but that’s a whole ‘nother discussion.
As for the short temper thing? People say I’m quiet and controlled–yeah, in a ‘still waters run deep’ kind of way; controlled substance. Anyway, I’m way more mellow now than when I was younger.
Inherited clubbed thumbs from my mother, who is 100% Norwegian. Also some Swedish and British in the geneology. No Italian that I know of. Blood type A+.
:o)
September 29, 2008 at 1:51 am |
Oh, my goodness. I was just browsing through the net trying to find out information about my “weird” hands, pulled up this site and–there was my thumb! I’m so tickled, this is the only time I’ve ever seen a clubbed thumb other than mine.
Actually, both my thumbs are clubbed. I’ve always hated them, thought they were SOOOOO ugly, and still tend to keep them hidden. (They are a source of great amusement to my grandchildren!) In addition to the clubbed thumbs, I also have unusually short fifth fingers, which, together with the short thumbs, really puts a crimp in my ability to play the piano! 😉
As for ancestry, I’m mostly of English, Scots and Irish on one side, and English, “Pennsylvania Dutch,” Scots-Irish, and Welsh on the other. No one else in my family has (or had) club thumbs that I know of, and neither of my sons inherited either my club thumbs, or my abnormally little fifth digits.
Additional medical information–my blood type is B+. and I have trouble with some sort of auto-immune disorder.
It’s interesting to see that others on this site have “club thumbs and little pinkies.” Makes me wonder if it’s some sort of syndrome….
September 30, 2008 at 6:04 am |
hooray for funny deformities! it’s nice to know i’m not alone;)
October 1, 2008 at 7:09 pm |
Hey everyone! I’ve been working on a clubbed thumb gallery for a few months now. Up to 134 pics. You can see it here:
http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/ii237/clubbedthumbs/
Please send me an email at clubbedthumb@hotmail.com and I’ll add your pic. No names are used.
JT
April 17, 2010 at 4:50 pm |
I wish people would include hand shape in the photos. I have relatively large, strong, square hands. Is this typical for others who have clubbed thumbs?
April 14, 2011 at 9:19 pm
It is for me!
October 4, 2008 at 4:04 am |
This site is awesome. I didn’t realize there were so many other people with clubbed thumbs. I’ve only met two other people that weren’t related to me with clubbed thumbs. I also have short pinkies. Is that common for people with clubbed thumbs or something? My grandma had em and so does my dad. I’m not sure if any of my aunts or uncles do too. I’m of Spanish Jewish descent.
October 3, 2012 at 3:41 am |
Yes, I have short pinkies & one short 4th toe, relevant to Goodman’s research (see below url).
Here’s what I responded to Patti above:
Hi, re: short 4th toe, shake hands. Though I’m Jewish, and in fact have stars of david engraved on my palms (which palmists fail to mention). I have 2 stub thumbs, and also one short 4th toe – on my left foot only. Short 4th toes are absolutely linked to stub-thumb syndrome, according to research by Dr.Goodman (see: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1012845/)
October 7, 2008 at 12:44 am |
OMG! So my girlfriend was just making fun of me for my clubbed thumbs (which I have always thought were weird, but not really a medical condition) so I thought I’d look them up on wikipedia and see what it said. It had a link to this website and I can’t believe it…I’ve finally found my people!!! I have two clubbed thumbs, two abnormally short pinkies, and what I like to call “Fred Flinstone” feet. Are all these things connected? What causes them? Will I pass these traits on to my future children? I have so many questions now! But at least I know that the weird quirks I’ve grown up with are actually NOT abnormal. Thanks, guys.
October 7, 2008 at 2:09 am |
Hey Melanie,
I know of cases of clubbed thumbs being passed on and also times when they are not. Not sure of the chances though. A good friend of mine has clubbed thumbs and toes so I assume there is a connection there. As for what causes them, I’ve heard several different theories, ranging from too much thumb sucking as a baby to lack of oxygen before being born. Not sure what is true though, perhaps its case by case.
If you ever want to share a pic, I’d love to add it to the gallery (names are never used).
Anyway, welcome!! (^_^)
October 7, 2008 at 11:35 am |
ha ha ha, i have clubbed thumbs too…and have only just found out they are called “clubbed”, my twin sister has them too and my friend has one normal thumb and one clubbed thumb, my brothers are always takeing the mickey out of me… cant wait to show them this site…… heres to all of the clubbed thumb brigade, let us unite lol xx beth
October 9, 2008 at 3:17 am |
Hi, Melanie!
I have two clubbed thumbs, and little pinkies, too. My feet are “normal” except for some extra webbing between my second and third toes. My brother’s thumbs were not clubbed, but he had even more webbing between his toes than I do. Has anyone else here noticed the extra webbing bit in their own feet, or in the feet of family members?
As for inheritance–I have two sons, and neither of them have clubbed thumbs, or tiny pinkies. I know that when they were born, that was one of the first things I looked for–and breathed a sigh of relief then they turned out to have hands like their dad’s. I know I was teased a lot when I was a child about my thumbs…my mom always used to tell me they were that “weird” shape because I sucked my thumb when I was a baby, but I never believed her. 😉
Welcome to the website. Isn’t it fun to discover that there are lots of other people out there with “funny” thumbs just like your own? 😀
–Jan
October 12, 2008 at 8:28 am |
This is crazy! Both of my thumbs are clubbed but I thought I was deformed or somthing, I’m so relieved that this is an actual genetic gene, I actually feel special and different now.
I’ve always been self concious about them and my friends would make fun of them but now I’m kinda proud of them, so HAH on those who have regular boring thumbs 😉
clubbed thumbs UNITE!
October 13, 2008 at 5:19 am |
I love my thumbs 😀
but my mom makes fun of me and
says how do you text with those things??
hahahah 😛
my aunt also has them but she isn’t related by
blood.. and we always say what is up with your thumbs?
hah 😀
October 15, 2008 at 5:50 pm |
how did thumb came to India (manali) from Europe?
because i know more than a dozen unrelated friends of mine who have this. but all of us come from a geographically isolated place located north west India.
October 28, 2011 at 5:35 am |
Maybe it came to Europe from India
October 19, 2008 at 3:27 am |
BOTH OF MY THUMBS ARE CLUBBED AND 2 THIS DAY I STILL GET TEASED ABOUT THEM… THE BIGGEST JOKE IS THEM BEING CALLED HAMMERS OR THE PHRASE “HAMMER TIME” BEING USED… I ALSO DEVELOPED THE HABIT OF HIDING THEM UNDER MY PALMS W/O NOTICING I WAS DOING IT… SINCE I’VE BEEN OLDER I HAVE A FRIEND W/ BOTH CLUBBED THUMBS, AND A FRIEND W/ ONE CLUBBED THUMB… i ALSO INCOUNTERED A CUSTOMER OF MINES WHO WAS A MALE W/ BOTH CLUBBED THUMBS AND FOR THE FIRST TIME AN ASIAN WOMAN WHO ALSO HAD CLUBBED THUMBS AND NOTICED MINE… IT’S FUNNY HOW PEOPLE W/ THESE THUMBS CAN SPOT SOMEONE ELSE W/ THEM ALSO… I DO GET MY NAILS DONE BUT, THE HARD THING IS MY THUMB IS STILL WIDER THEN THE LARGEST NAIL THEY HAVE 2 OFFER… I’M OF CHEROKEE, CHOCTAW, SHAWNEE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN ORGIN, ENGLISH, IRISH, SCOTTISH, SWEDISH, DUTCH, AND GERMAN FROM MY MOM’S FAMILY AND ALL I KNOW FROM MY FATHERS SIDE IS THAT I’M NATIVE AMERICAN AND FRENCH… AS FAR AS SOMEONE’S QUESTION OF BLOOD TYPE I’M A- RH- WHICH IS NOT ONE OF YOUR MORE COMMON BLOOD TYPES… ONLY 15% OF AMERICANS ARE RH-…. HOPEFULLY WITH MY INFO I CAN GET A BETTER IDEA WHERE THESE THUMBS CAME FROM…
October 22, 2008 at 5:50 am |
I have two of these horrible things. I have hidden them all my life. No one else in my family has them. I have run across a couple of people through the years who have them. I hate to hand people things and hope they don’t notice. My fingers are fairly long and nice looking. I fantasize about normal loooong thumbs and wish I could wear a pretty thumb ring lika a girl in high school. Some people have commented when I was young and in school. I am 40 now and haven’t had a questuon or rude comment for years. Could it be I have perfected my hiding them?? I wish the best for all of us. I am of German and Irish decent….Thanks to all.Oh, I thought I read years ago that Paul Newman had them, too. I don’t think anyone mentioned him (RIP).
October 24, 2008 at 12:57 pm |
This is wonderful news. Insecurity about the appearance of my right thumb is something that has eaten at me for years…especially in my profession where cameras and eyes are always present. Thank you for sharing the stories of what these “clubbed” thumbs mean to us, and to history!
Peace,
Keysha
October 25, 2008 at 4:34 pm |
Didn’t know it was a sign of royalty in Europe. But I guess that doesn’t apply to me because im Korean. Still interested in what European royalty has clubbed thumbs
April 17, 2010 at 4:54 pm |
The first person who ever pointed out to me my short thumbs was a professor in college who was from Korea. Since I also share another physical charateristic common to many SE Asian people–relatively short legs–I have always wondered about how my Norse background might have linked with Oriental traits.
September 26, 2011 at 12:27 am |
Hey, me too! I’m pretty sure I’m 100% Korean and I’ve had other Korean friends with this thumb.
October 29, 2008 at 4:32 am |
Yes! I have always been wondering what happened to my thumbs. I thought that I must have broken a bone or something. I remember first realizing about them when I was like 9. I’m 18 now and no one has really noticed. My left thumb is the clubbed one. My right one is normal.Im afraid that it will somehow affect my social life in the future. Has anyone gone to a doctor to find more info? I’m always scared that it will somehow affect me in the future. It’s weird having to different thumbs. Thanks for your stories. Please give me as much info as you can.
genaro31@att.net
October 29, 2008 at 4:26 pm |
I have always wondered why i have deformed thumbs, i didn’t know there was a whole community of other people with them out there, or indeed that you could just have one deformed one and one normal. Weird but cool – now i don’t feel like such a freak! Its never stopped me having a normal social life but i’m glad my daughter hasn’t inherited them all the same. Im RH neg and have some Polish in my ancestry…I dont know if there’s any link but others have mentioned it. There’s far worse deformities/diseases/illness out there so if widescreen thumbs is your only problem be thankful!
October 29, 2008 at 7:19 pm |
Hey everyone! My clubbed thumb gallery is up to 199 pics! Thanks again to everyone who has sent me a pic to add.
Still looking to add more to the largest clubbed thumb gallery on the net! Anyone else willing to share? Your name will not be used.
Please email me at: clubbedthumb@hotmail.com
The gallery is here: http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/ii237/clubbedthumbs/
Thanks again!
Jason
October 30, 2008 at 12:35 am |
I have 2 clubbed thumbs and am of Irish,Swedish,and possibly English heritage. My mom has 2 clubbed thumbs as well and I think my mom’s dad did too. I have always been a bit self conscious about my “ET thumbs” and am just learning to appreciate their cuteness. As a Physical Therapist I am able to give great trigger point massages with my strong thumbs!! I have also heard they are a sign of English royalty.
I have only met 2 other people besides my mom who have them! Nice to know there are more of “us”!!
October 30, 2008 at 6:48 pm |
this is great! my brother and I both have 2 clubbed thumbs and I always thought it was b/c our dad is a smoker…haha! we’re both of full blooded korean descent. It’s weird though b/c neither of our parents have clubbed thumbs. I’ve always hated them but am learning to embrace them as my own uniqueness.
October 31, 2008 at 4:46 am |
I’m the only one of my family with stubby thumbs (I think) and fairly short fingers and I find my mom’s long bony thumbs and fingers bizarre! I ♥ my stubby thumbs! ^_^
I’ve met only one other person with them. 😮
I myself am half irish, 3/8 german, 1/8 polish. I also have short legs and a long torso. Now *that* I mind. XD
April 17, 2010 at 4:57 pm |
@Kate: “I also have short legs and a long torso. Now *that* I mind. XD”
Hear. Hear. (That’s me, too.) lol
November 1, 2008 at 12:46 pm |
What a delight to learn of this website! 🙂 I’ve often wondered if there is more of a story behind these crazy thumbs of mine and/or whether they mean something. My thumbs and hands look IDENTICAL to the one on the home page of this site! 🙂
My (paternal) grandmother used to squeeze/massage my thumbs when I was a kid in the hopes that she’d help to make them longer and thinner. She told me not to worry, that they’d get longer and thinner when I got older. Now I’m 36, and have stopped hoping they will. 🙂
I usually only ever see people with these thumbs once ever couple of years – however I met 3 people within the last two months that had them. One was a Mexican guy in his thirties (I was in Mexico). He told me his wife has one club thumb too (she is Mexican as well). Then I met a woman at a trade show in Vegas that had two club thumbs. Now I’m in China and just last week I met a Chinese man who has one club thumb. Crazy! 🙂
One of my maternal aunts has a single club thumb. I’m told my maternal great grandmother had two club thumbs – I’ve always felt a special connection to her b/c of this (despite the fact that I never met her). I have often wondered what else we have in common. No other relatives of mine that I’m aware of have club thumbs. Sure does seem to be more predominant in women. I am of German heritage. I have two brothers and neither have club thumbs.
In highschool, when I used to regularly get asked, “Omg, what happened to your thumb?!”, sometimes I’d tell people I got it stuck in an elevator and they’d believe me. Other times, I’d just show them my other thumb (which looks the same) and they’d look embarrassed for asking. For a while in my twenties, my nickname was “thumbs”.:) People seem to ask me less these days. At the end of the day, I think there are far worse things to have than these funny-looking thumbs, so I’m not too bothered by them now. Not very feminine-looking, but I think it makes us special. 🙂 Glad to know there are “others” out there. 🙂
Some questions for other fellow club thumbers….
– If there is an obvious genetic link in your family, was the trait passed down through the maternal or paternal side?
– Do your siblings have club thumbs? Male or female siblings?
– Are you artistic?
Hey, we should form a club! 🙂 Any fellow “clubbers” in Vegas? 🙂 lol
November 2, 2008 at 6:07 am |
I just learned i had clubbed thumbs and thier starting to give me ideas that could possibly earn me some money!
November 4, 2008 at 10:00 pm |
I am 43-years old, of English and German descent and have a clubbed thumb on my right hand. My mother was the first in her family to have a right-clubbed thumb and my sister has two clubbed thumbs. I have three children, two boys and a girl. Both of my boys’ thumbs are “normal”, but my daughter inherited two clubbed thumbs! Interestingly enough, my husband’s nephew has two clubbed thumbs and no one else on his side of the family has this trait. Thank you for sharing this information on the www. I have always hidden my “deformity”, but now realize that we are special indeed!
November 5, 2008 at 4:37 am |
yayy i have 2 xD i neverd really notcied them being at all different form the rest cause i havent really compared thumbs 😀 this is so fun =)
November 5, 2008 at 3:20 pm |
Hi there I have 2 Clubbed thumbs and only ever met 3ppl with them. My nana was Italian so maybe i didn’t just inherit the nose lol. IM SO CHUFFED IM NORMAL! Thank you alfparelli for enabling me to see im normal 🙂
November 5, 2008 at 3:30 pm |
My brother doesn’t have them neither im the only person in my family who has them as far as im aware but my Italian Grandmother Rosa died before I was born so I dont know if she had them or not. I got sick of ppl saying urgh haven’t you got wierd thumbs that all through childhood I would hide them inside my sleeves or wear gloves. Only recently I now point them out to ppl before they comment to stop any hurtful comment. Its strange how no-one else in my family has them. I went to get acrylic nails put on about a year ago and the nail artist was horrified! She couldn’t get a nail to fit which made me feel abnormal. After reading this site I see now many women obviously have the same problem. Hey might start a business making clubbed thumb aftificial nails! Any business partners out there?! lol ENJOY YOUR THUMBS YOUR UNIQUE!
November 11, 2008 at 8:22 pm |
i SWORE i was the only one with these types of thumbs. i have 2 of them.
i always hide them under my hand.
its kinda weird that everyone seems to come from European descent and im DOMINICAN!! im so freaking weird. im the only one in all my family[and i have a big one].
but im glad they actually have a name. i searched up ‘weird types of thumbs’ on goggle. LOL
November 14, 2008 at 4:59 am |
The clubbed thumb gallery is now up to 250 pics!
http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/ii237/clubbedthumbs/
Keep ’em coming!!
November 17, 2008 at 5:40 pm |
Growing up I was not teased much about my left thumb, but by 10th grade I was hopelessly self-conscious about it and decided to keep it hidden at all times; now in middle age, I’m ready to get over it! As Eleanor Roosevelt said “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.”
My mother’s background was Irish or Scottish, my father’s is Swiss German.
November 18, 2008 at 12:23 pm |
Im so happy i found this ive never seen anyone or knew anyone had it 🙂 but still i love my club thumbs it makes it so easy to press buttons on video game controllers thx to it i pwn at all shoot em ups bwahaha im 18 if u were wonderin
November 20, 2008 at 3:26 am |
I can’t believe I found this site. I hate my thumbs and can remember hiding them as early as 5 years old. I am an expert at hiding them behind my index finger. I hate when people see them. As a kid, other kids used to ask me about them. Now, at age 38 people just look at them and don’t say anything. My sister has the clubs too and so does my uncle who got them from his grandmother – it’s a strong gene isn’t it. My first born girl who is almost 3 has them (won’t she love that as she gets older). I laugh and say that I’ll have to teach her how to hide them. My second born girl who is 4 months has not shown the signs of the clubs yet – I think she is safe.
I think Blackberry should make a unit for the “club” club. They are hard to use with these things…lol
November 22, 2008 at 10:13 pm |
i have one clubbed thumb!!! i never knew why it was short and wide my other thumb is normal yayyy! now i know
November 24, 2008 at 5:31 am |
Anyone else willing to share a pic for the gallery?
email me at: clubbedthumb@hotmail.com
Thanks!
November 24, 2008 at 5:58 am |
I am a 55 year old female and the oldest of four children and the only one in my family with clubbed thumbs. My grandfather(on my father’s side) had them and he always told people his thumbs were cut off. None of my cousins have them either. My grandfather was Italian but his mother’s father was German. I have three children and one of my daughters doesn’t have them, one has only one, and my son has two like me. I too have always hated them and tucked them in my hand so they would not be noticed. My son has had comments made about his too. Because I have these thumbs I would always notice peoples’ thumbs and admire the long, slender ones. In doing this I have come across many with the same thumbs. My brother married a girl that had them too. I used to always say that maybe we were all related to someone great like Julius Caesar or something. When I saw that the gene may have occured as a mutation from royal blue-bloods I thought to myself that I wasn’t far from wrong about the past connection. I knew a lady that would read peoples’ auras and told my mine was royal purple. Ha Ha So after 55 years, I have learned to accept them and not feel so self concience. And… it touched my heart to find this website and read your stories and find I was not alone in how I felt. thank you all so much
November 26, 2008 at 10:54 pm |
I remember seeing an interview with Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Russian author, back in the 80s. They showed a close-up of his hands in his lap, and he had two clubbed thumbs!
November 27, 2008 at 4:12 am |
I’ve noticed a pattern of many clubbed-thumbers being either Irish or Italian. I am both Irish and Italian, as well as being a mutt(descended of other countries as well). Just something to think about. When people see them, they typically saw “eeeew”-they are half-joking, half-serious, I think. But hey, actress Megan Fox has them too, and she’s beautiful! And I’ve always liked them-I’ve always said they are my favorite thing about myself. I don’t know if this means I’m confident or pathetic…
I knew several other people had thumbs like mine, and all the clubbed-thumbers I’ve met are also pretty…hmmmm 🙂
But it’s great to know there are millions of us!
November 27, 2008 at 11:35 pm |
i recently met a korean girl who has ultra-stubby thumbs. it basically looks like her thumbs have been truncated and then the thumbnail put back on what’s left behind. seriously, her thumbs look like under 2cm in length
(i’d say half in inch, for you non-metric ppl).
i went out with her for a beer once, and when i saw those thumbs i decided “never again”. sorry, but i could not date someone with thumbs like that. it just grossed me out. that was last september.
2 days ago, she called me, but i didn’t answer.
freeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaky!!!
July 14, 2009 at 10:05 pm |
Oh well,
What is freaky for one, isn’t freaky for another. Besides nobody is perfect. And would you also say no to actress Megan Fox, if you had the possibility’ to date her. Cause for your information she also has a clubbed thumb. And she’s fucking hot. So there’s got to be more than the Koreans girl thumbs why you didn’t wanna date her anymore.
October 3, 2011 at 10:26 pm |
Hey man, same thing happened to me, actually. I got set up on a blind date recently and the girl had this thing (that’s how I found this site, I was trying to figure out what in the WORLD was wrong with her and found it to be this) and I took the check and bailed on her early. No point in wasting either of our time when there’s no way I’m going to pursue anything with someone who looks like they crawled out of Chernobyl!!! I do NOT want my genes trashed with that stuff, I am a man of good standing and good genes and my children will not be ugly like that.
December 10, 2011 at 3:56 am
No one has perfect genes (including you), that’s life. Even if you have children with a woman who has two “normal” thumbs, your children could still somehow end up with clubbed thumbs. Lots of people with clubbed thumbs have relatives who don’t have them. These thumbs aren’t something new. People have had them for a long time..and they work the same way your’s do, so deal with it.
November 30, 2008 at 3:33 pm |
i have two clubbed thumbs. none of my friends have them but i just found a lady i worked with has them too. i can’t believe how many people actually have them. i get teased for them all the time and everyone actually calls me thumbs but i’ve grown to love them even though they’re short and fat. haha. and for the record… the fact that someone couldn’t date a person with these thumbs is the most ridiculous thing i’ve ever heard. but hey everyone has their standards i suppose so i don’t judge. maybe i’m just partial because they’ve grown on me… well they actually stopped growing halfway through my 9months.. haha. but hey power to the thumbs=]
November 30, 2008 at 3:34 pm |
oh and i am irish, italian, polish and german. so maybe that is a trend Elizabeth!
November 30, 2008 at 3:40 pm |
oh and i am german, irish, italian and polish so maybe that has something to do with it seeing as thats the growing trend. i just finished reading most of these comments and i LOVE the fact that they’re actually so common. for the longest time i stopped going to get my nails done because the asian lady behind the desk would always stop the other nail artists in what they were doing to come and look at my thumbs. they laughed and laughed and talked about it all the while i couldn’t understand so i just stopped going. plus have you seen acrylic nails on these things?? not really a winner.. haha. anywho i’m finally done glad to see theres other clubbers out there… next chance you get play a game of thumb wrestling.. its a sure fire way to win every time=]
December 1, 2008 at 11:01 am |
Famous names: what about C. S. Lewis?
In his autobiography ‘Surprised by Joy’:
“What drove me to write was the extreme manual clumsiness from which I had always suffered. I attribute it to a physical defect which my brother and I both inherit from our father; we have only one joint in the thumb. The upper joint is visible, but it is a mere sham, we cannot bend it.”
Or is this a different condition? Can you bend both joints in your clubbed thumb?
December 10, 2008 at 12:52 am |
ok ill repeat what everyone else has said: YAY IM NOT THE ONLY ONE!!
i have one clubbed thumb on my left hand, and its always bothered me. I hate when i get acrylics on because in order to have both thumbnails even with each other, the short thumb’s nail has to be really long so it makes it difficult to text. i am 16 and im irish and german, but mostly irish. and the royal descent thing is cool because im related to princess diana. i like this site a lot! =]
December 24, 2009 at 7:38 am |
we have the same name.
and i also only have a clubbed thumb on my left hand.
weird! :]
December 24, 2009 at 7:40 am |
oh, and i also agree with the nail thing.
when i got mine done for prom it was so hard to text! and i also found myself bitting the nail a lot because it was a lot thicker and longer than the other ones cause she specially made it for my thumb!
December 11, 2008 at 7:40 pm |
Clubbed thumbs are nasty as hell.
Just the sight of them makes me want to puke.
freaks!
July 7, 2009 at 11:51 pm |
Nothing is more pathetic than someone who just says stupid, childish, and mean-spirited things for no reason other than to insult people. Going on a chat and stating something for no reason like that really belies a sad state of affairs. What kind of a pathetic existence must someone have to need to get on a website and post insults to strangers? What kind of loser needs to try to make themselves happy by trying to be mean to others? I feel bad for people like this while at the same time wanting them to just go away or kill themselves or something, so the rest of us don’t have to deal with these depressed, angry, useless, sad fools.
October 3, 2011 at 10:29 pm |
lol you’re just saying that because you know it hurts aww poor baby. they are GUH-ROSS. disgustingggg!! it makes me want to puke too!!
December 12, 2008 at 2:17 am |
I think you are all fine and hope you don’t ever let anyone or anything stop you from living large!!!!!!!!!
Merry Christmas!!!!!
December 12, 2008 at 11:16 am |
My girlfriend has little thumbs , they are the cutest thing i have ever seen. i spend hours playing with them. i have never thought them freaky in any way. its just another thing that makes her unique.
December 12, 2008 at 11:36 pm |
both my thumbs are clubbed. i didnt know that it was common i just thought they were tiny, considering everything else on me is. and people always tell me i have “small thumbs” the teasing really sucks, but thank god im not the only one.
December 13, 2008 at 12:00 am |
I’m 13. I’m glad I found out early! I searched short wide thumb nail on google and found out about it, that others have it too. Kept searching and found this great site! 🙂 My grandparents on both sides are from the Netherlands, witch means im 100% Dutch. Both my thumbs are clubbed… I am really embarrassed by them and i hate when people see them. All my friends want to paint each others nails at parties and stuff and im so embarrassed when they paint mine and say something about my thumbs. Now I dont want anyone to paint my thumbs, or nails
I hope someday i wont be embarrassed by them… i havent told any of my friends either i just hide them..
My mum has it and my grandad had it on her side.
I live in australia now and my parents lived in south africa before they came here.
I think it would be awesome if heaps of people with these thuumbs would come together one day.
December 13, 2008 at 12:50 pm |
i have two clubbed thumbs and was told they were Danish thumbs.. because the Danes missed hammering their nails and shortened their thumbs. (hehe- cute story, huh?) i was approached in college by a man who saw my thumbs from accross a room, and told me this story, and then showed me his thumbs…. first time i had ever seen anyone else with the same thumb drama i have had all my life.
inedeed, i was teased about my thumbs by children, and grew to be a little senseitive about it. Now that i am 40ish it is not a big deal, but i was looking around for some information on these thumbs, because i suspect my 10 month old daughter might have some clubbing.
Thanks for the site. The internet is so cool!
Rock on everyone… *thumbs up*
December 14, 2008 at 11:18 pm |
I have always wondered about my clubbed thumb! I got made fun of as a child for it-so by the time i got into high school, it became a habit to tuck it away in my hand. Most of my close friends have seen it and love it! My grandma on my moms side had two clubbed thumbs, my mom has two and, one of my uncles has two as well. I myself only have the one on my right hand. I thought it was just a family thing, but apparently not! I am mexican on both sides, and so far, I haven’t seen anyone else leave a comment saying they were as well, althought I haven’t read them all! This is sooooo interesting!! I love it, just like I have learned to love my “special” thumb!
December 16, 2008 at 1:42 pm |
i also have 2 club thumbs and small pinkies and the only one in my family i know of .some people notice but most dont .i have met about 4 people with them its funny its something you notice right away . cant say i love them but i live with them .i am of english heritage . i think i can have a short temper at times but i am also a very kind person of heart and when i meet someone with the same thumbs i tend to feel a connection with them i laugh and say we are just special people thats the only explanation i have for them . an after reading all of your comments i think im right its only special people who have them and obviously there is a lot of us !!!!
December 17, 2008 at 6:03 pm |
i have clubbed thumbs to. I think it is great there are people like me there. It is hard to hitchhike with the freakishly small thumbs. My co-workers tease me all the time about them and say I have baby big toe thumbs. Even my Indian (dot not feathers) makes fun of them. It is so hard to open a large jar of pickles with these freak thumbs. I think we should have a clubbed thumb convention one year. YA SMALL THUMBS!!!
December 18, 2008 at 10:56 am |
I, too just stumbled on this web site and was totally amazed by how many others have “my thumbs”! I am 54 and a neonatal nurse and I have 2 clubbed thumbs…exactly like the one pictured above. My mother has one on her Rt hand and her mother always told her it was from sucking her thumb! Then I turned up with 2 of them and that theory disappeered! My one sister has one on her Rt hand and one of my daughters has one on her Rt hand also. I ‘m the only one that has 2 of them which I always said is awkward because people think you DON’T KNOW your thumbs are different and they have to tell you!! I know exactly what these people are saying about hiding them in your palms because I have always done that also! I always hated sharing a hymnal at church because I had to hold the book with my thumb in plain view to the other person. Is that weird or what ?? I have met only 3 other people besides my family members that have one or both thumbs like mine. Only one person I have ever known had 2 thumbs like mine. I talked to a genetisist at work once and he told me it was usually a sex linked trait which means it affects only females or only males in the family, so I was surprised to learn some of you have male AND female relatives with the thumb trait. In my family it has only been females. I met a male nurse in Arizona that said he and his Dad and brothers had them, but not the sisters. One of my daughters got one thumb like mine and the other daughter was disappointed she didn’t get one !! Go figure !! We are of mostly German descent. I am happy to hear I am not so unusual !! In my work in the Newborn ICU I have seen so many genetic malformations that I know we should all be thankful that all we got was unusual thumbs ! Hey…they work don’t they !! I am a stained glass artist in my spare time. Check out what my big thumbs can do at “suesstainedglass.com” !!! They don’t hold me back !! Take care everyone !!
December 18, 2008 at 12:32 pm |
Why is my e-mail and name staying on this site? I thought it was not to be published ?
December 26, 2009 at 12:48 am |
I don’t see your email
December 19, 2008 at 4:38 am |
AH!
I’m not the only one!!
I’m 16, and i’m always so self concious of them…just the other day, somebody came up to me, and told me they were short, fat, and stubby. I always get so offended…and i try to hide them by wearing long sleeves, and tucking them in my hands.
My grandmother, my old friend, and a girl at my school are the only ones that have them.
maybe now i won’t be so alone feeling. :]
December 19, 2008 at 6:01 pm |
Would any of the new members here be willing to share a pic for the gallery? Its up to 265 pics here: http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/ii237/clubbedthumbs/
email me at: clubbedthumb@hotmail.com
Thanks!
December 26, 2008 at 5:32 am |
Nasty Says:
December 11, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Clubbed thumbs are nasty as hell.
Just the sight of them makes me want to puke.
freaks!
***************************
Hey Nasty one, why don’t you put your face up on here and then let’s see if we all puke!
December 27, 2008 at 5:32 am |
i’m 15 and have always been so embarrassed by them! my siblings won’t come near my hands. nobody in my whole family has them. i know 2 other people that have them but i didnt know this many people had them! i’m so used to tucking them in, this makes me feel better about them. 🙂
December 29, 2008 at 10:34 pm |
The first search I did when getting online five years ago was on short thumbs. I barely found a name for the condition, nothing else. I just searched again last night and OMG! I see all these pictures of my thumbs!! Well, only half are as short and wide as my two thumbs.
I inherited my thumbs from my grandpa on my mother’s side. Neither my mother or her two sisters got the thumbs. I am the only one of my mother’s three children who has these thumbs. My son did get my thumbs but my daughter did not.
Sure, occasionally people/kids who see my thumbs would comment out loud about them. Probably alot more people see them than I am aware of. I don’t go through life looking at people to see if they are looking at my thumbs. Hmmm. Makes me wonder now if I have been hiding them all this time and didn’t realize it. In certain situations I definitely do feel embarrassed of my ugly thumbs and I do tuck them in my hand.
I just found out have short pinkies too but never realized it until I read this forum and looked.
One good thing is my thumbnails grow long and strong which makes them useful tools when cleaning. I also have short toes too. I think long “finger” toes are gross! My toes are perfect.
Maybe we should start a singles dating site for people with club thumbs? I’m 40 something and am looking for a good man. I do think we should have a yearly get together.
December 30, 2008 at 7:47 pm |
crazibutrue,
Would you be willing to share a pic for my gallery?
My address is clubbedthumb@hotmail.com
December 31, 2008 at 1:14 am |
My family and friends have always goodnaturedly made fun of my sister’s and my fat thumbs. I always blamed my mom’s side because my cousin has thumbs like that too, but also one of her middle finger’s is stubby and shorter than the fingers on either side of it. Then we discovered that my cousin on my father’s side also has thumbs like this. My family is mostly of German heritage with some English and Scoth-Irish. I’ve never met anyone outside my family with thumbs like this.
December 31, 2008 at 1:18 am |
I just remembered a funny story about my thumbs. One time in art class we were supposed to draw our hands. When I turned the drawing in my teacher told me that I did a very nice job but that the thumbs were disproportionate to the rest of my hand. So I showed her my hand and she started appoligozing immensely, but I just laughed.
January 5, 2009 at 3:23 am |
Hello fellow stubby thumbs. I have never met anyone who has a thumb like me! I have always loved my irregular looking thumb although I have been asked many times about it. I always just say “I love my thumb…..look it works (and I bend it) They usually don’t know what to say. I think it’s really cool being in a select and unique group don’t you?
June 28, 2016 at 3:16 am |
where the same
January 6, 2009 at 12:58 pm |
WELL WELL WELL….
thank God I’m not the only one, I have met only two people in my life which have these thumbs.
Both my thumbs are clubbed. Something I was told which is pretty cool is that its the sign of the healer (Luna Thumbs). I have healed 3 different people who were pretty sick and there all still alive and tell me that they believe i healed them… beleive it or not.
Also heared that 70% of all mass murderers have these thumbs… not sure about that one.
The royalty thing i have never heard before, thats a cool story.
The artistic thing i believe as I am also very good at calligraphy… i just thought i was a monk in my past life.
I am Australian… where i originated from God only knows!
I have always known they define something special about us, and the 2 people i have met with these thumbs are also very special people.
You all may have the power of healing, and this is the sign of the healer… Clubbed Thumbs!
Be positive and be proud of your gift!!… I am
January 9, 2009 at 9:53 am |
I have always known my thumbs were quirky and figured others must have it too. I am 23 and have never met anyone else with them and no one in my family has it. I am a euro-mutt as i call myself of english, irish, german, swedish and norweigian with a little native american. I always called it my ‘gamer’s thumbs’ cause the width and depth have made an almost flat surface which is handy with video game controllers.
Downsides I have experiecnced:
Hard to play volleyball (i have hurt my thumb twice)
some poeple can be really “shocked” by it
you almost always will lose at a game of thumb war
gloves never fit right
its nearly impossible to have acrylic nails.
i also have a differnce in my pinkies. one is smaller, shorter and has a smaller nail than the other. Also working on getting a picture to send in to the gallery.
Nice to meet you all!
January 12, 2009 at 8:02 pm |
Anyone else willing to share a pic? The gallery is at 268 now. Haven’t received any new pics in a while 😦
Email is: clubbedthumb@hotmail.com
Gallery: http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/ii237/clubbedthumbs/
Thanks again to those contributed! Help me get to 300 pics!!
January 13, 2009 at 8:22 am |
Yay! I found this link while researching. I am a Criminal Minds fan, and there was an episode where a man kidnapped a babysitter and 4 children… Anyway, in his FBI interview, they kept showing his hands, and he had clubbed thumbs. He was talking about genetics and chromosomes and such, so I decided to see if there was anything out there about my iddy biddy thumbs. And Voila! Here you all are! Amazing!
I have 2 clubbed thumbs. I am a true Heinz 57 mix of heritage.
Does anyone have any research as to what exactly causes this? It’s “genetic”, but I’d love to know more.
Thanks!
January 14, 2009 at 4:02 am |
I have one clubbed thumb on my left hand. I absolutely hate it! It bothers me so much its crazy. Its so embarrassing and I do EVERYTHING to hide my thumbs so people don’t notice they are different..and my boyfriend noticed one time(many times actually) and tried looking at it and I was so embarrassed and he wouldn’t stop grabbing for it, so I Hit him, and I started to cry. It was THAT embarrassing. I mean come on everyone, if you have a clubbed thumb you KNOW how embarrassing it can be. Even tho he tells me its so cute, I hate it and I wish I never was born with it clubbed. I mean, I don’t know where i got it from, NO one in my family has it, and Im German, Portuguese, a little Scottish, and a little dutch. Any ideas how I got it?
January 15, 2009 at 12:54 am |
I have 2 clubbed thumbs. No one in my family has them and until today I didn’t know that other people had them. My friends have always called my thumbs “toe thumbs”. I am Native American, Scottish, and Irish.
January 19, 2009 at 3:03 am |
I was a little bored tonight and looked down at my thumb as i typed on my keyboard. I thought I would look up thumb info online and I came across this site. I have to tell you that I have been laughing at this forever! I have laughed just as much as my friends and family have for many years. I too have been embarrassed in the past. I have always tried to hide them. I would go to family get togethers and my Dad would crack a joke about them. I would just go along and start joking with them. I would tell them that my thumbs come in handy. If you have to hitchhike you know a car can see a fat thumb better than a skinny one. You never know when you might have a leak under the sink and need to use it to plug a hole. I can snap louder than you can! if someone tries to rob me I will threaten to hit them in the head with this thing! My friends get mad at me because I am so fast on game controllers since I can hit more than one button at a time. I also found that it is hard to use a cell phone with club thumbs. As I get older they do not bother me as much. I say we all get together and have a Club Thumb Convention!
January 19, 2009 at 3:36 am |
never knew there was a term for this but i dated a few girls who had clubbed thumbs, i can’t help it, it’s pretty much a turn off….i almost got into a long term relationship with one and i just knew there was something strange about her thumbs…well i didn’t and i’m kinda glad i did bc i would feel really weird and i would just have to comment to her about it if i was actually with her….anyways…glad there are some ppl that like it.
January 24, 2009 at 8:23 pm |
I have always thought I was the only one. I have only seen two people with my thumbs. Both of my thumbs are this way. I never really cared much about it but one day I thought I might as well search them up. People always make fun of my thumbs. My classmates love to call me “toe thumbs”. Now I am happy I acually know what its called.
January 27, 2009 at 11:40 pm |
I just called my mom to apologize for telling people she did drugs while she was pregnant and that’s why my thumb is weird. I also have told people I cut off my thumb and they sewed on my toe. Lol!
January 30, 2009 at 7:31 am |
Haha.
I’m not the only one with ONE clubbed thumb like….WTF..
I’m Aussie and heaps of Aussies are of Irish Descent….hmmm?
Stupid inbred thumb HAHAHA
January 30, 2009 at 4:12 pm |
Hi Mariah,
It seems to be a widespread occurrence- Asian, European etc- therefore your comment was perhaps unnecessary. No concrete evidence to say that its caused by inbredding…Im sure there are many factors associated with clubbed thumbs.
April 11, 2011 at 3:30 pm |
well 1 in every 1000 person has a clubbed or clubbed thumbs 🙂 so pretty sure its not inbreed
January 31, 2009 at 10:23 pm |
I have one “toe-thumb” on my right hand and people always ask me about it. I am irish, scottish, and cherokee but I don’t have any Italian in me, as far as I am aware. Ever since I was a kid, my big sister has always tried to “fix” my thumb by pressing on it really hard and putting things around it, but it never worked, and only made my thumb sore. No one in my family has a toe thumb but I have met a few other people with two, but no one with just one!
February 2, 2009 at 7:35 am |
I have two club thumbs and i’m africian american.
February 4, 2009 at 3:06 am |
cool site !
2 clubbed thumbs since birth, always enjoyed the attention they drew growing up. Told many a tall tale of “my severed thumbs” in my teens, convinced one fellow they sewed my toes on, haha
I was video game champ in my day and always gave credit to the thumbs, plus the ladies loved them !!!!!
Canadian male early 40’s
February 5, 2009 at 11:46 pm |
wow…this is really cool. I don’t personally have clubbed thumbs but since I’ve been at college I’ve seen two girls for the first time that have clubbed thumbs. I thought it was pretty interesting so I wanted to look into it. It looks like from what I’ve read that it is something in the genes. idk. But it is pretty cool and unique. Thanks for the site.
February 7, 2009 at 5:35 am |
WOW! Here you guys are! I’m 28 and I can’t believe I only now just thought to research this oddity I have (just the right thumb.) I feel so kindred to you all!
My thumb gets stuck in bowling balls and people always ask me, “Did you smash it when you were a kid??” and the snickering from manicure ladies. Sheesh, we’ve had a hard life, fellow Clubbers.
You guys are awesome, because of you I’ll keep my head held high and my stubby thumb up!
February 7, 2009 at 5:46 am |
Oh yeah, and I NEVER win thumb wrestling either but man, that lil’ guy is fast–I’m a photographer and he can cover a lot of ground when it comes to button-pushing.
February 8, 2009 at 4:58 pm |
My wife of 18 years has “club thumbs”. We have three daughters,(16-14 and 9) when they were born that was the first thing we checked!! I don’t know where I heard that this trait always skips a generation, from other posts, I see that’s not the case.
We were actually discussing this at breakfast this morning when my oldest realized that her children could have this.
So I googled “stubby thumb” and found this site.
I have only met 1 other person with these thumbs. My wife thinks Matt Damon has at least one, from a close up in a “Bourne” movie.
Well now we have a name for it….I’m gonna do more research
February 9, 2009 at 8:12 pm |
Hi, glad to know I’m not alone anymore – I have two such lovely appendages and all I’ve got to say is..
“Wazzup homies!!” ;o)
February 12, 2009 at 12:07 am |
I have stuby thumbs 2 !! i thoughy no 1 else had them! that pic looks just like my thumb.i can do everything a regular thumb can do well exept get those arrtafical nails they dnt fit my thumb lolz !! ha =] PeAcE !!
February 14, 2009 at 6:04 am |
I thought I was the only one with nubs on my hand! I have two clubbed thumbs and was always embarrased of them until a couple of years ago I finally learned to accept them 🙂 This is a cool site!
February 16, 2009 at 8:55 pm |
Clubbed thumbs are one of the most disgusting traits anyone can have. It’s such a BIG turn off.
sorry, but its true.
December 26, 2009 at 12:51 am |
Then what are you doing on a clubbed thumb site? Go away you weird psycho…
April 1, 2010 at 1:15 am |
Letting the shape of someone’s thumb gross you out and totally overwhelm you and admitting it is one of the most disgusting traits anyone can have. It’s such a BIG turn off.
sorry, but its true.
February 17, 2009 at 3:58 am |
this just made my day
stubby thumbs kick normal thumbs’ ass!
February 19, 2009 at 3:13 am |
This is too weird. I always thought I was a freak and people always made fun of my thumbs. I have two and my sister has one. We are almost 100% french canadian with a little native american. Some people say they look like toes 🙂 I’m glad I’m not the only one!!!
As far as the royalty goes, our family is traced back to a duke in France, maybe it does have something to do with it!
February 19, 2009 at 6:23 pm |
OMG! I just found this site. Like response #43, I too, have two clubbed thumbs and have always, always, always hated them. I hid them whenever possible but it’s difficult if handing things to people. I, too, used to tell people that when I was a child my thumbs had been slammed in a door. People would cringe! Now I just consider it a birth defect! But I still hate my thumbs and would love nothing more than to have plastic surgery to make them normal. My brother has one clubbed thumb. No one else in our family has them!
February 20, 2009 at 9:56 pm |
havent read all the posts but wanted to say that in my experience women with these thumbs allways seem to have really good bodies, legs especially. is it just me? ps my thumbs are both the long variety
February 21, 2009 at 2:16 am |
Just met a girl at the gym who has two clubbed thumbs. She HATES them, but I think they are sooooo cute. Funny how beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
February 21, 2009 at 2:29 am |
OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!! I always thought I just had an effed up thumb, until tonight. My cousin showed me that Megan Fox (actress) has 2 clubbed thumbs!!!!!! I didn’t know that more people had this!!!
Only my left thumb is like that, my right thumb is normal.
I knew my thumb was clubbed when I was in the eighth grade when some girl noticed and then began to make fun of me lol Ever since then I’ve been hiding that thumb….but this is just CRAZY!!!
My parents were both born in Italy, so I am Italian-Canadian.
I noticed a lot of people said that they are Italian…do you think that has anything to do with it?!?! This is crazy, I HATE MY THUMB lol I wish I could get like…plastic surgery to fix it lol but after knowing that so many people have this….I don’t hate my thumb as much anymore lol
February 21, 2009 at 4:55 am |
Hi! I think that we should all put our age and thumb width as info… This is a clubbed thumb information site so comparison is a way to more information : Me I’m 30yo Male and my thumbs are 20mm each (0.78 inch) … What about all of you?
Jay 🙂
February 21, 2009 at 11:45 pm |
I have 1 clubbed thumb and of Italian Heritage and was born in the UK
February 22, 2009 at 12:28 am |
I have two clubbed thumbs and am Irish/ German. My German dad has a pair as did his mother. I was very embarrased by these thumbs while I was growing up and I always kept them hidden in the palms of my hands.
By the time I grew up I wasn’t embarrased at all. WE don’t need “normal thumbs” for thinking, walking, talking, running, skiing, climbing mountains,
sailing, riding horses, or for being in love. However, those of us with clubbed thumbs shouldn’t look for work as hand models.
My kids have “normal thumbs”!!
People stare more at my husband than they do at me. He’s six-feet six inches tall and people always say,
“you’re tall aren’t you??” Odd—he gets more comments about his heighth than I get about my thumbs! I LOVE this crazy site!!!!
February 22, 2009 at 2:36 am |
i have always been told my thumbs look like big toes. they were always afraid that i would touch them and would contract it. i am the only one in my family that has them. The only person that hasn’t noticed them is my fiance. He has no problem with them and loves me unconditionally. I used to be embarrased of them but i am proud now. We are special people and deserve to be respected.
February 23, 2009 at 8:40 am |
And what is your thumb width and age everybody? This way we can identify people with similar thumb (also problems and solutions concerning different matter (fake nails, bowling balls etc…) )… I’m 30 and my thumb are 20 mm wide (each) that’ 0.78 inch each… 🙂
February 23, 2009 at 8:03 pm |
OMG! I feel like everyone on here was telling my story! Both of my thumbs are clubbed. My husband calls them toes. Everyone makes fun of me. I would hide them all through school b/c the minute someone saw them they would make a huge deal. I am finally comfortable enough not to care and laugh at all the jokes. Hey,,,if that is all that is wrong with me then I am doing good right!!
Question…does anyone else hold their pen weird when writing???
February 24, 2009 at 7:33 pm |
Hi fellow clubbers! I’m 21 yo and my right (clubbed) thumb is 0.81 inch wide and my ‘normal’ thumb is only 0.76 inch wide! I wish I had both thumb the same size cuz it looks kinda weird lol… Anyone else with the same (or more) size difference?
February 24, 2009 at 10:26 pm |
Hey Marie,
Would ya be willing to share a pic for the gallery? Thanks!
clubbedthumb@hotmail.com
February 25, 2009 at 3:39 am |
I have two symmetrical club thumbs. I am Finnish on my mom’s side, with maybe a little swedish/russian, and paternal grandfather is of british descent, with maybe some scottish/french/native american. My paternal grandmother is of polish descent. I am the only person of several generations of both sides to have club thumbs. My old science teacher thought they were found in people of cherokee descent, but since club thumbs are a recessive trait, both of my parents would have to be part cheroke, and my mom is pretty much full-blooded finnish.
February 27, 2009 at 4:53 am |
Hi! It’s funny I looked for some informations on my weird thumbs and found this cool site 🙂 I’m only 14 and my thumbs are already much larger than Marie ( btw why an ‘e’ at the end) and Jay… My thumbs are about 0.97 inch wide each so I presume it will continue to get larger! Btw, forget about bowling with those things loll Anyway, it’s cool to have the width information even though I feel even more like an alien now (thumbs larger than some adults much older than me…) I hope to see other teen with thumb as big as mine, it would be reassuring loll! See ya!
February 27, 2009 at 11:47 am |
Hey there!
I am 29 and i have two clubbed thumbs as well. 🙂
I have to say, i always hated my thumbs and i started beeing o.k with them just now.
I am from Germany and my whole family is and always has been.
My grandma had clubbed thumbs, small ones, not as “big” as mine.
I found no german record of clubbed thums in the german internet ANYWHERE. Glad i have some information now. 😉
KADI
February 27, 2009 at 11:47 am |
Hey there!
I am 29 and i have two clubbed thumbs as well. 🙂
I have to say, i always hated my thumbs and i started beeing o.k with them just now.
I am from Germany and my whole family is and always has been.
My grandma had clubbed thumbs, small ones, not as “big” as mine.
I found no german record of clubbed thums in the german internet ANYWHERE. Glad i have some information now. 😉
KADI
March 1, 2009 at 3:05 am |
Hi J.T! When I’ll Have more time I’ll try to send you a pics 🙂 Wow James you’ve got large thumbs for a young men… It’s funny cause I think that my younger sister (she’s also 14, just like you) has larger thumb than her 16yo boyfriend… I’ll have them take some measurement just for fun and I’ll tell you loll… See you all…
March 1, 2009 at 3:51 am |
I have clubbed thumbs. As a kid, I was ashamed of them and always hid them. As an adult, I am not as self conscious. My dad also has the same thumbs. His side of the family is mostly German.
March 1, 2009 at 4:02 pm |
Also…. Both of my thumbs are 2.1cm wide…just under an inch. I am 28..going to be 29 in June. My fathers family is from Belgium w/ ties to Germany( I am fourth generation in the US). Mothers side is English. I am the only one in my family that I know of with clubbed thumbs, My daughters are normal.
March 2, 2009 at 1:35 am |
I’m a 58 year old mother with two clubbed thumbs that measure about 2.2 cm or 7/8 inch wide at their widest part. My mother also has two of them. Hers are straight up, mine curve like hitchhicker thumbs. A girl cousin of my mother also had them. My children did not inherit them. My ancestry is from the Canary Islands (Spain) on both sides of the family and partly from France on my father’s side. My blood type is O+. I do not present other notable traits like short pinkies, short fingers, or short legs but have a longer that average torso.
They catch the attention of many people, especially doctors. One doctor once called them “drumstick thumbs” in Spanish (“palitos de tambor”). Most recently another doctor said they were “royal thumbs” and mentioned the believed link to European royalty.
I never imagined such a large community of clubbed/royal thumbed people. I myself have only met another two persons with clubbed thumbs and they were women.
Even though they can get caught in a bowling ball, I find them very useful. They are conversation starters and since their nails are wide and strong, they peel oranges in a cinch.
I have grown to love and be proud of my “different” thumbs.
March 3, 2009 at 12:44 pm |
Hi Marie!
Cool, if ya have some time that would be awesome if you could share a pic!
I received a few more pics today that I need to upload to the gallery. Getting close to 300!
JT
March 4, 2009 at 8:57 am |
haha im 15 and i have 2 aswelllll i love it people say there ugly but i reckon they are the best thing i have haha
March 5, 2009 at 3:38 pm |
I have one on my right hand.
I HATE IT.
I spend time wondering how i can thin it out, but you can feel the bone and it’s just thick!
My thumbs remind me of ernie and bert( of sesame streeet)
One tall and skinny, one short and fat.
I have never known what to call it, but i knew there had to be a name.
Finally I saw someone refer to it as ” clubbed thumb” so i started looking that up and now I see other people have the same problem.
Yes, bowling is not fun. finding a ball w/ a big enough thumb hole is not easy!
I do not show any my thumbs and I hope no one noticed them.
Dialing the cell phone is not as hard as you’d think with the giant thumb, but it does get in the way at time.
I’m 35 and still have not gotten used to this bizarre thing attached to my hand!
March 5, 2009 at 7:06 pm |
Ha I have two ‘stubby thumbs’ and so does my sister! We were always moaned at that it was a result of nailbiting! They do look pretty bizaare! I discovered there was something ‘special’ about them when doing shadow puppets aged about 10, and my thumb looked more like a tree stump than a swan! Well it’s nice to know there are others out there hehe!
March 7, 2009 at 2:42 am |
I have a clubbed thumb as well. I knew that others have it but only because my grandmother told me that several people in her family had them. They always called it a “Dutch” thumb. Don’t really know if this true or not as far as origin. The only thing I don’t like about it is not being able to bowl. I have to get a really heavy ball that has a big enough thumb hole. It is so horrible. So I don’t bowl that often.
March 10, 2009 at 11:33 am |
Thank you for creating this cool site. I wish so much something like this had been available when I was growing up, instead of feeling like a freak and hiding my hands so not to “frighten children and scare the horses”, so to speak. :)) What a strange world when those with physical differences feel embarassment about it, rather than those who judge, reject and ridicule others feel embarassment about their lack of compassion, but that’s how it is. It’s probably a bit of ‘law of attraction’ also, that when we judge ourselves negatively, we attract all the judgemental types out of the woodwork to treat us the same way.
I have this on both thumbs, and have often wondered WHY??? Especially when children tease and reject you for some aspect of your appearance, you will be affected with self consciousness the rest of your life unless you are fortunate enough to have an upbringing that was strong on positive nurturing or learn to overcome it. It also doesn’t help to read that it’s called a “murderer’s thumb” in palmistry. Good God.
I remember at age 7 by chance opening a medical textbook and was shocked to see a picture of thumbs like mine. It said they were caused by “thumb sucking”, and I believed that until in my early 30s saw a hand specialist and asked him. He said no, clubbed thumbs were the result of genetics. It was a relief to hear that they weren’t caused by a childhood mistake.
However, I still wonder if there is a link to oxygen deprivation or lung issues in infancy because the lung meridian runs to the top of the thumb, as well as the top of the thumb representing the brain in reflexology. I had pneumonia with a high fever when I was 2, plus a mom who smoked cigarettes during pregnancy, and maybe this could have had this bone damaging effect? I also remember reading something a medical psychic wrote about how the mother can unconsciously suppress her unborn baby’s willpower by negative thoughts and the baby can develop clubbed thumbs from this (top of the thumb = willpower center of the brain, supposedly). But who knows. I don’t really believe that one too much.
About 10 years ago, I went to a hand dr to see if there was something that could be done, thinking that maybe the bone could be reshaped and slimmed down, considering ‘bone shaving’ is done on faces, and a toe can be reshaped for actual “toe thumbs” when replacing a thumb that has been amputated. However, it’s not possible due to some important nerves that run along the sides of the thumb. I was told it may be possible to lengthen the 1st distal (I think he said it would take about 6 months for each hand) but it would have meant not having use of a hand for a long time and would have effected my work.
But I did have some of the skin tissue removed for cosmetic reasons. Had an xray done and could finally see how this condition makes the thumb tip quite different from the usual–short, thicker, the upper joint wider than the lower joint, with little room for nail growth on the tip, but the 2nd distal is normal. With clubbed thumbs, the thickness is not just the bone but excessive skin tissue that gives the “bulbous” appearance. It didn’t make them look “normal” to have them thinned out, but I am glad to have had that anyway. Apparently this technique is also done in the US for people who don’t like their big toes because they are too “fat” or their baby toes for being too thick for high fashion shoes.
As other’s have mentioned, there does seem to be a connection with artistic ability, and I too am a very good artist, very good at detail drawings and painting. My hands are also very sensitive and can ‘feel’ energy, so I am a healer as well. My blood type is O (negative, I think), ancestry is Irish/English/Scot/Norwegian. No one that I know of has this in my family. I have seen CTs on all kinds of people though, both male and female but mostly on Caucasian and Chinese people, that I have seen in person, anyway.
I remember the first “celebrity” I saw on tv who has one CT, a woman who (according to her bio) used to be a model but now is very well known in my country for her work as a interior decorator. Also, I think Ann Landers (and probably her sister Abby) had this http://www.mylifetime.com/files/imagecache/photo_gallery_featured/files/images/e-gall-landers-vanburen-twins.jpg (she was likely wearing false nails in that pic). Joe Vitale (from ‘The Secret’ and self help books has them as well. False nails can be worn, btw, but I’ve found the only ones that fit are ones you put on yourself (not ones done at a salon, not that I’ve ever gone to have a ‘mani’… never wanted a stranger staring at my hands for that long 🙂
That was bit of a novella, but I hope something I wrote may be of help to someone reading this just like I’ve been helped from reading what other’s have shared here.
March 10, 2009 at 2:07 pm |
Elin,
Thanks for the informative read! Lots of interesting information.
I am very interested in how it looks now after you’ve had skin tissue removed. Would you be willing to share a pic?
I also didn’t know about the nerves that run along side of our thumbs. Again, very interesting.
March 10, 2009 at 5:41 pm |
yes, i’d be interested in seeing a picture too.
i squeeze my thumb trying to imagine it thinner, granted it won’t ever get all taller 😦
March 10, 2009 at 5:59 pm |
i just submitted some pics of my thumbs.
let me tell you , it’s is not easy to photograph both hands at once!
March 10, 2009 at 5:59 pm |
God Bless The Mighty Club Thumb!!!!
March 11, 2009 at 1:16 am |
AZ,
Could you send them to clubbedthumb@hotmail.com? I’ll add your pics to the gallery. I’m almost to 300 pics!
March 11, 2009 at 12:17 pm |
sure, where is the gallery?
March 13, 2009 at 6:39 am |
Finally! An answer! Im 24 and ever since I can remember I have thought i was the only one with these stubby thumbs! When i was younger i used to try my hardest to hide them from everyone and hoped I could have surgery on them. My friends still pay me out but im kind of use to them now. And now i feel so much better that im not a freak! YAY! Thanks to everyone!!
March 16, 2009 at 1:41 am |
Hi I am 22 years old and Mexican. I had no idea so many people had thumbs like me or that they even had a name to them. I have always been embarrased about them and would always hide them from people. Now, I am just glad I have all 5 fingers on each hand.
March 16, 2009 at 6:15 am |
Hello Sally, I do not have little thumbs but my wife’s mom does. Since so many people have left their ancestry information I thought it a service to provide a statistical analysis. This may not be accurate but reflects this pages postings as best I could analyze them:
0% Persian, Hungarian, Japanese, Arabian, Dutch, Vietnamese
<1% Scots, Norwegian, Finnish, Pakistani
1% Swedish, Danish, Chinese, Korean, Scottish, Scots-Irish, Indian
2% Mexican, Polish, Spanish, French
4% Native American
6% English (13)
7% Irish (14)
7% German (14)
7% Italian (16)
4% Male (8)
2% Female (5)
Confidence Interval (214responses/US population): 6.7
125 named nationalities out of 214 responses.
Either this site is popular with Italians/Germans and Irish/English or combined they comprise 20% to 33% of the US little thumb population.
We love you Sally and your little murderers thumbs.
Love Rebecca and Forest
March 18, 2009 at 8:21 pm |
im 15 years old and live in england. i have really stubby thumbs and i thought they would grow but i guess not, i decided to google it and found this site. im glad other people have it and think its cool. i dont get bullied or anything about it but its not normal and i sometimes think people will think im some sort of freak. i try and hide my thumbs with in my palm or keep them in my pocket and whenevr people see them they laugh and asked how i got them as if i had been in some sort of acident
March 19, 2009 at 2:55 pm |
Love this site. Both of mine are about and inch and a quater wide. Italian Grandmother had them said they were used for rolling the pasta cavatelli. I’ve met only one other person with them over the last 30+ years and she was also Italian. We thumbers should love our precious gift. More powerful than your average humans and is particularly useful for deep tissue massage and other satisfying uses. The only problem I’ve run into is hammering a small nail, otherwise love mine.
March 20, 2009 at 8:23 pm |
My boyfriend has clubbed thumbs. I think they’re adorable and wouldnt change them for the world
March 20, 2009 at 11:20 pm |
Hi, i’m 16 years old and from Illinois, USA i have stubby thumbs too. I think they make me unique and special and me and my friends always make fun of them, but i go along with it because i gotta admit they’re funny. I am not embarrassed at all about my thumbs and no some should be because it makes us different and unique. I am so surprised of how many people have them!! i’ve met only a couple people with them. Is there any more info of where they came from? I’ve always been curious…
March 23, 2009 at 7:38 am |
me again!
i find it really annoying when I go bowling and my thumb gets stuck in one of the holes in the ball… lol. I’ve never met anyone with the same thumbs as me but i’m glad i stumbled across this page ages ago!!!
go toe thumbers!
March 28, 2009 at 3:16 pm |
i can’t believe other people have these thumbs!!! i’m italian and my dad has them too but i’ve never met ANYONE else with them! people always ask me about them, i guess they think i’ve never noticed them in my 21 years of life? lol the worst part is when you get acrylic nails and they *always* have to use the widest nail they have in their kit & even that isn’t quite wide enough lol! Also it’s hard to text on a cell phone with small keys!! haha I love this site.
March 28, 2009 at 8:26 pm |
OMG! I’m so glad I’m not the only one. It’s only my right thumb and I always thought it was because I sucked my thumb.
Ang, I totally agree with you! I can only text with my left thumb! And whenever I get my nails done, all the ladies crowd around and ask me about it! LOL
March 29, 2009 at 9:32 pm |
I am 100% Korean (families lived there for thousands of years) and I have them. So, I don’t think this is European-only phenomenon. I can think of few other people that have type D thumbs that are Asian (be Korean, Japanese or Chinese, some I have met personally and some from anecdotes my friends told me back in college.) I am a guy by the way.
April 1, 2009 at 8:31 pm |
I am a 25 year old female that has both thumbs and have only met 3 other people the same! Contrary to the ‘thumb sucking’ explaination, the reason is genetics. It is a dominant trait that is passed through the family, and there are many variations of short digitis. Yet I am the only one in our current family with this physical trait. My father seems to remember an uncle of his with short digits, but is not possitive. As for the connections to the arts and royalty, I have to agree. Drawing, sketching and painting are my artistic outlets. As for the royalty connection, I am a descendent of the Hohenzollern royal family which ruled Prussia from the 1100’s to the early 1900’s. And yes I plan on reclaiming our castle, I mean all I have to do is show my thumbs right?
🙂
-Allie in Annapolis
April 2, 2009 at 1:40 am |
I was so excited to find this website! I don’t even remember when I realized my thumbs were “different.” Sometime in late middle school/ early high school. My thumbs are one of those unique features that makes me me. And I totally agree with Georgia about bowling… I always have to bowl with a heavier ball because those are the only ones with holes big enough for my thumbs!
April 4, 2009 at 9:07 am |
I am a 16 year old old f. I live in Alaska, I’m koyukon Athabaskan (70 percent) flemish, and welsh. I have a huuuuuuge family (extended) of over 150 people and I’m the only thumie up here. I was never aware or embarased by my thumb (left) untill a few years ago, now i get really paranoid, and catch myself trying to hide it. Its really hard in highschool, and when a bad friend of mine noticed my thumb she laughed and yelled “look at rachelS thumb!!” about seven people crowded around me and one of them even called me a freak. Ever since then I’ve hid my thumb. Its nice knowing I’m not alone, and being “royal” makes us unique.
April 4, 2009 at 10:44 pm |
OMGosh I have 2 clubed thumbs and I have only meet one other person with thumbs like mine, I dont think its a race thing I am french but my freind is english, I am going to have to tell her about this page!!
does any one know what causes it, I do know I was born this way
but Im woundering if their is a gene that causes it
April 8, 2009 at 12:57 am |
I have the cute thumbs as well-both hands and born with them! I am left handed and my mom would squeeze them daily so they would be long and slender when I grew up! No luck-let’s have a reunion! I am of irish decent-
April 9, 2009 at 2:07 am |
I have a clubbed thumb, I’m jewish from russian and polish decent…maybe a little irish since my mom was adopted…my niece who is half italian has 2 clubbed thumbs…it doesn;t really bother me…when people make comments i come up with crazy stories…i’ve always wondered what it meant thought…i also have two long second toes, which supposedly has some meaning…
October 3, 2012 at 3:48 am |
Hi, I’m Jewish, with stub thumbs & short 4th toe relevant to Dr.Goodman’s research on this genetic variant (i’m posting the link below).
Here’s what I responded to Patti above:
Hi, re: short 4th toe, shake hands. Though I’m Jewish, and in fact have stars of david engraved on my palms (which palmists fail to mention). I have 2 stub thumbs, and also one short 4th toe – on my left foot only. Short 4th toes are absolutely linked to stub-thumb syndrome, according to research by Dr.Goodman (see: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1012845/)
April 10, 2009 at 4:40 am |
I have 2 clubbed thumbs. I was always told I would grow out of it, but I never have. I actually come from Ethiopian heritage, so I don’t think it has anything to do with your heritage.
I didn’t know there were so many others who had them, too!
April 13, 2009 at 7:27 am |
HI i am so glad i am not the only one with strange thumbs. I hide my thumbs a lot coz i think they are fat. But over the last week i hav learnt thay it is a part of me. I used to think when i was youngr that no one would marry me coz of them but that was just a stupid teenage thing to think . I also recently found out that Megan Fox has clubbed thumbs and shes a model so i guess it doesnt matter what they look like …Thnx heaps!
April 13, 2009 at 7:29 am |
Hi guyz its me again. I am Australian and have a European background. None of my family or extended family have clubbed thumbs so its not genetic for me!
April 14, 2009 at 3:22 am |
no one in my family that we know of has club thumbs, but i guess i’m lucky because BOTH of my thumbs are clubbed, not just one. I have been to a few palm readers that have told me that they are “money thumbs”, whether this is true or not, i have no idea. Having my thumbs does sometimes cause me difficulty, such as when i do bar chords on my guitar, but other than that they function normally 🙂
April 18, 2009 at 12:39 am |
I first heard the term “club thumb” at a shower in Denver, CO over 30 years ago, when a woman yelled it out to me across the room – You have a clubbed them! I’ve never been so embarrassed in my life. However, I’ve come to terms with my thumb. It has cost me so far this month a total of $60.00 and another $40.00 on the way – seems I have a bone spur on the left side of it from hitting the space bar for some 50 years! It is now inflamed and not happy at all. The doctor asked me my family lineage and I told him Irish/Scot – seems most of the people that he sees with this have this same family tree. Either way, it has served me well over the last 63 years and I think I’ll keep it!
April 23, 2009 at 7:04 pm |
I have two clubbed thumbs and live in England. I originate from Venezuela, and my aunt on my mother’s side has one clubbed thumb and one normal one. However, my father told me I have Irish blood in me, and I heard a rumour that in europe clubbed thumbs are sign of royalty…
so I’m not sure when this gene came in.
I’m not sure when I realized when my thumbs were different, but I’m 17 and they make me feel selfconscious
I only found out that they had a name today! My friends have been referring to them as midget, stunted and even maggot thumbs haha
April 23, 2009 at 7:13 pm |
I’m gonna to post another message haha….
someone above said they tuck their thumbs into their hands! Me too!! to hide them :S
also I just remembered I think my great-grandparents on my mother’s side originated from Spain… so some more european roots there…
I find that I always notice (enviously) other people’s thumbs… but that meant I found others with club thumbs, so I realized I’m not a freak and thought it might be genetic. Research led me here 🙂
thumbs up! we’re royal! My surname is Reina and it means Queen….
April 23, 2009 at 7:16 pm |
and the artistic trait is true! I draw also 🙂 and write and stuff
we’re just so much more gifted that normal-thumbed people.
I feel a connection to you all 🙂 we’re like some kind of advanced race
April 23, 2009 at 7:40 pm |
http://www.academy-of-psychics.com.au/feature19.html
its me again… found this on google! read it!
The clubbed thumb was originally called murderer’s thumb as people with our thumbs are often angry, it seems. Its true for me. If I get angry, you’ll know about it.
April 23, 2009 at 8:12 pm |
Both my thumbs are clubbed and I used to live in shame of them. But to learn there are so many with this i’m proud of my unique quality! although it is hard to text.. 🙂
April 23, 2009 at 9:22 pm |
It is easy for me to text and I have two club thumbs. And I am a descendant from the Israelite race (africian american).
April 25, 2009 at 10:44 pm |
it seems like its more prevalent in females because most of the posts are from women.
i have two of them. i don’t like them. sometimes i kinda accept them and then other times i just want to cut them off. i find that mines are so ugly.
im the only one in my family with these thumbs. oh yeah and im dominican.
April 27, 2009 at 3:57 am |
Oh my goodness finally found out after 20 years that there was a name for my thumbs. I always thought I just had short, fat, nubby, thumbs. I too have had problems with bowling balls getting stuck on my hand and I have never been able to win at a thumb war bad because I am competitive. I do get embarrassed when people make a comment about them or worse grab them. I am a server at a resturant and I set down a plate yesterday and the man at my table grabbed them and embarrassed me infront of the entire resturant he said it so loud the usual “WHAT HAPPENED” response most people give. Then he said your thumbs are weird all I wanted to say was well yeah but you’re rude.
I am Irish, English, and Greek odd combination I know. My uncle is a geneologist and a few years ago wrote a book about our family possibly linking us to royalty.
April 29, 2009 at 2:36 pm |
Hi! I need the picture of a female with large thumb (it will stay anonymous) near a ruler so we can clearly see the width for an new and small acrylic nail company that want a picture in their business plan… The thumb must be larger than an inch or 25mm… Just include your age with the e-mail… Send your pics at woct7@yahoo.fr
Thank you very much in advance! Things are looking great for clubbers who needs acrylic nails it seems!
Marie 🙂
May 1, 2009 at 7:23 pm |
I always thought my short, stubby thumbs were just a fluke. I mean, no one in my family has them and I’ve only met 2 people who had anything similar. My family used to joke that I stunted their growth by sucking them when I was younger! Luckily, I’m not a fan of artificial nails but they do make it difficult to use a lighter (don’t worry, I’m not a smoker, either). I’m of Scottish-Irish heritage, but it would be pretty cool to trace my heritage to royalty.
May 2, 2009 at 3:16 am |
omg…i’m excited to read about other people who have thumbs like myself. i’m the only one in my immediate family who have such thumbs. my mother’s 1st cousin has one normal thumb and one like mine but only because she sucked her thumb as a child. there is also another cousin and an uncle of my mother’s who have the same short and wide thumbs. i didn’t notice how different my thumbs were until i was in the 6th grade when an older guy i knew said to someone, “her thumbs look retarded”…then that is when i became self conscience. i’ve grown to love my thumbs and the people at the nail shop say they’re cute… 🙂
May 2, 2009 at 3:41 am |
i just called my grandmother to inform her about this website and asked about our background and she said my great grandparents where both half french and i’m hispanic…so wow…lol…about one of the comments way up there regarding megan fox, i sn her in a magazine and noticed her thumbs quick and actually tore the page out to show my hubby…oh and just to let anyone who gets their nails done know…my thumb is a size 0 nail…haha…[[i love my thumbs]]
May 3, 2009 at 7:10 pm |
hey
i know everyone has said it but im really happy to find people who have the same ‘condition’ as me!
i am 14 and am really concious of anyone touching my hands because my right thumb is clubbed. I worry about people seeing it. Can false nails cover it up? Does anyone know?
May 4, 2009 at 12:24 am |
Wow
i have never ever seen anyone with thumbs like mine
im just about 14 and it is really embarrasing cause no one else i know has thumbs like mine but at least now i know there are a heap of ppl out there with thubs like mine
i always get asked if my thumbs got run over by a car or if i smashed them in a door it gets abit annoying after awhile.
I know i do have some euorpean heritae cause my grand parents moved from englad to australia when they were young an i also have scotish ( douglas was my mums last name) and i also come from a greek backround
it is SOOOOOOO GREAT to know that i am not the only one with thumbs like that
May 4, 2009 at 7:01 pm |
btw im from england and i have irish and italian roots
May 4, 2009 at 10:54 pm |
When studing genetics 20 years ago, I was astonished to find out that there is a significant correlation betwen ‘clubbed thumbs’ and variations of mental retardation. I would suggest testing for the more pronounced cases.
May 6, 2009 at 1:32 am |
Hi again! Since my previous e-mail doesn’t work anymore, I make this repost with the new e-mail to send your pics… Here it is : I need the picture of a female with large thumb (it will stay anonymous) near a ruler so we can clearly see the width for an new and small acrylic nail company that want a picture in their business plan… The thumb must be larger than an inch or 25mm… Just include your age with the e-mail… Send your pics at svendar78@videotron.ca. Thank you very much in advance! Things are looking great for clubbers who needs acrylic nails it seems!
May 6, 2009 at 10:24 pm |
I have a small thumb on my left hand and a normal-sized thumb on my right hand. I noticed it when I was little and never thought much of it. I always knew it made me unique. I happily show it to friends and find it a fun party trick. Only recently did find out that I know a couple of people with the same condition! I was quite interested to know that there are a lot of us out there!
I did some research on the cause of this and here’s some of what I found:
The condition is caused by a genetic mutation and is technically called Brachydactyly type D . About one in a thousand people have either one or both thumbs like this. It’s a dominant gene in females and a recessive gene in males. Out of the people who have it, about three-fourths of them have it on both thumbs.
A lot of you have been trying to figure out the most common heritage of people who have it…I’m afraid I’m a mutt and won’t be of much help. I’m German, Dutch, English, Irish, and Scottish. But what might be of interest, though, is an Asian friend of mine has it on both thumbs. And to “Speedracerboy”‘s point, she happens to have just finished her PHD at Harvard…so I’d say that his urge for testing for mental retardation in pronounced cases is absolutely absurd! It happens that people with certain types of syndromes, like downes syndroms, have the condition as well, but it’s certainly not mutually exclusive!
May 7, 2009 at 6:32 pm |
In response to marie i am 14 and i have a clubbed thumb on my right hand but it is just under an inch wide. would it be any use to you?
June 12, 2009 at 3:25 pm |
Alice,
You sound just like me when I was your age! I am 29 now and have learned to look at my thumbs with kindness. Seriously, if i had normal thumbs, I would have broken them like 10 times. Hang in there and try to focus on your favorite body parts for now!
May 7, 2009 at 9:12 pm |
Dear kate,
it’s funny that you mention that. i myself have both short legs and clubbed thumbs! i am also irish and my name is kate! my goodness this website has opened o many new doors for me haha!
May 7, 2009 at 10:41 pm |
Hello fellow thumbers. Nice to meet you all. How many of you are limited on your texting ability?
I have both hands cursed and I have a friend with just one thumb of wideness. However, hers is man made. She sucked her thumb till she was 12 and now its stuck that way.
I too am a mutt. I’m 1/4 italian, 1/4 dutch and 2/4 Heinz 57.
For all you star Wars fans out there…Jake Lloyd {Anakin} has one. I noticed it at the convention. I think I embarrased him. Go to Darth Rixxx at Myspace to see a pict. I’ve searched for it in the movie. They gave him a thumb actor.
May 8, 2009 at 2:09 am |
To Alice : Sure! It’s exactly what I need… Just be precise when you take your picture so we can clearly see the measure of your thumbs width… Thank you a lot in advance 🙂
May 11, 2009 at 2:42 am |
I forgot, to everyone else, feel free to send your pics, the more I have, the better the results! 🙂 At svendar78@videotron.ca
May 11, 2009 at 8:52 pm |
I have both clubbed thumbs. I’m 100% polish.
May 12, 2009 at 6:18 pm |
marie: i can only send you the pic if im sure that it will remain anonymous?
May 13, 2009 at 2:28 am |
@ Alice : Yes it will stay 100% anonymous, the purpose is to show the kind of thumb width that will fit with the large acrylic nails, no need for any personal informations at all here 🙂
May 13, 2009 at 6:35 pm |
Marie : okay, will email you shortly. Do you have clubbed thumbs by the way?
May 13, 2009 at 7:25 pm |
@Alice : Thanks and to answer your question, unfortunately, no, but I find them kind of cute lol!
May 13, 2009 at 8:52 pm |
This is so cool. My whole family has stubby thumbs. My sis in law says that they come from a tribe in Western England. She says this is where we got the hips and thighs too. lol When I was a kid and got teased about them I just told everyone that my dad smashed them with a hammer! Then they felt sorry for me! lol They are great for thumb wrestling and playing video games. I am surprised there are so many of us that have them. I am proud of them now that I am no longer a kid. They really did look bad as a kid because I bit my nails really bad, till they bled. I really didn’t have much of a nail. Well…. that’s all.
May 15, 2009 at 6:00 pm |
Hello everyone!! I think this is the coolest thing I’ve ever found on the internet. I’ve never been too curious about my thumbs until a few days ago so I started looking for information and found this site. Both my thumbs are clubbed and I have to say that I LOVE THEM, I think they are so unique. I’ve only met three other people with this kind of thumb and no one in my family has them but I hope that if I have kids, one of them has them, that’d be really cool!!
My mother says she never noticed until some people started making fun of them when I was a girl, she thought maybe a nurse crushed them when I was born!! Some people ask me if I used to suck them (kinda funny, how can you get equally clubbed thumbs by sucking them!!!), or if I had some sort of accident and so on but I don’t mind the jokes… I have been aware of their rarity since I was very young and never really bothered me although I did feel different at times. Nevertheless, I love their shape and I love the big round fingerprint they make and they are really good to give massages!!!
It’s pretty cool to find about people around the world who has them.
Ma. Luisa,
Monterrey, Mexico
May 16, 2009 at 8:55 pm |
Hi Maria!
Would you be willing to share a pic for the gallery? If so, shoot me an email at clubbedthumb@hotmail.com
Thanks!
May 21, 2009 at 10:02 pm |
Wow, this is neat! I’m the only person in my family to have clubbed thumbs and I didn’t know what it was called til just minutes ago when I was looking up all my weirdnesses on the internet. At least now I know there’s not anything wrong with me… I still kinda hate them though.
May 22, 2009 at 1:11 am |
@ Alice : Hello! I want to know if you’ve send me the pics because I haven’t receive them so I want to know if my e-mail is the problem or you just didn’t have the time yet… Waiting for your reply… 🙂
May 22, 2009 at 6:53 pm |
The gallery is now up to 314 thanks to everyone here that contributed! Just wanted to post the link for everyone to see in case it got lost in the hundreds of replies!
(Still have a few more that were sent today that I need to add)
Thanks again everyone! I’m pretty sure its the largest clubbed thumb gallery on the net!
http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/ii237/clubbedthumbs/
May 29, 2009 at 1:26 am |
How funny!! I just was browsing the internet and decided to research my fat thumbs. The picture looks just like mine. (I have two). I inherited mine from my grandmother and I have 2 cousins who were also blessed! Weird thing to inherit…I always say “I got my thumbs from my grandmother”..
May 29, 2009 at 4:58 am |
You are all discussing your thumbs … some of you have been “looking for thumbers your whole lives” … are you retarded or just that bored?
Go be workaholics, go have unattainable goals, go sleep with many many people, go do something. You’re all weird and I’m ashamed to call myself a thumber. I’m cutting off my thumb tonight.
May 29, 2009 at 11:58 am |
I just tried to put a ring on one of my ‘weird thumbs’ as I can never usually fit a ring on them, and then decided to google ‘weird thumbs’ and all these articles and pics came up!
I am a 27 year old female and I have only met one other girl in my life with thumbs like mine – which makes me scared that I maybe adopted if its genetic, ha!
My boyfriend and his mates used to really take the mick at first and it used to bother me but guess it could be worse. I am so happy I have found all of these facts out – I feel like I now belong!! Thank you!
May 31, 2009 at 9:00 pm |
Wow It’s so cool that I know that all of these people have the same thumbs as me 🙂 sweet. I though I was one out of like five in the whole world or something lol.I think our thumbs are really cute haha
June 3, 2009 at 9:00 pm |
This is cool. My sister and I each have 2 clubbed thumbs. Neither of our parents have them. However, we are 1/4 italien, 1/4 cajun french, and the rest a mix of scottish/irish/english.
It is strange that we both have them, and neither parent does, I wonder if both are carriers?
June 4, 2009 at 8:45 am |
Hi Amy!
Would you and your sister be willing to share a pic for the gallery?
If so, could you send me one at clubbedthumb@hotmail.com
If not, no problem! Thanks!
June 4, 2009 at 10:06 am |
i have 2 clubbed thumbs, but finding i’m the only one in my entire school that has them. but i feel special though at my school it’s known as butt thumbs when you put them together.
June 7, 2009 at 6:24 pm |
Hey all!
I have two clubbed thumbs and three brothers who teased me about them while growing up 😦 I am okay now and it seems like nobody really notices unless I bring it up. I am a court reporter, so my fingers — and those glorious thumbs — are very important to me, and they work just fine!! Scored third highest in the state of CA when I took my court reporting test years ago. And I am 100% Dutch, born in Holland. My mom told me when she went back to the homeland and visited that she noticed an uncle of mine that had one clubbed thumb! Think it’s just hereditary. Neither of my kids has one. Wonder what the stats are on having one or both??? Think I’m glad I have two; at least they are symmetrical. Whatever. Nothing to hide, my friends!!
June 7, 2009 at 6:27 pm |
People With Clubbed Thumbs are actaully the best Bassists (slap of corse).
June 8, 2009 at 7:43 pm |
Marie: I am having email trouble but have sent a picture of my thumb to you next to a metal ruler. Hopefully you wil recieve it soon as i have sent it twice
June 11, 2009 at 12:51 pm |
God Bless the Internet! I have never seen or heard the term ‘club thumbs’ till today. I just thought I was deformed. Now at least I know I am not alone. I have been pondering surgery to make my thumbs look more normal. Anyone hear of any successful surgery to thin out the thumbs?
June 11, 2009 at 6:58 pm |
Hi there.
I have 2 clubbed thumbs. So did my grandma and so does my 2 year old daughter. I am English and if anything the gene comes from London Irish connections I guess! I was teased a lot as a kid but now I am pretty chilled about them but will have to work hard to persuade my daughter not to get stressed I am sure. I’ll try and take a picture of mine …. they look like big toes. I could try and take a pic of my daughters but they’re kind of tiny!
June 12, 2009 at 12:09 am |
Hi all,
I have two clubbed thumbs. I’m 50 and I never knew until today that other people have “big toe thumbs” like mine! Speaking of toes, mine are kind of stubby. The rest of my fingers are nice and long. It’s so nice to read all of your posts and to know that I’m more normal than I thought! My ancestry is Scottish, German, Romanian and Russian. My parents don’t have the trait, nor do my siblings. Neither of my children inherited the trait, either.
June 12, 2009 at 12:57 am |
Interesting site. I came across the “Clubbed thumb” term after the news story about Megan Fox broke recently. I’m 43 and have never considered myself disfigured.
I’m from the north of England originally, so the possible French or Irish connection in my heritage is interesting. Must get around to tracing the family tree …
June 12, 2009 at 1:54 am |
Wow. I can’t believe people are that self-conscious about a friggin’ thumb. I have one on my right hand, and growing up kids teased about it, but only out of curiosity. I told most of them a safe fell on it when I was a kid and smashed it, leaving them to stare at me dumbfounded until I told them I was joking. One girl would literally come up to me every day and ask to see them. Oh, well! Why are they such a big deal?
June 12, 2009 at 2:27 am |
Helloooo there from Los Angeles!
I am SOOO EXCITED to hear from all of you! I too just found out today about Megan Fox’s thumb -and I thought that I was the only one! (People used to call my thumb Stubby). Well, it is quite possible, then, that we are all related -if it is a GENETIC TRAIT. (My husband says that we are all related to leprechauns 🙂 I am half Scottish and half Jamaican.
So BIG UPs to da wee thumb club!!! Booyah!
June 12, 2009 at 4:24 am |
YAY!! My sisters teased me all my life! I’m so glad i’m not the only one with nubby thumbs..lol!
June 12, 2009 at 5:15 am |
Very interesting site. I never knew so many other people had this. I was also teased about my thumbs as a kid. Some of my friends used to tell little kids that my toes had to be sewn on to my hand because I was born with no thumbs. This teasing bothered me as a kid, however I dealt with it. Nice to hear I’m not the only one.
June 12, 2009 at 5:59 am |
WOW!!! I’m so excited that I’m Not the only one with a Stubby Thumb, on my left hand. Im from the US and my Dad is Italian and french and my moms Irish and Germen. I was always so self consences about my thumb until someone at my work told me it meant that you were smart if you have hammerhead Thumbs and i came accross this website. High five to all the stubbies.
June 12, 2009 at 7:19 am |
I have a clubbed thumb and I thought this was an ugly thing until I found this site. Megan Fox has it also..cool!
I believe this has something to do with artistic abilities. I’m a Fine Arts student, I paint and make poems and act too.
Cheers to us!
June 12, 2009 at 8:17 am |
I actually found the Megan Fox story really depressing. She has one clubbed thumb and the Daily Mail (a UK mainstream newspaper) described it as a “Defect”. Why do we not value unique things. If you don’t conform to the norm you are defective? How do I tell my 2 year old her thumbs are beautiful, cute, and a sign she is more daughter when newpapers describe our thumbs as defects….
June 12, 2009 at 11:54 am |
I have two clubbed thumbs. My sister calls them Toe thumbs. I am 50% Russian, and 50% American and the only one in my family with toe thumbs.
June 12, 2009 at 12:38 pm |
I am so excited that my little sister found this site. Through you guys, she can find solace in the fact that shes not alone in her “toe thumbedness”.
June 12, 2009 at 2:18 pm |
i have 2 club thumbs to! I never met anybody with them! im the only one in my family to have them! i thought that i was the only one to have them, but my mom said she saw somebody with some just like me!:)
June 12, 2009 at 3:09 pm |
Ha, I am here because of the Megan Foz story too! I have 2 club thumbs. Just found out today they are called club thumbs, I always called them stubby or toe thumbs. I am a mutt, German, Irish, English, Norwegian, Russian.
June 12, 2009 at 4:57 pm |
I am 25, (100% Italian) and until today I didn’t know there was a name for the way my thumbs are. No one else in my family has them to my knowledge, but I never knew my paternal grandparents so you never know. I hate how people always have to point them out like there is something wrong. I have met a few other people over the years with the same thing. I was however unaware that you could only have one clubbed thumb. Interesting!
Good to know there are so many other people like me!
June 12, 2009 at 5:58 pm |
I have the weird thumbs as well. I am American with Italian and Polish ancestors. How interesting! I am 31.91 years old as of today.
I met one man with similar thumbs. Nice to know all of you people are out there with the same thumbs. The internet rules!
I actually came across this site from another site that poked fun at Megan Fox’s thumbs. Apparently she is in Transformers or something… Here is the image: http://imgur.com/kWSnF.gif
Funny! Woo.
June 12, 2009 at 7:01 pm |
my thumbs and legs are short but I am normal in every other way….
June 12, 2009 at 7:18 pm |
This is funny! I am 29 and have two. When I used to go have acrylic nails put on the nail techs would always laugh and talk to each other in another language. I met one other girl in HS who had the thumbs too… My brother has them as well. Both of my kids’ thumbs turned out fine though.
June 12, 2009 at 9:04 pm |
Both of my thumbs are clubbed thumbs. My dad’s mother had them too. Out of all her children and grandchildren, I am the only one that has her thumbs. I always hid them when I was in elementary school. One day, this boy asked me if I didn’t have thumbs. I stopped hiding my thumbs then. I figured it was better to have funny thumbs than no thumbs.
I have 2 sons. They don’t have clubbed thumbs but the oldest has short legs. He is 6’3″ and wears a 32 length pants. He always says that he would have been a lot taller if he didn’t have such short legs. My mother’s dad had short legs. I always thought my son got his short legs from him. Now, I’m wondering if there is the short legs and clubbed thumbs connection.
June 13, 2009 at 1:01 am |
Totally Hilarious!!!
I have two (I don’t like the way “clubbed” thumbs sounds…) I have never felt embarrassed by them!!! They are CUTE!!! Seriously!!! My Grandmother Burns had them and the way I looked at it was… I always felt incredibly fortunate to have them passed down to me!!! My Grandmother was an extremely Beautiful person both inside and out!!! We are ALL in great company the **Beautiful** Megan Fox has a cute little thumb…
My first boyfriend loved them…. My best friend loves them… and my husband grabs them all the time saying he loves me… “thumbs and all”… I tell everyone I would be perfect if not for the thumbs… **~joke~** I am pretty cute though ** (lol) ** The only down fall… difficult to text… But they ROCK at thumb wars!!! and are great for trigger point messages!!!
*My blood type ~O Neg~
I am a mix… English… Irish… German… Scottish and Swiss 🙂
WOW!!!
My daughter and son have them BUT they are closer to “normal” looking then mine…
Thumbs up… to all my Thumb sisters and brothers out there…. It’s a good thing!!! 🙂
June 13, 2009 at 1:59 am |
I have one on my right hand all my friends make fun of them know i’ll just tell them I’m roylalty.
June 13, 2009 at 2:48 am |
Well, I am 5’11” and have 36″ inseams. (I am female.) And I have O+ blood. So the blood type and short leg connection doesn’t seem to make any sense. Hmmmm. It does make me happy to know there are so many of us out there! We are cool!! 🙂
June 13, 2009 at 3:18 am |
It would be neat-o if we all met together and took pictures of like hundreds of our thumbs together. What if something as huge as that would make for a Discovery Channel special or something.
Probably not, but that would be cool. So if you guys ever get invited to be on the Discovery Channel, don’t forget to email me!!
August 6, 2009 at 8:42 pm |
That is not a bad idea actually. I think that they would do it. They do cover interesting conditions and do really thorough (I think I spelled that wrong) research on their topics. Not only would it be really cool for us, but I think it would be interesting to learn about it in depth. I mean, look at all of us who are JUST finding out that this is a condition? Really cool idea!
August 6, 2009 at 8:49 pm
I looked at Discovery Channel’s website and there wasn’t really a place for “People with weird body parts, then they found a blog site about their weird body part, and now they want media attention”. 😛
It would be fun to learn more about it, though.
❤
June 13, 2009 at 6:48 am |
Wow, not to sound repetitive but I never knew that other people had them. I thought that my left thumb may have been squished when it was forming or something. My whole life it as always been the object of laughter and somewhat of a talking point. I’ve never been embarrassed by it. I’m simply qute pleased to have a conversation starter during awkward moments.
June 15, 2009 at 11:32 am |
I have both thumbs clubbed. My father was only 5’3″ tall with particularly short legs, although I am average height for a female of 5’5″. A massage therapist who had worked all over Europe asked me if I had ‘Gallic’ ancestry as my bone structure suggested – I really don’t know. My family is English on both sides as far back as we can trace, but I did notice more people in Brittany with both my colouring (blue eyes, dark hair & fair freckled skin) and clubbed thumbs. I’d love to know for sure where my ancestors came from.
June 15, 2009 at 12:55 pm |
Both my thumbs are “toe thumbs”, I never knew there was a real name for it. As a kid, I was made fun of for having my little thumbs. I would constantly tuck them under, and sometimes still do. They gave me a complex. My older sister has one clubbed thumb and one “normal” thumb. No one else in my family that I know of or ever met has them. I am 5’8″ long legged, long fingers. I am of Mexican, Polish, German descent. I have never met anyone other than my sis who has had the same thumbs as me. I always look at peoples hands to see if they are like me. I have two kids and as soon as they were born I checked their thumbs, neither of them carried on my little thumbs.
June 15, 2009 at 7:35 pm |
I am 30 years old and my right thumb is the only one that looks like ET. Growing up my brothers and sister would tease me saying it looked like a toe or ET. I always thought it had to do with me sucking my thumb as a child, but some years back my sister found a magazine article in a doctors office or nail salon about my thumb. She tore it out and gave it to me. The picture was that of my thumb. They called it a “Hammer Thumb” and gave a brief history on the gentic disorder also saying that it was a sign of royalty in the European bloodline. I’M FAMOUS I THOUGHT!!j/k. I still have the article and still bring it out to show people for good laughs.
Then 3 years ago at a family reunion did we discover that my great aunt (who was 100 yrs old at the time) and her great neice also have thumbs like mine. I was told my great grandma had a thumb like ours too. We all put our thumbs together. We realized on what side of the family this gentic disorder came from (the Itailian side).
Growing up I only knew my 4th grade teacher to have two thumbs like mine. As I got older, I have ran into a few people that also have a thumb(s) like mine. It seems to be more common or maybe it’s that we’re all ok talking about our ET thumb and showing people now and we’re not so embarrassed by it anymore. Thanks to Megan Fox this past week, our thumbs have become noticed everywhere.
June 15, 2009 at 7:42 pm |
I really don’t like my thumbs, everyone makes fun of thumb, I wish I had normal thumbs.
June 15, 2009 at 10:03 pm |
I have the pair of stubbies, and remember hiding them from my first real girlfriend growing up. She later told me she would hide hers till we seen each others and noticed we both had the stubby thumbs! True story. I’ve since met only one other co-worker with a single stubby thumb. I am Mexican which is not really a race since Mexicans are a melting pot of people e.g., Spanish, French, Amerindian, Lebanese, etc. My Father’s home town had a large migration of Spaniards back in the 1700s when Mexico was still a Spanish colony and those folks may have brought those genetic traits with them. Who knows…
June 16, 2009 at 8:43 pm |
me too…Nacho…I am mexican from the lower rio grande valley in Texas.
I may have gotten these wee thumbs from my father’s maternal gmother who was anglo. her name was sarah hawkins. and I heard she had them as well as her daughter my gmother , Defina Hinojosa.. anyway I know of another Mexican american in the Valley who has them as well. good luck where are you from?
July 29, 2009 at 6:22 am |
my right thumb is clubbed. I am also Mexican American from Texas. My father has one as well and he was born in Mexico. We are the only two that I know of so far to have clubbed thumbs. I don’t think I have any European descent. I’m not sure what the rest of my family is. I hear Portuguese and Tarahumara so far. I have always wondered why my dad and I have them and this one girl who wasn’t related to me. Now I know I am not alone!!!!!!!!!!! My husband calls it Wombly thumb. He just made that up one day. I still sord of dislike it because I can’t get fake nails (someday) and gloves fit somewhat tight on that thumb only. Also I can’t bowl because my thumb doesn’t fit and I’m afraid it will get stuck if I even try to shove it in there. : (
June 16, 2009 at 1:58 am |
I have two clubbed thumbs, although until today I never knew they had a name. When I do a “thumbs-up”, my thumbs actually have a tendency to bend backwards at the knuckle – they look especially short then.
I don’t recall ever being teased as a child, but throughout my life people would occasionally notice them and give me a hard time.
About 20 years ago, I was a bank teller and people noticed them all the time then since they were watching my hands as I counted money out to them. I wasn’t necessarily embarrassed, just tired of people pointing them out to me (“OMG, look at your thumbs!”), as if I were a freak show attraction!
Once, a woman actually reached across the counter and grabbed my hand and said, “look at your thumbs!” I just took my hand back and said, “yeah, I know – they’re short”, but then she said, “No, that’s not what I meant. Your thumbs are the same as mine!” We both were both laughing and so excited to have found another person with SFT syndrome (short, fat thumbs). 🙂
Now in my late 40’s, she’s still the only person I’ve ever known with “my” thumbs… until today! Willie Geist did a bit on Megan Fox’s thumbs on Zeitgeist and it was like a revelation! This website is amazing (thanks by the way). I can’t believe this many people are our there!
I don’t know my heritage on my mother’s side (mutts), but on my father’s side we’re French. I know of no one else in my family (extended or otherwise) with these thumbs.
Do I wish I had normal thumbs? Sure! if only because it would be easier. The nail likes to grow wide and it’s a pain to keep trimmed to where it looks decent. Not a big deal though – it’s part of who I am.
My husband likes to tease me once in awhile about my “2nd big toes”, or my “limitations because of my thumbs”. Now, I can tell him it’s just because I probably come from royalty! What a kick!
June 16, 2009 at 7:10 pm |
My sister has a clubbed thumb. I always give her are hard time about her “third big toe”. She’s not too sensative about it though. I doubt it really means much or could give anyone some insight as to who they are or whatever. Besides. It is just a thumb! It’s not like it will keep you from being successful or something! Look at Megan Fox! My sister doesn’t look like Megan, but she’s successful in her own right.
June 17, 2009 at 1:00 am |
I have one clubbed thumb or toe thumb as some of my friends would tease me. My club thumb is on my left hand…both thumbs are hitchhikers thumbs. I never realized so many other people had it. I’ve only met one person in my life that had it and she had it on both hands and hated it. It never really bothered me – once when getting my nails the Asian woman picked it up and started laughing at it to the others…I don’t need to know your language to know what you’re probably saying!!!!!
I’ve read that it could be called Clubbed Thumb, Hammer Thumb, Stub Thumb, etc. Somewhere out there it said the Hammer Thumb on the right hand shows aggressive behavior on the left it shows the opposite.
I’m of Italian & Irish heritage! The one person I met in my life was also of Italian heritage!!!
June 17, 2009 at 2:36 am |
Wow this is amazing.. i too have a “clubbed thumb” (right)
My best friend thinks itz cute but i used to really hate it.. anywayz i grew out of that as i am 18 now.. and sometimes when bored i would just show it to people and their reactions are ussually so funny..
But itz so weird a lot of people on the site have mentioned being with this unique trait and being linked to European blood.. I however am a black girl but i do have indian/ Arabic blood.. just thought it’ll be interesting to mention.. 🙂
June 17, 2009 at 9:27 pm |
Toe Thumbs or Brachydactyly is plainly and simply put–the product of ancestral inbreeding.
June 18, 2009 at 2:41 am |
My brothers always called them my “Bert and Ernie” thumbs after the characters on Sesame Street. My father had the same thing but I have only met one other person with these thumbs. My right thumb is clubbed, left one is normal, like my dad
June 19, 2009 at 6:15 am |
HI, Just discovered that my 12 year old daughter has clubbed thumbs on both hands. She was delighted to discover that she has the same thumbs as Megan fox supposedly has. She loves to be different. I know this because we spent half the day yesterday drying the tips of her hair blue. She is of Italian/Ukrainian decent.
Just wondering if anyone with this has hyper mobile joints as we all seem to have in the family?
June 19, 2009 at 6:35 am |
Oh Yeah. To the person who said that it was a sign of artistic abilities, you maybe on to something. My daughter is a very good artist already at 12. Drawing, Poetry, song writing. Anyone else?
June 19, 2009 at 7:43 am
Interesting that you drew that parallel – now that you mention it, I do have hyper mobile joints, but only in my arms and shoulders (it’s made me prone to injury).
As for the artistic abilities, I can’t draw a lick, and though I do like to write and sing, I can’t say I’m exceptionally good at it!
January 10, 2010 at 4:52 am |
yes! I have double jointed fingers AND two toe thumbs, AND I’m an artist. go figure.
June 20, 2009 at 4:34 am |
I have been made fun of for my two clubbed thumbs my entire life! I was always so embarassed by them because I have never seen anyone else with them. I am the only one in my family who has them. I’m 100% Italian and I noticed that a lot of other Italians on here have clubbed thumbs too!
June 22, 2009 at 5:12 am |
Hello all “clubbed thumbers”, how refreshing to find a website with people who have thumbs like mine. I have two of these unique thumbs. I nearly fell out of my chair laughing when I saw all the pictures which look exactly like mine! My grandmother and my father have them also. It is interesting that neither my aunt (my dads sister) or cousins have this trait. I am of Scots-Irish descent, also some Native American. I was looking up this type of thumb because I was wondering if there is a link to dwarfism??? I was just watching a TV show with some dwarfs on there and I noticed they had these same thumbs. I am only 4’11 and my father is rather short (5’5) for a man. Im thinking there may be some type of gene mixed in there?? Anyone done research on this??
June 23, 2009 at 12:49 am |
I realized it was a genetic trait when I noticed my grandpa’s thumbs after he died and was in the casket! My mom also has these thumbs. We are Mexican American with German blood. My friends would crack up laughing at my thumbs which I admit, are quite funny looking but it doesn’t bother me in the least. I’m unique!
June 23, 2009 at 4:17 am |
Hello all. I am a 29 year old male with 2 ‘clubbed thumbs’ and they both look just like the picture at the top of the page. My sister has 1 clubbed thumb on her right hand. I do not know of anyone else in our extended family has them. I have another brother and sister and they both have normal thumbs. I am of mainly German, Spanish, and Swedish decent.
During my life I have only meet two other people, both women, who had a clubbed thumb on their right hand. Also a friend of mine, who is Italian, told me he had told his Grandmother about my thumbs, as he had never seen anyone with them. She told him they were ‘Murder’s Thumbs’ and that always stuck with me so it was nice to reference to what he told me here.
Growing up I loved playing video games. Since I played so much I normally beat my friends. One day one of was watching me play and noticed I could hit both the A and B buttons on an old school Nintendo controller at the same time. At that moment my “toe thumbs” as they called them, became a blessing they were all jealous of.
June 24, 2009 at 6:21 pm |
I have one clubbed thumb on my left hand. I am of Vietnamese descent. I’m not sure if I have any mixed decent.
June 25, 2009 at 2:40 pm |
i didn’t find this site until i heard about megan fox’s thumbs. it makes me feel a lot better that a GORGEOUS talented woman has the same thumbs as me! although, i was made fun of QUITE A BIT in grade school by the boys (i will not say what they called my thumbs), it is a little disturbing. i have been scarred for life because of these prepubescent boys. lets just say they like to ask if i sat on them a lot? how repulsive is that? what a**holes. anyway, since then, i have been hiding my thumbs from the world. when people see them, they are very inconsiderate and say things like, “what’s wrong with them?” and “why do they look so weird?” well, as i try my hardest to hide them, every once in a while, they are noticed and it really makes me uncomfortable. i guess since all of you are learning to love your thumbs, i can try to love mine…
June 25, 2009 at 4:16 pm |
Hi Alf,
I just find out about clubbed thumbs because of Megan Fox. I thought I was the only one with this weird condition! My left thumb looks exactly like your picture above and I think my two big toes might be clubbed too, hard to tell. Good to know that it is genetic, I always thought I caused it from my obsessive nail picking. Now that I know I am not the only one I can try to stop being so self conscious about it.
Neil
June 25, 2009 at 6:45 pm |
Neil brings up something that I’ve also wondered about. When I was young, I also obsessively picked at my nails (something I’ve thankfully stopped over time). I never made a connection to my thumbs, but as there are other “nail pickers” and former “nail pickers” on here, it still makes one think…
June 28, 2009 at 9:40 pm |
I have one “retarded thumb” on my right hand (I apologize if that term is offensive, but it’s what I started calling it when I was a child). I am 50% French (French Canadian at least), 25% Italian, and a 25% mixture of Irish/German/English/misc. I’ve always sworn that my left thumb was similar until I pulled and squished it normal again when I was a child, but I know that doesn’t really make sense. (I think the two thumbs probably just looked more similar when I had younger/smaller hands, but the un-clubbed one eventually grew normal and made it seem like I had magically ‘fixed’ it.) I don’t know of anyone else in my family who has the same thumbs. I do not have hitchhiker’s thumbs, but I did always pick/bite my nails as a child. I did not suck my thumbs at all.
I always leave that thumb unpainted if I paint my fingernails a dark color so as not to draw attention to it, but a friend recently asked me why it wasn’t painted (clearly my plan backfired, and not painting it drew MORE attention!). She said her sister-in-law has thumbs like mine.
I found this site when I saw some article about Megan Fox’s thumbs and realized a bunch of people must have the same problem (not that it’s really a problem). I had to laugh when one person mentioned getting a custom-made bowling ball, because I’ve had the same problem the few times I’ve gone bowling.
June 30, 2009 at 4:12 am |
my dad had clubbed thumbs which must be where I inherited it.
he passed away just months ago. I am 15 by the way.
as weird as this sounds I feel like my thumbs are an eternal bond between us and even though he is gone I can always look at them and smile.
this makes me want to be a doctor and study genetics!!
I feel special even though I sometimes hide them. I come from germany and also ireland. I loove the Internet!
July 7, 2009 at 11:33 pm |
Lol, Damn bowling balls! Why wasn’t my royal thumb on the left hand!?
February 10, 2010 at 6:33 pm
i feel that..
February 22, 2011 at 12:32 am
So true….the balls that fit my right thumb are close to 20 lbs! I started to bowl putting spin on the ball using only two fingers and palming the rest of the ball. It makes bowling twice as fun-thanks royal thumb!
July 2, 2009 at 2:30 am |
hello i am 32 i have two club thumbs always had them i never thought any thing of themi untill my sisters stupid boyfriend was making fun of meghans fox recenently i was offenened cause i think he was actuallytmaking fun of me
August 6, 2009 at 8:32 pm |
He sounds like quite the buttmonkey.
July 2, 2009 at 2:51 am |
oh i notice peoplesm bloodlines im o posivtive and my father is 100 percent morroccan my mother is adopted so her family history does not exist although she heard she might be canadian french
July 3, 2009 at 6:29 am |
Wow, I was not aware that there were so many of us 😉
Personally, I have always been a bit embarrassed of my left clubbed thumb. The medical term for this dominant genetic trait is Brachydactyly Type D. Both my sister and I have it on our left thumb. As for the my heritage, I am of Mexican, Spanish, Basque, Italian, French and Cuban descent. I know, I have a pretty mixed bloodline :] It’s funny because when my daughter was born, the first thing I checked were her thumbs! lol. (did not inherit them) I just do not like when people make comments like “what’s wrong with your thumb?” “is your thumb deformed” and especially when they yell it out and people turn around and look at your thumb all weird .. so yeah, that is my story :]
July 3, 2009 at 8:27 pm |
I have one clubbed thumb (my right one) and i also have webbed toes. Not good digits for me! I never knew that this was an actual condition untill today, it nice to know that its not my fault after years off people asking me had broken my thumb (i hadn’t) or asking why i bite my thumb nail so short (i DON’T, its always like that!!). It doesn’t really bother me anymore, i’m used to it. The only thing that really bugs me is that I can never find false nails to fit it!!! haha, nothing life threatening though (:
x
July 7, 2009 at 11:27 pm |
I have one of those. My right thumb. I never knew why and was self-conscious about it growing up, although I really don’t know why. I guess it was just knowing how rotten people are, and how anything different, no matter how small, is a cause for ridicule, disdain, or some other negative reaction.
One, day, when I was 22 and working as a waiter in a restaurant, I looked at a co-worker’s hand, and SHE HAD ONE TOO! I really had thought up until then that I was all alone. She was a cute girl, and as we were talking and comparing thumbs, another waitress, who actually looked something like Megan Fox(who also has one!) and was a total babe, stuck out her hands and showed that she too had the exact same situation! All of us had the big thumb on the right hand, as apparently does Megan Fox, so I wondered if this was always the way. After reading here I see it isn’t. I was shocked and relieved at that point, though, since until then I had never met anyone else with the same thumb. It was nice that both the girls were really cute, too. It’s funny, I used to tell people it was a sign of the ancient Celtic kings, or that it was how the aliens were to know who to put in charge when they landed. I used to tuck it into my hand sometimes, but now I’m going to look at people’s hands all the time to see if I can find any other “thumbmates”.
July 14, 2009 at 10:57 pm |
Finally! After 29 years I’m finding out where my two funny looking thumbs are coming from and that there’s a name for it. And its fantastic to read stories from others! When I was young I was ashamed of my thumbs and would constantly try to hide them. Nowadays I’m less ashamed, but I still find it a bit embarrassing when people are staring at them and want to examine them from all different angles :(. My parents always wondered why I have these thumbs. Because, although its genetic, they dont know anybody in our family (parents, brother, grandparents, aunts etc) with such thumbs. I live in the Netherlands, my mother is Dutch and my father is from Surinam. He is from mixed heritage, problaby african/jewish-portugese/native. Next year I’m going to meet some family members for the first time in Surinam, so maybe then I will meet some family with the same thumbs ;).
July 20, 2009 at 4:26 pm |
When i saw Transformers in the theaters and saw Megan Fox’s thumb when she was driving the truck, i yelled out “she has thumbs like me!” and my husband said “wow, she does!”
I used to get teased when i was in elementary school, but i guess you could say i have “murders thumbs” because i got agressive about it when people teased me. Let’s just say the teasing didnt last long after i beat up a boy at recess for for making fun of my thumbs. 🙂
Now that i’m older i have come across alot of people with clubbed thumbs. I think the royal blood line claim is true because i am of Irish descent as well as Native American (Cherokee and Apache). I used to think that i inherited my thumbs from my Native American ancestors. I’m really artistic and i figured my thumbs evolved from the Native American women who threw pottery all the time. lol maybe so, i throw pottery as well and my thumbs come in handy for throwing some cool shapes and designs! Oh, and my husband claims i give awesome back massages, too. 🙂
As far as the royalty thing goes, I’m a Harrington which is part of the Celtic Royal Genealogy supposedly…So rock on royal thumbs!!
July 21, 2009 at 12:08 pm |
Hi there! I am 100% Polish and I also have this “problem”:) I wish I could do something with that…I mean operation or sth. If anyone knows how to make those thumbs look nicer or more normal…:) Please write about it!!!!
I have noticed that Sanaa Lathan (actress) has also those thumbs..:)
Sory if there are any mistakes, I am not perfect in English..
July 22, 2009 at 3:11 am |
I am 100% Italian and I have club thumbs! I never knew they were different until my boyfriend said something! Finally, I am not alone!
July 23, 2009 at 1:51 pm |
I am 37 and have been self conscience of my thumbs my whole life. I have read through a lot the comments here and it seems that a lot of of us have felt the same throughout the years. I never knew anyone else who had thumbs like mine (both of mine are “clubbed”). About 5 years ago I met someone else who has one thumb like mine. So I didn’t feel so much like a freak when I saw it. I used to hide them inside my fist when I was around people. I didn’t want to be considered abnormal. I have 3 children and when each was born it was the first thing I looked for on them. My youngest daughter is the only one who has the “thumbs”. She is 6 and thinks it’s COOL that we match. 🙂
July 23, 2009 at 1:52 pm |
Oh and I am of English, Irish and German descent.
July 23, 2009 at 1:58 pm |
and I am female. My last daughter is to my second husband who is half Italian. She also has red hair which is another genetic thing altogether, but I find interesting that she is the one who inherited my stubby thumbs. 🙂
July 24, 2009 at 3:04 am |
Oh my gosh!!!!! Coming here feels like finding long lost family!!!! It is good to finally meet you all!!!
What I know about my clubbed thumb heritage:
My paternal grandmother had 2 club thumbs
My father only has one (don’t remember which hand)
I have two. I am the only one of my three siblings from my father’s side that inherited the thumbs.
July 26, 2009 at 8:12 am |
im 17. thought i was the only one who had this. i only have one on my right hand. my mom has 2. and my sister, who isnt blood related to my mother [her stepchild], has 2 as well. maybe its in the gene pool from both of my parents?
July 27, 2009 at 5:36 pm |
I have 2 “club” thumbs, and really tiny hands and feet. I am also the only one in my entire extended family that has them. I’m not at all Italian either – I’m mostly Russian. Who knows. I never sucked my thumbs either.
My mom used to joke that I shouldn’t be a nail polish or glove model, but I don’t really mind them. I used to hate my thumbs, but now I like them, they’re kind of cool.
p.s. the only other person I have met with these thumbs is an old woman at the grocery store, she dropped her receipt so I picked it up and she saw my thumbs. I am really glad to know that clubbed thumbs are actually a real thing that other people have!
July 28, 2009 at 2:33 am |
CLUB THUMBS–NOT FOR BOWLING AFTER ALL…
Whenever I go 10-pin bowling, I have to use a ball that is twice as heavy so I can fit my club-thumb in the hole. I am an average-sized woman using a bowling ball made for a giant man. When I was a small child, my nickname was “Thumbs” and the kids told me that my thumbs were replaced with big toes when I was a baby. I am so relieved to have found a support network to communicate about my club thumbs.
August 2, 2009 at 5:16 am |
lol ive had that problem i have to use HEAVY balls because i cannot fit my thumbs! lol
July 31, 2009 at 12:48 am |
I have one clubbed thumb on my left hand. I never even knew it had a name I just recently heard that it could be something genetic. So I wanted to research and learn more. I was told it could be from thumb sucking but I never sucked my thumb as a child. I got shot with a bb gun on my nail and always blamed it on that. I don’t know anyone else with this type of thumb. I have had a few people look at me funny when I get my nails done and my friends joked about it in school. But I think it makes me unique and different. Glad to know I’m not the only person with this thumb!
August 2, 2009 at 5:15 am |
lol! woowww all my life ive been ask if i smashed my thumbs or were they my toes!
August 2, 2009 at 10:43 pm |
Wow!! I feel like many of you do that I finally have an answer to my thumb. I am the only one I know that has a short right thumb. I’ve been teased about it all my 45 years. In reading all the responses… it is interesting to see that it is predominately right hand if it is only one thumb. hmmmm…. As many others have said… I don’t feel so alone anymore!!
August 4, 2009 at 10:36 am |
You know, I am a 55 year old woman and it is only in the last few months that I discovered what my club thumb on my right hand was all about. All my life I have hidden it tucked inside my palm, embarrassed about how it looked. The only thing that helped me was when I was about 14 years old, I met my Dutch paternal grandfather and he had a european thumb or club thumb just like me! I was the one in the family who most closely resembled him, even in this special way with both of us sharing this unique thumb. I always thought that I had inherited a deformity from my Opa. Now that I know that I don’t have a deformity as such, I am less inclined to want to hide it away. At last my thumb is finally out of the closet and I am not so self conscious about the way it looks. On the whole, most people don’t know what it is and comment on how different it looks, often with a bit of a curl on their lips. After all, it is a bit unsightly!! I challenge everybody who has this phenomenon to embrace your uniqueness and hold your head, and hand for that matter, high and be grateful.
August 4, 2009 at 7:06 pm |
My girlfriend has bilateral clubbed thumbs and 1st toes. Which she has passed on to both of her daughters. Obviously this isn’t any big deal, makes her unique. I had a curiousity though. She was adopted, via Childrens Services in Ohio, Columbus area. Her DOB is 8/28/1970. Of course she’d love to find her birth parents. Since this is inherited, I thought maybe someone out there might be able to help. All she was told about her birth mother is that she was an Ohio State Univ. student. Reply to this e-mail please.
August 6, 2009 at 1:41 am |
I am soooo happy I found this website. I had my first manicure yesterday and was told that these “toe thumbs” are really a link to possible royal blood.
I too can relate to the embarrassment related to these thumbs. I was made fun of all through school but did find a way to use it to my advantage when really young…..I just told my friends that I was abducted by aliens and they “marked” me for follow up in several years, LOL Worked for a while. We are of Italian-Scottish decent through my maternal tree and German-English on my father’s side.
I always just thought…..to bad I don’t have rhythm because these babies would be awesome for bongos!
August 6, 2009 at 12:17 pm |
I had an infection in the bone of my thumb and after a long course of antibiotics and surgery, my thumb shrank down and now resembles a clubbed thumb. Not having seen another like it one day, this man I met while waiting for a cab exclaimed, “Oh, you’ve got a LUCKY THUMB, my sister has a lucky thumb, it means your lucky! Remembering my infection I replied “no, I’m not lucky”. He said “yes, yes you are, you were born with it.” Well, God Bless, him I just agreed with him and said I guess your right, I am lucky. Well, here’s the point in the story where you expect me to tell you I won the lottery. I didn’t. However, subsequently through the years I have met others who were born with a clubbed “LUCKY” thumb. Some very nice people indeed. So even though I can’t claim it as a birthright, I do feel lucky to belong this group even if by accident.
August 6, 2009 at 12:26 pm |
Oh yeah, one more thing, …one time i went in to get a manicure/pedicure at the nail salon with my best friend. The woman set to do my nails looked at my thumb and said, “is that your toe?”. I said, “what?”. And, before I could respond my friend replied laughing, “Yeah she was born with 11 toes!”.
I know, right? Cuz, it was obvious to all when I came in I had 10 visible fingers and 10 visible toes. Where did that girl think the extra toe came from? (-:
August 6, 2009 at 8:13 pm |
I had a similar experience getting a manicure. It was an Asian woman doing my nails and was speaking another language to the neighboring manicurist. She pulled my hand around so that the other girl could see it, they started laughing and saying something I could not understand! The worst part is, she never asked me or said one word about my thumb to me! I was so self conscious a that point that I have never gotten a manicure again! That was about 6 years ago!
August 7, 2009 at 3:29 am |
I felt so out of place with my 2 clubbed thumbs!!!! Thank goodness that there are other people that have the same thumbs as me!!!!!!
August 9, 2009 at 3:26 am |
I have never liked the looks of my hands. I have 2 clubbed thumbs and very short stubby fingers with square nails. I have seen other people with a clubbed thumb or two and have wanted to say something to them, but I thought it might sound rude. I have pointed mine out to people with normal thumbs in conversation, and most claim to have never noticed them. I am mainly German and English. No one in my immediate family has clubbed thumbs (including 2 brothers and 3 neices). I got a manicure (for the first and last time ever) when I got married and the manicurist assured me that I didn’t have the ugliest hands she had ever seen – just that she wouldn’t exactly recommend a French Manicure!
August 11, 2009 at 6:44 pm |
This is fantastic! My brother, who is one of three that are always poking fun at my toe thumbs, sent me the Wikipedia link for clubbed thumbs or Brachydactyly type D (BDD). Aside from my paternal grandmother, I know of no one else in my family with toe thumbs. My grandmother is of English-Irish decent and I’m the same with a little German and Austrian and thereabouts mixed in. I see the Irish and German ancestry is quite common based on the above comments!
Just in doing a little web browsing I see it can be genetically mapped (they know its specific location on a chromosome), it appears to be a dominant trait and that it may even be considered a form of dwarfism that affects the skeletal development of the thumbs or fingers. It’s most common in females and may be as common as 1 in 1000. I know I’ve met quite a few in my lifetime, 3 females and 1 male come to mind right now but I’m sure there were more.
Anyways, I’m thrilled people are talking about it. It has always fascinated me! I look forward to reading what other people can dig up about them! Anyone started a Facebook “Support Group” page?? Haha… that would be hilarious! And cool to see how many people are out there and where they’re from!
Be proud of your thumbs! They give you quite the advantage at Thumb Wars!! (More surface area!) 🙂
August 11, 2009 at 10:02 pm |
For anyone who is on Facebook and is interested, I started a group for clubbies!
Here is the link:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=115471108996
August 11, 2009 at 11:32 pm |
Joined! Woo.
August 12, 2009 at 4:59 am |
Oh yea, and there is a FB page too, this one is a little more interactive!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Clubbed-Thumbs-Unite/112300183309?ref=search&sid=1805407479.794412043..1
August 21, 2009 at 1:36 am |
Is it strange that I find clubbed thumbs to be incredibly attractive on girls? So many people seem to be saying “they are nasty, etc. etc.” but I really think the opposite. I cant stand when I hear people say it makes Megan Fox less attractive for example. I think clubbed thumbs are cute and unique! Wish I had them…
August 22, 2009 at 8:08 pm |
I always show people my thumb and make the joke that I was born without a thumb so they put my big toe on my finger(left) haha.. However, I never thought about how many more people had this trait and my fiance’ decided to look it up on the computer when i told her of the several stories i have heard and the folk-lore stories I have been told by several “interesting people” who had a prior knowledge of the “clubbed thumb” (as i see people call it).. obviously she has found a great deal of information on the subject.. She LOVES the thought of me being from royal decent and since my last name has a big history(there is a place called LA’ MONCEAU in PARIS.. So I do not try and discourage her thinking and pretty much bask in her little new found discovery that she has “the pick of the litter”… all in all.. I wanted to share my story and say that I have always liked my thumb and could use it as a good conversation starter.. While I’m on the subject.. If ANYONE knows about “monceau paris” I would love to find out about it because the way I know is cause I saw it on the internet.. god bless you all … Jaime Monceaux
August 22, 2009 at 8:09 pm |
wow…i have read some of these short stories about clubbed thumbs….lol..i never knew they had a name and i can relate to almost every story that has been posted its actually funny to me and it has as well made my whole day i have two fat thumbs and i have always been ashamed of them always triying to figure how to hide them…..my dad also has clubbed thumbs as well as 2 of his sisters but since i have read most stories that these come from italians…well i am 100% mexican does that make any difference?? jus wondering i dont know …but anyways im just glad that this website excists and it is so funny how someone posted about the bowling balls…lmao i could not stop laughing at the fact that i have had the same problems with bowling and nail salons!
August 25, 2009 at 1:44 am |
haha i didnt know they actually had a name
always just called them stubby thumbs.
i have two also on my hands
but big toes resemble the stubby thumbs and are shorter than the second toe.
i used to get made fun of all the time for them, but now i feel fine about them. people think they’re cute.
oh and im korean
August 26, 2009 at 10:20 pm |
Remember that game “Head’s up 7-up?” Well, I hated that game. It’s the one where everyone in the classroom puts thier heads down on thier desk and put thier thumb up. 7 people are “it” and they go around tapping thumbs and then at the end, you have to guess which one tapped you. I don’t know, maybe it was just my teacher who made up that stupid game but I redirecting…..I hated that game AND my thumbs when I was little. Now, at 36, I totally forget about them until someone mentions them or I see someone with the same thumbs and I show them mine and we laugh. Bowling balls have always been an issue and gloves can be an issue. The top of my thumb seems to be a little more rounded than the others that I have seen. It’s a bit exagerated. I don’t mind though. Whatevs! 🙂
August 29, 2009 at 7:51 pm |
I have on clubbed thumb on my left hand. I hate when people ask to see them or want to show them off to other people. Its really embarrassing. But I know theres nothing that I can do to change it, so I’ve come to accept them. I still unconsciously hide my left thumb just because I was so used to doing it for several years. But if people don’t like it they don’t have to look! I can trace my family lines only so far back but as far as I can tell I’m full Mexican. My brother has 2 clubbed thumbs but neither of my parents do.
August 31, 2009 at 4:41 am |
I want all of you freaks to know that you are sinning without even knowing.. as stated in Romans Chapter 5 verse 17
“For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.”
You should all die horrible, horrible deaths. I shall take vengeance in the name of, our lord and savior, Jesus christ and strike you all down. freedom of speach mother fuckers. I hate all of you and your, hopefully dead, unborn children. fuck you freak thumbs.
August 31, 2009 at 4:43 am |
:tard:
August 31, 2009 at 7:37 pm |
What a psycho, jealous hater!!!!!
September 12, 2009 at 2:21 pm |
I’m assuming this is a joke because I do not know how anyone could be this ridiculous. Just in case…
How does having a Clubbed thumb become sinful according to that passage? I understand your right to speak freely, however, perhaps you should try to support your statement with relevant information. After all, we did not do this to ourselves. If god created all things on earth, then God also created us. Maybe your just jealous because we evolved with fantastic thumbs and you did not.
P.s keep your vengence to a minimun; murder is a sin. jerk!
September 13, 2009 at 3:00 am |
You are so mean and somebody is going to kill YOU, buddy, for saying this. Watch yourself they don’t call us clubbed thumbs for nothing……..
June 28, 2010 at 3:38 pm
Remember they are know as murderers thumbs…Gianna is right you better watch your back, lol
February 26, 2011 at 1:39 pm |
Wow you must have no life to try to find some verse to insult us with and who even invited you on this website? Some of us here are trying to make ourselves feel better about our awesome gorgeus thumbs
September 1, 2009 at 12:17 am |
The ‘hottest of hot’, Megan Fox, has clubbed thumbs.. fun fact of the day.
September 2, 2009 at 6:11 am |
Wow – Freekyourthumbs – WTF is wrong with you? Isn’t your Jesus/God the one who created us? Are you calling Him/It a looser?
You bite – I’d say you sux but that’s nice – you BITE!!
September 2, 2009 at 10:46 pm |
Yep just lke everyone else whos posted…. I to have clubbed thumbs. In third grade I noticed both my thumbs didnt look like all the other kids thumbs so I was embarressed and thought they were hiddious. When I got into medical school my instructor put a drawing of my thubs on the board (he didnt know I had those thumbs) I looked over to my friend and I told her DUDE! those are my thumbs! lol My instructor then asked if anyone knew someone who had thumbs like that. Well of course my friend and a desk mate said SHE DOSE! I was sooo embarressed and I was asked to show them to the class. But I have now gotten over the fact that I have odd thumbs and I love them because it shows that im NOT like everyone else 🙂
September 7, 2009 at 4:00 am |
I have three grand children with clubbed thumbs….. two of the children’s mother have the and the other’s grand mother have the…. none have a problem with them….. one is a boy and football player…. the girls are cheerleaders…. they know they are unique…. God made them this way… we all have something different… I heard a man speak that has cerberal palsey some one ask him when he was young about being normal…. he said… and you think you are normal….. end of subject…
September 8, 2009 at 11:59 pm |
Well I’m 25 and I just now decided to google “deformed thumbs” and to my suprise I found The World of Club Thumbs. I’ve only met one other person that has both club thumbs, however I had a really good friend in high school who had one. I was always told growing up that my Grandmother had thumbs like mine, I never really payed much attention to them. I’ve met many people that have noticed them and told me that it was because I sucked them, I even had one girl while I was in Basic Combat Training tell me it was a sign of hear disease. I am German/Polish/and a little Irish mixed in with it. I’ve always seen my thumbs a good conversation started.lol. I think it’s great one you have something that makes you unique.
September 12, 2009 at 1:57 pm |
I have one clubbed thumb on my right hand. My doctor always called it nintendo thumb because I played super nintendo all day as a kid. My right thumbs covered the AB buttons very nicley, making me an undefeated champion.
I’m also italian. I have a enourmous family; so far I am the only one with a clubbed thumb.
September 13, 2009 at 2:53 am |
I am in Jr.High and i just recently realized there was something wrong with my thumbs. I didn’t really care, i just lived my life. But then somebody told me I could probably research what Megan Fox’s thumbs have and it would explain my condition. I did, and came across this amazing website. I feel better about my thumbs (not that I ever felt super bad about or something). My friends all think they’re cute, I think they’re hideous but now I know why! Thank you!! 😀
September 14, 2009 at 11:59 am |
I was really young when I realized that both my thumbs looked different than other people’s. Since then I always tried to hide them by tucking them into my palms, and growing the nails longer in an attempt to disguise them. Since I’m older now (32) I don’t fixate on it nearly as much, but I still get somewhat embarrassed when somebody points them out. My mom’s are somewhat wide, but my maternal aunt and one of my cousins have thumbs like mine (lucky them!). We’re english, irish, french, scottish, dutch and cherokee (no italian or jewish), but have been in America since the mid-18th century. However, I’m currently living in England and I noticed a girl with one clubbed thumb last week in a store and I had to stop myself from going up to her and excitedly showing her my thumbs (the brits think Americans are weird enough without me demonstrating it, haha). After that I got curious and started searching around online and learned all about brachydactyly type D (BDD), and how MANY of us there are! It’s nice to know I’m not the only one who can’t text with her thumbs 😉
September 15, 2009 at 1:04 am |
i have two clubbed thumbs and growing up I was blamed for picking my nails …
i felt so upset for being treated like a liar…
about the heritage thing,
i’m turkish , born in the aegean part of turkey , neither my mum nor my dad nor my grandparents nor my siblings has this. This might be a mediterranean trait.
About the regal heritage , I dn’t know if that is true or if it means anything , but all the people I’ve met who had clubbed fingers were smart.
I myself can draw pretty well, and I’m a quick learner and practical thinker with a tendency to slight depression when it’s not sunny.
September 15, 2009 at 1:56 am |
I too get depression in the winter when it is less sunny. I am also a quick learner and practical thinker. However, I cannot draw AT ALL. I have tried and tried but just can’t do it! I have two clubbed thumbs and am of Irish, Scottish, German, Dutch, French, Choctaw, English, and Cherokee decent. My dad has one clubbed thumb and his mother had two clubbed thumbs like me. Other than them I don’t know of anyone else in our family who has them.
September 16, 2009 at 11:05 pm |
I’ve got two clubbed thumbs, none of my family or friends have them. Not even one! I actually NEVER met someone who has them so I’ve always thought that I was the only one until I saw pictures of Megan Fox’s thumbs! I can’t believe all the bad things that have been said about her thumbs!! It’s just plain mean! People should grow up and consider other people’s feelings. Anyway, I hated my thumbs when I was younger just because they looked different than everyone else’s so I tried to hide them as much as I could. I don’t think anyone noticed them except my friends who never picked on me and that made me feel much better. Now I’m 20 and I’m totally not embarrassed of my thumbs and I don’t care what people say! I finally learned how to embrace myself. I’m a good person with great artistic skills, I have many great friends and a wonderful family. I think that people wouldn’t care how your thumbs or hands look like, they would care about YOU as a person, and that all what matters to me! You guys talked about texting, I can text using my thumbs and I find no problem with texting at all! I’m sorry if my post was too long, I’m just so glad that I finally found MANY people like me and this is really a great site! Wow and this is actually the FIRST TIME I talk about my thumbs and what I feel about them!
September 19, 2009 at 4:59 am |
I have just one clubbed thumb on my left hand and have been teased about it. It was never really noticed until I was about 10 or so, and ever since then people won’t leave me alone. I used to be so ashamed of it and I thought of myself as a freak, so I would always tuck it under my other fingers and hide it away. Over the years I have come to accept it, though, and have even found a friend who has two of them. It is still a little weird and embarassing to have someone talking to you and staring at your thumbs. I wish they wouldn’t stare. I also have an overlapping fifth toe that I catch people staring at as well. But, I guess we all just have to deal with it, right? I’m glad Megn Fox has a clubbed thumb 🙂
September 19, 2009 at 7:33 pm |
Both of my thumbs are “clubbed” thumbs. I never thought they were a big deal, because I was born pre-mature and I was very sickly all my life. I thought it was just an effect from those things. And I’ve always thought they were cute, because I am, over all, very small. So I just joke that i am a miniature human. I am native american, blue blood. Maybe it’s from my blood line? Maybe it’s from my premature birth. Either way, I love them!
September 24, 2009 at 12:45 am |
I have two club thumbs but they’ve never bothered me. I didn’t actually notice my thunbs were different until around fifth grade or so (yeah, I was kind of a spacey kid). No one else in my family has them except for my cousin, and it looks like they’re from the Swedish side of my family. Weird. Anyways, I don’t really care that my thumbs are “funny,” I just think it makes me unique (though it does eff me up when I have to draw hands for art class). Besides, I have the same type of thumbs Megan Fox has! That’s just cool.
September 27, 2009 at 4:43 am |
This is hilarious! I’ve had various friends and family actually give my toe-thumbs nick names such as, “the beatlies”, “nubs”, and “play station thumbs” – doesn’t bother me a bit, it’s so funny! I’ve actually told people that my Dad dropped me down the stairs when I was an infant and I landed thumb-first. Another favorite of mine is telling people I was born without thumbs and these are actually toes of a 12 yr old boy who passed. I also follow with, “My Mom is still friends with his mother and they send Christmas cards to each other every year.” I have a friend who still believes this is true. HHAAHAHAHAH
September 27, 2009 at 4:43 am |
correction! “the BEASTLIES”
September 27, 2009 at 5:00 pm |
Hi everyone, i used to say that my my left thumb is grown short because i used to suck on it throughout my whole childhood and it grew in the shape of my palate. I really believed it myself! I developed all sorts of ways to hide my clubbed thumb and managed to keep it undercover for most of my life. The only times people found out about it were when my sister thought it was a great party joke to tell everyone about my “cripple thumb” as she called it, i was so embarrassed…!!! The first time i heard that i wasn’t the only one, was when i was 15. I felt relieved thinking that there might be more people out there who couldn’t resist sucking thumbs in their childhood too ( :
I just found out about it being genetically yesterday and i’m glad to be able to give it a name other than “crippled thumb”. Interesting to read about joined kidneys as my grandmother was born with tree Kidneys two of which were joined. I never thought about a connection but i does make sense and its the only hint i have. I am German with some Polish blood.
September 27, 2009 at 5:05 pm |
Hi everyone, i used to say that my left thumb is grown short because i used to suck on it throughout my whole childhood and it grew in the shape of my palate. I really believed it myself! I developed all sorts of ways to hide my clubbed thumb and managed to keep it undercover for most of my life. The only times people found out about it were when my sister thought it was a great party joke to tell everyone about my “cripple thumb” as she called it, i was so embarrassed…!!! The first time i heard that i wasn’t the only one, was when i was 15. I felt relieved thinking that there might be more people out there who couldn’t resist sucking thumbs in their childhood too ( :
I just found out about it being genetically yesterday and i’m glad to be able to give it a name other than “crippled thumb”. Interesting to read about joined kidneys as my grandmother was born with tree Kidneys two of which were joined. I never thought about a connection but i does make sense and its the only hint i have. I am German with some Polish blood. Like the idea of a get-together like a “clubbed thumb club” ( :
November 26, 2009 at 1:49 am |
I too kept my right thumb underwraps, i never really noticed it until late elementary school or middle school. PLaying hand games were the worst, i always tried to use my other hand if at all possible.
The only time people found out if my sister though it would be funny to share to the group To my school friends, youth group, family/friend gatjerings ,(I too feel your pain on this one). And then everyone wants to see your toe thumb.
She has done this at least 5 trajic times in my life time..haha.
September 29, 2009 at 2:10 am |
Hello Everyone,
This is so cool Theres Seriously a page all about Clubbed thumbs
My both thumbs are clubbed and i have always been made fun of for my fingers i always try to hide them away from the people tht talk about them, I’ve meet 2 other peoples with both of there thumbs Clumbbed… and they have too been made fun of for the small inperfection… I’m mexican but my great Grandpa Was From Spain…. ummm & i would really love to learn the history of Clubbed thumb… Oh andd I’m Really Proud Of have these “Clubbed thumb” [:
October 1, 2009 at 2:32 am |
I didn’t realize there were so many people with this “clubbed thumb!” I have only one and it’s my left one. It never really bothered me until I started getting my nails done. The stupid nails would never stick because my nail is flat! I don’t think anyone noticed it until my little sister pointed it out to the world saying… “Have you seen Mikayla’s retarded thumb yet?”
October 5, 2009 at 2:26 am |
My friends call my club them a retarted thumb!
October 1, 2009 at 7:04 am |
You should all be ashamed of yourselves! Talking about your wonky thumbs in a public forum like this! When I was 18 I had my two thumbs surgically corrected and my life has been better because of it. I advise all of you to do the same.
October 1, 2009 at 4:13 pm |
I do not consider my thumbs to be ‘wonky”. I am proud to have the same thumbs as my ancestors. I never even knew they had surgery to make them different and don’t think I would change my wonderful thumbs for anything. My thumbs don’t make my life good or bad, what is in my heart does. Andrew, I am NOT ashamed of my thumbs or myself but I do however, pity you for your vanity and selfishness. “Wonky”, I like that word! LOL
December 13, 2009 at 1:32 am |
what the heck is wrong with you i ❤ my clubbed thumbs you should be proud not ashamed them
February 23, 2010 at 6:03 am |
hi dear andrew!!!!really?is there any surgary to correct them!!!!i have so bad feeling about them!!!!!how much do you pay for it?thank you if u answer me!!!!:D
October 1, 2009 at 7:01 pm |
Both my thumbs are clubbed, and i am chilean.
October 3, 2009 at 7:46 am |
I have them too! Was really hard growing up with them. Always hiding them and whenever possible ‘pressing them into shape’. Only since having children I know how little it matters: they work!
Both my parents are from Switzerland and I know nobody in my family with them. Rh neg. royal?
October 5, 2009 at 2:25 am |
WOW! That picture looks identical to my hand. I cannot believe all the people that also have clubbed thumbs. It is very interesting to look at everyones stories. I have one clubbed thumb, on my left hand, and my friends always made fun of it, in a joke sort of way. I tend to make a joke of it as well, but after reading some of these stories I am kind of proud to have one! I, like many of you, were so afraid to get my nails done because I was afraid that I was going to get made fun of, but I did it – they do have nails big enough! I’m not sure where I got mine from, but I would like to find out!
October 5, 2009 at 7:54 am |
Haha so many people with clubbed thumbs?! I didn’t know there were so many more! The only thing I knew was that I’m not the only one with these weird thumbs because a friend of me has the same thumbs! And I know an other person who has them too. But that there were so many other people with the same thumbs? haha!
I’m not proud of my thumbs but I do not hate them, the only thing is that thumb wrestling isn’t fair with my small fat thumbs!
I’m from Holland by the way!
October 9, 2009 at 1:59 pm |
i have clubbb’d thumbs
the only people who ever make fun of them are my friends and family
and i do to
i lovingly refer to them as my ‘penis thumbs’ bahaha
that muderers thumb is bs
cept when it comes to me
i naturally have a nasty temper
but i love my thumbs.
they’re so unique and creepy =] ❤
October 9, 2009 at 2:04 pm |
They’re the reason im so good at ps2 and 360
they’re my gaming thumbs.
i’d LOVE to know where the club thumbs first showed up ie region/country?? anyone know? well tell me!
October 10, 2009 at 1:55 am |
Good evening to all my clubbed thumb people. I love my thumbs. It’s in my family. My great grandmother had both, my grandfather has both, myself and my aunt have both and other members of my family have just 1. My 10 mo. son doesn’t have them but we’ll see what the rest of our kids will have. I’ve heard a ton of things about it. People look at you like you’re the weird one. Maybe we can get handicapped parking stickers for it haha J/K. I wish we could put pics. of ourselves and our “gifts” on this page. Keep it real everybody and stay down for the cause.
October 10, 2009 at 2:00 am |
Oh and have you ever had someone try to squeeze the sides to try to squeeze them back to normal? I know y’all know what I’m talking about.
October 11, 2009 at 2:53 am |
Wow. haha. i was looking at my nails and started thinking about my thumbs and thought i would look them up and im really suprised with how many people have them. haha.
my grandfather was full blooded itallian and there are other parts of my family with itallian decent too, so that much is interesting.
but i have always been made fun of for my thumbs and the whole “royal” deal makes me feel a little better about it. haha.
ive heard it all..
midget thumbs, frog thumbs, deformed thumbs, toe thumbs..
but have you all ever got this one.. ET thumbs. ha. yeah.
anyways.
glad to meet some fellow clubbed thumbers haha.
oh and, yeah.. michael.. ive got the whole “try to squeeze it back to normal” thing. that made me laugh.
😀
October 13, 2009 at 3:10 am |
This website is long overdue. I will list some of my characteristics, so others can compare and contrast their own. I am not aware of anyone else in my family with this condition.
Affected: Both thumbs, second to pinky toe on one foot, big toe on other
Gender: Male
Height: 5’11”
Health: Generally very good
Hair: dark and very curly
Ancestry: Swiss, Irish, Dutch, Belgian
Intelligence: above average
Education: Masters
Athletics: average, but avid exerciser, and in good shape
Personality: artistic, introverted, contrarian, iconoclastic
Diet: can eat just about anything, but caffeine causes paradoxical depression
Vision: 20:20
Other: I like pets, dark humor, philosophy, art
Career: Educator
Age: mid 40’s
December 2, 2009 at 1:12 am |
I bet we are related. Many of these traits describe me as well.
October 17, 2009 at 10:36 pm |
My brother and I have clubbed thumbs, received directly from our father who was from Roumania. Until reading comments on this website, I didn’t realize it was a “thing.”
October 23, 2009 at 2:18 am |
Hi there!
I too have a pair of awesome toe-thumbs! WOOT! Personally, I love mine but there seem to be many who do not. While I cant perform magic to change them for real, if anyone wants to know what their thumbs would look like if they weren’t clubbed, I can show you (I work a lot in photoshop)
Its just for fun, but if anyone is interested feel free to let me know!
October 23, 2009 at 8:50 am |
I noticed something strange about the clubbed thumb thing that must be :
people whith those thumbs (as me and probably a lot of you) are born under the sign of the taurus, or have a planet in this sign ( mostly the ascendant or mars) the only exmaple i have beside me is megan fox, which is .
to all the clubbed thumbs persons : please try to look at your natal chart
here’s a site : http://www.astrotheme.com/ascendant.php
(of course you can find you natal chart using another site, it’s not important)
OK it’s just an crappy astrological theory, but my experience verified this funny detail a lot of time and i wanted to point out this fact with you to see if its true or not at a high scale.
id be very glad to hear you about what you found.
October 23, 2009 at 11:32 am |
i have two clubbed thumbs, hated as a kid… used to wear gloves all year round. No body in my family has them except me, and the only other person i have met with them was my moms best friend whom i’ve always called my ‘thumb dad’ and at one point in my life wonder if perhaps he really could be my dad…. but no he’s not.
i gave birth to my second child last week and both my kids have normal thumbs… 😦
October 27, 2009 at 6:06 pm |
I have short fat thumbs, as did my mother and one of my uncles. The man that dressed my mother for her burial says his mother had them and she lived in Canada. I hope someday to find a correlation. My father’s family is Italian. My mother’s was Pennsylvania dutch/irish, etc. No help there.
thanks
October 30, 2009 at 7:04 am |
WOW!!!! All I can say is, THANK YOU everyone who has written about their “clubbed, stubby, thumbs. I have lived with my one stubby thumb for 54 years, never knowing there were others who have the same condition. As a teen I would dread going to a movie with a date because they would want to hold my hand and I always feared my thumb would be found out and my date would be repulsed by it. Silly, now that I’m all grown up and don’t worry about such things. Maybe if I had known then, there were so many people with thumbs such as mine, I wouldn’t have been so self conscious. I have made peace with my fat, little squatty thumb.
October 30, 2009 at 10:55 pm |
YAY US! I have 2 clubbed thumbs! BDD’s in the HOUSE!!!!!!!!
November 3, 2009 at 10:38 am |
Hey guys.. thanks to your site I have relised there are so many people with this special trait. I have not met anyone with this same trait which im guessing so many others are in teh same vote too. This is why I have created a fan club of clubbed thumbs for us to help spread our love for them 🙂 come join it on facebook!! “Clubbed Thumbs Fan Page.” Hope to see some of you there 🙂
November 7, 2009 at 12:30 pm |
I have two clubbed thumbs and I think mine look worse because I bite them ! Some people say they’re ‘weird’ and some say ‘OMG theyre sooo cute!’ i am quite embarassed about them and tend to hide them with my hand naturally and when I put my hand up in class I hide them. Strange, but I have got used to hiding them now. I am about to go to a Nail salon and get acrylic nails and Im scared they will say I cant have them done ! Oh well I know quite a few people with them. Also, no one else in my family has them! hmmmmm…
November 11, 2009 at 5:24 pm |
I had to laugh when I saw the picture of the thumb…………..MY thumb! Not in fun but in recognition! Someone else has thumbs like me!!!! I have been embarrassed by my thumbs too but then my gynecologist told me they are a trade mark of some tribe from the Caucasoid Mountains. I really would like to know more about it. Anyboyd got any info?
I agree, “yay us!”
November 11, 2009 at 9:19 pm |
Hii, Im Patricia, I am 15 years old and was born in the U.S. Chicago. My right thumb is clubbed and I have been teased by many people about it during my life. My friends are used to it because they know me since I was little but many people that I dont know so much use to notic eit very quickly and make fun of it. There is even a girl who I met in art class the past month and she always asks me to see it jaja thats stupid. I think that shes jelous and needs to find defects on other people in order to feel better i dont really know. Well I am VERY HAPPY TO HAVE FOUND THIS PAGE I ALSO THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY PERSON WITH CLUBBED THUMG UNTIL THIS MONTH WERE I FOUND OUT A VERY POOPULAR AND BEAUTIFUL GIRL FROM 12 grade also had it and megan fox alsoo haha i always said when I was little that my clubbed thumb came from my fathers side and my normal one from my mothers thats kind of funny haha..
November 11, 2009 at 9:21 pm |
Oh and my sister also has a clubbed thumbbb but in both her hands
November 23, 2009 at 10:02 am |
I always thought my thumb (right hand only) was this shape because I sucked it in the womb and it grew in the shape of my palete – still fits perfectly too!
I am of Irish descent with red hair and green eyes.
I am the only person in my family with it and it kind of makes me unique. I hated it as a child but now that I am in my 40s it is just part of me. My neices and nephews don’t even notice it and I am sure that becuase of the greater acceptance of ‘differences’ generally in the world today things like this become less important on the whole.
I would like to think that I am decended from some royalty – somehow I doubt it though…
Take care…x
November 23, 2009 at 10:03 am |
Can’t go 10-pin bowling though!
December 2, 2009 at 1:09 am |
Um yeah, I’ve gotten my thumb stuck in bowling balls so many times! I suck at bowling. I have to use the heavy mansize ball.
November 24, 2009 at 4:34 am |
I was inso many fights over my fat thumbs, .last one?two days ago!!! I got the biggest murderers thumbes.. sorry my thumbs got in the way!!yes I”ve also have had sex with them, (with a woman x?)I am not joking !!!! my family knows how I feel about them, so do my friends , and if you joke about them,,,, fine I’ll under stand. but go too far , then your mine!!.Im that serious about it , but not enough to murder some body over them, by the way they break easely, and their not really that good for hitch hiking,
November 26, 2009 at 1:57 am |
1-2-3-4 I declare a thumb war! I always tried to avoid that game haha. I have one clubbed thumb on my right hand. I would much rather had perfered my left since I am right handed.
I can’t say I am totally confident in my thumb. I am 20 years old, and still try to hide it. I guess I’ll get over it one day.
But this website is very encouraging! I wish there were some sort of clubbed thumb convention. It would be so weird to see so many people with the same thumb as me.
I too was told it was because I sucked on my thumb.
I was also surprised when I saw Monsters Vs Aliens..the old lady had a clubbed thumb(oh no a glimpse into the future me!)
December 9, 2009 at 8:47 am |
I thought the same thing watching that movie!!!
December 13, 2009 at 1:44 am
2 things i said the some thing when i saw that movie
and love your clubbed thumb don’t tryide it to h
December 2, 2009 at 1:06 am |
Both of my thumbs are. All of my fingers are squarish and stubby as well. My brother has the same thing. Our parents don’t but told me that I caused them to be that way because I bite my nails. I knew that was bull because my brother never bit his nails. My ex boyfriend used to call them “Hobbit” thumbs. I think I’m Scottish/Irish so that makes sense. We are all probably related! What’s even weirder to me is some people only have one “toe” thumb. I guess it’s what makes me such a good artist 🙂 However, I continue to try to hide them because people freak out. I always said it’s because of all the inbreeding on my mother’s side.
December 3, 2009 at 6:22 am |
I have one clubbed thumb that is on my left hand. I am also left handed.
Wow, that’s a double whammy since “left” is suppose to mean evil or sinister and a clubbed thumb is also called a murderers thumb.
I don’t know of anyone on either side of my family that has this. I come from a Jewish background of Polish and Russian ancestry.
October 3, 2012 at 3:55 am |
I’m Jewish too, and here’s a copy of what I responded to Patti somewhere up above. It should interest, especially the URL.
Hi, re: short 4th toe, shake hands. Though I’m Jewish, and in fact have stars of david engraved on my palms (which palmists fail to mention). I have 2 stub thumbs, and also one short 4th toe – on my left foot only. Short 4th toes are absolutely linked to stub-thumb syndrome, according to research by Dr.Goodman (see: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1012845/)
December 4, 2009 at 3:37 pm |
I am German and I have two clubbed thumbs. I always viewed them as special since my father, who died when I was a child, was the only other person I ever met that had clubbed thumbs, too. I always thought this was a special gift, as if a part of him is with me, no matter where I go. I have a daughter, her thumbs are normal.
December 5, 2009 at 3:29 am |
Mi Familia!
For years I would hide my ugly thumb and constantly asked my mom what happened to me. It was not until after high school that I finally accepted that I was stuck with my thumb for life. Over the years I have really become fond of my thumb. I don’t hide my thumb anymore. People still ask when I first meet them. I simple tell them that I was stuck in line for a big heart and by the time I got to the thumbs line, God only had one thumb and toes. My right thumb’s name is “Buddy”. He is a thumb war champion, hates bowling balls and absolutely loves beautiful nail polish. I am of Mexican descent and don’t know any other family member that has one. I’ve only met two people with a club thumb. They were both pretty awesome people. I think it’s neat to know that there’s a community for my “Buddy” : )
December 5, 2009 at 4:28 pm |
Anyone else want to see what their thumbs would look like if they werent clubbed? I can make it in photoshop. If interested, shoot me an email and I can make it for ya!
toethumbsrock@hotmail.com
December 5, 2009 at 5:45 pm |
i have 1 clubbed thumb on left hand but my yonger brother does too. i like my clubbed thumb better then my unclubbed thumb my left pinkie toe is compleatly side ways. i really only noticed my clubbed thumb last year my younger brothers clubbed thumb is not as noticeabul as mine.
December 6, 2009 at 4:22 am |
Haha woahh! I have 2 clubbed thumbs too.I thouhgt I was the only one. I guess not.=)
December 7, 2009 at 5:30 pm |
i use to get teased all the time for my thumbs i wonder what it is that makes people have them. im still in high school and people call mine chode thumbs shortened (ct) . so in the hallways people say “hey CT”. it sucks i wonder why ive noticed alot of pretty people seem to have them though.
December 10, 2009 at 3:31 pm |
Hello cousins! My clubbed thumbs and clubbed big toes are traced back to my great gran father. Robert Genney from France/Spain border. can anyone tell me what royal blood line has clubbed thumbs?
December 10, 2009 at 9:38 pm |
All of my life I have been told that my thumbs are the way they are because of my nail biting. However, my other fingers are long and quite normal. Bowling balls always hurt my thumb. I’m not that great at thumb wars, because my thumbs are too short. The person with the longer thumbs usually can just clamp down on my short ones. Sometimes it is hard for the other person to reach my thumbs because they are also hitchhiker’s thumbs, and curve backwards in a thumbs up way. I’ve never been utterly ashamed of my thumbs, but when I was younger I hated when people asked me about them. I didn’t know why they were so different, they just were! Now, I’m sort of embracing the unique quality. I love them!
Just for comparison, I have two clubbed thumbs. No one in my family, that I know of, has clubbed thumbs. My largest heritages are Cherokee Indian and French-Canadian. I also am part German, Irish, Scottish, and English. I have been asked if I am of an Italian decent, but my parents’ are not aware of Italian blood in our family. I noticed some people mention illness, so I will state that I did have childhood cancer at the age of 2 to 4.
It’s exciting to see that other people have these thumbs. I like reading about them. I just wish there was more information in regards to where they originate. Oh, well. I guess for now it’s just a trait… like eye color or height! 🙂
December 10, 2009 at 9:45 pm |
OH! Also, someone mentioned astrological sign…
SOooo.
I’m a Virgo.
My Sun, Moon, AND Rising signs are all three Virgo. 🙂
December 10, 2009 at 9:46 pm
OH! AND.
Someone recently told me that my thumbs would be perfect to play Bass guitar. Lol.
Ok, no more posts. Promise. haha
December 27, 2009 at 5:06 am |
That’s so crazy! I have Cherokee and Cajun (French Indian) in my heritage as well!
December 10, 2009 at 9:44 pm |
i have my ancestry traced all the way to Charlemagne (king of the franks)dads-European
i am 12.5 percent scotch-irish from moms side.- European
gender: male
i have a toe thumb on my right hand, but a fairly normal thumb on my left.
the toe thumb has a shorter-wider nail
only one i know of in my family that has it
i went to a pulmonologists b/c ii was having shortness of breath. one of the first things he wanted to know was about my thumbs.. he measured my arms and legs and chest thus showing surprising differences in lengths i was unaware. my left side of my chest strongly comes farther out then my left. i also have a problem with my aorta where the tissue is more likely to stretch out could causing a rupture. but basically the theory is that the thumb could be linked to some types of tissue disorders.
i can barely fit my thumb into some 14 pound bowling balls
in hghschool jazz band this thumb is amazing for slap
play guitar at church the thumb is great with pinch harmonics
December 10, 2009 at 10:02 pm |
Joshuajazz.
My daughter has 2 clubbed thumbs and as well they have family history of Marfan syndrome. (Possibly your aorta issue). They have no sign of it as of yet but are still young. Her brother is being tested for it and if he has it will get her tested. Takes for ever in Canada to see the Drs.
Desiree She is also a Virgo. lol
December 13, 2009 at 1:14 am |
it seems most people hate there clubbed thumb but i really like mine it’s what makes me me and my freinds think its kinda cool so think as your clubbed thumb as something that makes you awesome!
(then again im only in middle school)
December 15, 2009 at 8:25 pm |
i am proud of my club thumbs..my fiance thinks they are cute.. my sister has only one clubbed thumb and neither of our parents have them. It is something special that my sister and i share. And i should add that we are both pretty darn good looking..lol.. rock on club thumbed brothers and sisters!!!!
December 16, 2009 at 12:57 am |
rachel you a so awesome i hope your wedding goes as awesome as you!!! and we all should love our clubbed thumbs!
December 16, 2009 at 4:07 am |
hey! im in 7th grade and my “chode thumbs” are made fun of often. 😦 i dont really care anymore. actuualyy the reactions i get are quite the ammusment. im am from the italian german danish and polish decent. i have o blood. i have both club thumbs. i realy want to know if im from the royal decent. haha thatd be cool 😀 i think the palm reader thing is not true and offensive!
December 16, 2009 at 11:56 am |
THESE THUMBS WHICH I CALL BEAN PICKERS ARE GREAT FOR PICKING BEANS/GRAPES ECT… DID ANYONE ELSE NOTICE THIS ?
December 27, 2009 at 4:43 am |
I love them because I find I can hold my pens and pencils better. :p Also, I make jewelry and it’s really handy for holding small beads and crystals.
December 21, 2009 at 4:51 am |
This is cracking me up. I have the same issues with my 2 clubbed thumbs…bowling is difficult, thumb wars were always uncomfortable, kids were mean about it in school, etc… I researched this long ago when the internet was new and didn’t come up with much except that genetic defects in the hands can also be linked to defects in the heart (something about when you’re formed in the uterus the hands and heart is developing at the same time). Over the years I’ve heard the murders thumb thing…kinda mean! What is it suppossed to mean in palm reading? When my babies came out the first thing I told my husband was to check their thumbs! Does anyone know if they were born with thumbs like this or if they developed this way as you grew? I’m wondering about my 4 year old son…my older daughters have normal thumbs. No one in my family has these, I am not of Italian decent and I have a very even temper. 🙂 I’m really okay about them, just curious. By the way, Anne Heche has one too.
December 24, 2009 at 5:44 am |
Im am 13 years old and both my thumbs are ‘toe thumbs’ I hate it so much. I always hide my thumbs in photos and sometimes around people. They are stubby, fat and short. My friends are always teasing me about them. Nobody within my family has them and none of my friends do either. Im really grateful for the internet because I have always wondered why my thumbs are different from everyone else’s and my parents always tell me there is nothing wrong with my thumbs and that they are just unique compared to other peoples thumbs but now I know so thank-you.
December 25, 2009 at 9:10 pm |
Elise (and all you younger clubbed thumb members), don’t feel bad about them anymore!! I felt bad when I was younger and then I went to college and saw a girl with thumbs that were twice the normal length…they were like 8 inches long and I decided then and there that I LOVED my thumbs just the way they were. People who love me adore my thumbs. 🙂 They are kinda cute… If it doesn’t bother you then people will admire you for accepting them! Don’t forget everyone has some part of their body that they don’t like.
December 26, 2009 at 12:04 am |
hi, fellow clubbed thumbers! i have one, too and i’ve never been picked on about it, in fact, i’ve always loved it. my friends call it ‘the mighty thumb’. isn’t that cute? i’m from croatia, but of italian descent and nobody in my family other than me has it. it’s great to know that so many people all over the world have them! thank you!!!
December 27, 2009 at 8:58 am |
I’m in Bali, Indonesia and my Balinese friend, Wayan Lianta, has two clubbed thumbs. No link to royalty or European DNA in him. He and his ancestors are Asian. He has been considered wierd since birth because of these thumbs. They are called Cobra Thumbs here in Bali which is not just about snakes. Cobras are mystical snakes with magic power.
January 2, 2010 at 6:29 pm |
both of my thumbs are clubbed and i have a hard time finding gloves that fit my fingers and my thumbs at the same time. also it is hard the pick out a cell that my thumbs can operate easily. My last Name is Turcotte so as far as the french thing goes i have that and i have a veary short temper.
January 3, 2010 at 5:16 am |
I’m seriously overwhelmed to see all these posts. I am a 43 year-old female with a right clubbed thumb. Until I saw this post I always thought my thumb was the result of thumb-sucking, (which I did until I was EIGHT years old!). Now I realize I was probably trying to hide my thumb back then! I still try to hide my thumb by tucking it into my palm. No one has really ever commented on it before, except for my sister, who still teases me about it. I’ve never met anyone else with one like it. Mine is about 1/2 inch shorter than the left and considerably wider. I relate to the bowling ball, manicure and glove comments. I am of French and Irish descent. Thank you all for sharing your stories.
I feel like I’m in a special Thumb Club:)
January 5, 2010 at 3:15 pm |
OMG! Stubby Thumb Heaven! Megan Fox lead me to to this sight (indirectly) because TMZ has a whole photo album dedicated to her thumbs. When I took a closer look at her thumbs, I realized that mine look like hers. Ooops! So, my maternal grandfather has them and so does my mother. They never bothered me because my mom told me that having them meant you were really smart. I thought that was pretty cool. I have really nice toes and my fingers are a little stubby, but I always keep them nicely manicured with short acrylics and people even compliment me on how nice my hands are, thumbs included! I am Cuban, but my mom who is a geneology buff, says that we are of decendents of Spanish royalty. Awesome!
January 6, 2010 at 2:09 am |
I am 54 years old and have clubbed thumbs on both hands. No one else in my family have them. I recently was diagnosed with gout. I was wondering if there are any other older clubbed thumbers who also have gout? Both of these are called inherited attributes believed to come from European Royality. Just wondering if these could be connected.
January 8, 2010 at 5:18 am |
Both my thumbs are clubbed, as are my middle fingers. I was adopted so I don’t know about my genetic history, but I am Korean. My son does not appear to have this condition. I too have always been embarrassed by them, and would hide them. I also find certain activities that require a lot of thumb strength (like giving muscle massages) is challenging and sometimes can be painful, and I can’t open jars well b/c I can’t get a good enough grip at times. I didn’t realize how many of us there are out there, and it is sooo comforting to know I am not alone.
January 8, 2010 at 11:03 pm |
I have two clubbed thumbs. I also have two webbed toes. It seems that lots of people that have clubbed thumbs also have the webbed toes going on, what is up with that? Does anyone else know what I’m talking bout? Yeah anyway, nothing to be embarrassed about. I love them and trust me I got the club thumb to the extreme. ha ha ha.
January 9, 2010 at 6:48 pm |
i do
January 9, 2010 at 11:19 pm |
I have always had clubbed thumbs, one slightly worse than the other and i have always chewed my nails and thought that was why they were clubbed.I thought I was the only person with these and they’re so wide that false nails aren’t big enough for them. I am Australian but i descend from scottish, irish, russian, english, you name it, I’m from there. I only know one other person with them but they were too embarrassed to show me. I feel weird with gloves because the thumbs always flap all around the joint and then i can put cheezels on all my fingers except for, you guessed it, my thumbs 😦 LOL I’m just really glad I’ve found a group of people that know how it feels.
January 10, 2010 at 5:42 am |
Yay for toe thumbs! (I like that better than club thumb, even though I’ve known for a while that is their correct name). I have two and I’ve never been ashamed of them. I think they are funny, and cool. Everyone I’ve met with them has been awesome, and so I’ve been proud to be included amongst such a unique group. There is an instant bond! I don’t know where I got them from but my sister’s husband (randomly) has them, and one of their daughters has them too. And one of my daughters definitely has them and I want her to be proud of them and their uniqueness. I guess I am lucky that nobody really gave me much grief for them. When people would notice I just showed them how funny it was that they looked like little kid toes, especially when you cover up the bottom of your thumb. If you aren’t ashamed of it, its harder for others to make fun of you. Not very many people even do notice or comment either, and I have never hidden them. My husband thinks that they are cute.
Maybe there is a royal connection, I know somewhere pretty far back I have some illegitimate English royal ancestors (though you go back another generation and its not illegitimate anymore!) Perhaps there is something to the artistic traits too, but who knows. I am an artist (painting, illustration, figure drawing, sculpture, jewelry.. I love all of it) and my high school ceramic teacher had club thumbs too. As for ancestry I am mainly English, Finnish, and Danish. And I don’t think astrological signs have anything to do with it, or temper… but that is just me. I’m gemini, and don’t loose my temper easily at all. And of course I can empathize with stupid bowling balls, and manicures! I just don’t go bowling or get my nails done! They are great for peeling oranges though!
January 14, 2010 at 1:21 am |
Heyy.
Im 15 and have two clubbed thumbs. Im extremely self concious about them. I never knew that they were weird until i was 13. I moved from another town and the only person who commented on them out of the entire time i lived there was a boy in my grade 3 class. I got pretty mad and told him to shut up.. he never commented on them again and neither did anyone else. When i moved, i never really hid them because i didnt know they were really that weird. A few people started pointing them out and so i would always hide them in my sleeves. I had one guy that ended up liking me -_- but he always would walk up to me, start talking to me.. his eyes would drift down to my hands then he would burst out laughing. It really hurt my self esteem. I am in highschool now. My best guy friend ( im a girl ) also pointed it out one day “:O look at your thumbs omg hahahahahhaahahahahaha” … yeah he thinks its funny he says that they are “awesome” Im scared that they are a HUGE turn off for guys.. I had one guy that always sat beside me in class and would stare at my hands while i was writing notes. Ever since then i hide them in my sleeve, even if im writing i will pull my sleeve over them and write like that, it feels weird to have them exposed if im not at home.
My friends and i were going to get our toe nails done one day. I got them done then they asked if i wanted my nails done. Of course i always say no.. dont want the poor girl that does the manicure to be disgusted by my mutation. I did however meet a friend whose mom has them.. and not even her daughter notices, she wears gel nails that are longish.. but not so long they look weird.. they elongate the thumb enough to the point they look normal, so i hope that maybe i can find a way to do that, but im still scared to freak out the girl having to put the nails on.
Sometimes i wish i had long normal elegant thumbs like all the pretty girls i know with the skinny hands and fingers that look so feminine. Mine look pretty and feminine until you get to my thumbs. It bothers me because my grandparents dont have any, nor does my parents. In fact every girl in my family including my grandmas have beautiful elegant feminine hands and thumbs that im soo jealous of. I just wish i could have this fixed.
If anyone finds a way to make them look more normal.. please comment about it. I dont want to hide my thumbs forever.. i care way too much about what people think.
January 14, 2010 at 10:28 pm |
Ohh…you’ve got to stop feeling so bad about this. Many, many people have deformities or funny little things about their body. As you get older you will embrace this and realize that a great smile and personality mean everything. More than that, you are hopefully healthy in every other way and that is a blessing. My husband loves me and he thinks my thumbs are cute. So just laugh along with the people who laugh at them and they’ll realize it’s not a big deal.
As for the turn off thing, I want to address this specifically. If a guy is turned off by a little thing like thumbs then he’s not worth your time anyway!
January 14, 2010 at 1:25 am |
I forgot to comment, i am also an artist. I draw, paint, use pastel, ink, chalk..Everything. I even have someone looking to buy a painting of mine..even at my age. So yes.. maybe there is something to the artisticness..but still being so self concious about them makes it hard to do my painting/drawing in front of people.
January 17, 2010 at 5:55 pm |
I’m an artist, as well!
To be honest, clubbed thumbs can come in handy when mixing or smearing colors. ESPECIALLY with pastels!
Look at it as if you were born with a a natural tool for creating beautiful work! 🙂
February 16, 2010 at 6:53 am |
I too am a artist Jenny, and I did feel like you did about how people thought about me, but we have each other now and we can make fun of them for a change instead of them us. I know what you mean about hiding your thumbs all your life. I did the same. I am going to be 30 years old this June and I finally feel okay with my thumbs. I want you to look over what the guys say or do, because years from now you will meet a good guy who doesn’t care about your thumbs but about whats inside that counts and that’s your heart and soul. I met a guy who doesn’t care about the little things but about the person, and we are married and have a baby now. 🙂
I wish there was a chat lol I love chatting with people.
January 14, 2010 at 12:32 pm |
JENNY,JENNY,JENNY THINK LONGER AND DEEPER ABOUT THIS SUBJECT.DID YOU EVER LOOK,THINK ABOUT THEIR THUMBS THEY LOOK LIKE MONKEY OR CHIPPANZEE THUMBS!!! WE ARE THE NORMAL.
January 15, 2010 at 10:48 am |
I have two clubbed thumbs and am of Irish background. I do not know of anyone else in my family that has them. I had always been embarrassed of them when I was younger until I met my husband. Turns out he has them too! He is of German background. No one else in his family has them either. I take it as a sign that we were meant to be together 🙂 We refer to them as Toe Thumbs!
February 2, 2010 at 2:46 pm |
Hey Stacey:) I thought was alone!:) Im a boy and i have two clubbed thumbs im in love in my girlfriend and want too married her. I could belive when i meet her first time cause she have ONE clubbed thumb too:) i been in chock until now:)).. I just want to ask you.. Do you have a children? if yes, have the children clubbed thumb? Im little scarry to marrie her cause both of us have them, me 2 she 1 and i dont want to our kids get them:(( i think its very big chance our kids get them anyway 😦 thx if you answer
January 16, 2010 at 8:10 am |
I’m A- and of Croatian Heritage! My friends told me about this site cas they were looking up my thumbs and why they are “retarted”!
They call them mullet thumbs and call me thumbalina! aahhaha
January 19, 2010 at 12:40 am |
I neve knew that so many people actually had clubbed thumbs i always thought that my thumbs ,which are on both hands, were normal but it wasn’t until i reached high school that i found out. The thing is that most people don’t even noticed them unless i point them out even one of my best friends who iv known since iwas one didnt notice. I guess that even though they are a little different they are a part of me and everyone has differences !
January 20, 2010 at 10:40 pm |
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January 21, 2010 at 1:56 am |
I never noticed my thumb…..until someone pointed them out in school, when i was in 7th grade. Ironic huh?
But some friend of mine asked me about my thumb, why does it look like that. I simply shrugged and said, i don’t know, i guess i was born like that. And…… Now im A junior in highschool, and i had a few people that noticed, and would say, ohhhh its weird but cute. And nowadays…. i look at it and make fun of it in front of everyone i know. ha, im weird i guess, but i heard of other people in school who also has a clubbed thumbs. Anyways….. Im mexican american, with spanish/mexican desent.
I am somewhat light skinned with black hair and hazel eyes. Appearently, no one in my family has this, except my baby cousin on my mothers side. My grandpa would say every 7 years a kid is born like that, so i don’t know. lol.
but yeah……I guess i could say im unique:)
January 22, 2010 at 4:53 am |
OMG…..finally ! I hid my thumbs most of my life, because ppl are cruel. I’ve stupidly thought I was the only 1 who had them . Until I saw Megan Fox’s. I also did not know that some ppl have only 1 clubbed thumb. I am 40 ish and just 10 yrs ago or so ago stopped hiding, feeling ashamed, freakish about them !!! I do have English royalty in my famly line dating as far back as 1066 ..hmm maybe it is inbreeding 😀
January 24, 2010 at 5:50 pm |
I have two clubbed thumbs! My sister has always called them “spoon thumbs” because they’re so wide at the end. No one in my family has them except for my 1 yr. old daughter. Seems she will have them, although all of her fingers are short and chubby now so its hard to be completely sure.
I noticed several people commented on having Italian descent, and being artists. Both of these apply to me too!
January 27, 2010 at 8:23 am |
i have 2 clubed thumbs and one my best friedns has them too how crazy is that my half sister has them too so i know they come from my dads side of the familly i feel kinda weird when ppl ask me about them and they wanna know why im like i dont know all i know is that i have them and half sister has them too its on my dad side of the familly and by the way my friend have them too so its not that weird kids do ask out loud about them and gets everybodys atention and make me feel all hot like blushing a lot aagh i dont like it the other day i was eating and my brother in law was staring at me i saw him he didnt say anything but i felt not to good cuz i know hes gonna make comments about the to other ppl oh well a million american huh? thats good to know i only know 2 ppl ..hahhaha and megan fox as hot as she is havem too thats makes me feel better its not a weird thing then hahaha
February 1, 2010 at 8:47 pm |
Hey, I have two clubs thumbs .. You will not believe, my girlfriend has one club thumb tooo.. My mother and father dont have, that i know is my uncle has one clubbed thumb. I just want to ask .. If I marry my girlfriend, how big is the chance that children get it??
February 3, 2010 at 11:19 am |
PABLO, MY MOTHER,MATERNAL GRANMOTHER,MATERNAL GRANFATHER HAD CLUBBED THUMBS AND TOES. MY MOTHER AND FATHER HAD 4 CHILDERN AND I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS BOTH AS WELL AS BOTH OF MY CHILDERN. ONE OF MY SISTERS HAS ONE OF EACH HER 2CHILDERN DID NOT INHERIT THE THUMBS OR TOES. HOPE THAT HELPS.BUT WE ARE THE NORM.
February 3, 2010 at 11:20 am |
PABLO, MY MOTHER,MATERNAL GRANMOTHER,MATERNALGREAT GRANFATHER HAD CLUBBED THUMBS AND TOES. MY MOTHER AND FATHER HAD 4 CHILDERN AND I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS BOTH AS WELL AS BOTH OF MY CHILDERN. ONE OF MY SISTERS HAS ONE OF EACH HER 2CHILDERN DID NOT INHERIT THE THUMBS OR TOES. HOPE THAT HELPS.BUT WE ARE THE NORM.
February 4, 2010 at 9:29 pm |
hey mary.. You mean your both kids have clubbed thumb? Your sister dosent have them but her kids have them? I dont realy understand your english 🙂
February 3, 2010 at 4:08 pm |
Hello everybody,
I am italian an I have two clubbed thumbs.
I knew I wasn’t alone because my sister has two clubbed thumbs and also two big clubbed toes !
Nobody else in our family have them.
We both had great pleasure to find a club like this here, and great fun
watching the pics.
Goodbye.
February 5, 2010 at 3:18 am |
i have one clubbed thumb(my left thumb) and i love it! i have so much fun with it, making up stories when people ask me “what happened to your thumb?” is so much fun!my grandmother,uncle,my sister and i all have clubbbed thumbs! i think im the only one that loves it though!:)
February 5, 2010 at 12:31 pm |
PABLO,BOTH OF MY CHILDERN HAVE CLUBBED THUMBS. ONE OF MY SISTERS HAS ONE OF EACH. HER TWO CHILDERN DO NOT HAVE CLUBBED THUMBS.
February 8, 2010 at 6:14 am |
I stumbled onto this site by accident but how interesting! I am Swiss, living in Australia and have two club thumbs. They never seemed to bother me and I tend to ignore people’s comments. I’ve never tried to hide them and have regular manicures. I’ve always thought that they are doing what they are supposed to do so whats the problem. I do have had a theory about thier orgin (and never believed it was from thumb sucking as my mother use to say). I lived in Europe for a number of years and was surprised to see many people with similar thumbs when I had rarely come across anyone in Australia those that did always had a European connection. So I always thought that it was some kind of physical deformity that was European in origin. I think my hands are just fine the way they are and will be interested to see if my grandchildren inherit them because my children havent. Does anyone not have a European connection and still have club thumbs?
February 8, 2010 at 6:38 am |
i’m only a teenager, but for as long as i can remember i’ve tucked my thumbs inside my hands so that nobody would ever see them. i was always so self conscious about it. mostly when people see them i get mixed reactions; some laugh, others think they are cute. it used to really affect me when they laughed, and i always detested being different. i’m so glad to know that there are other people out there just like me! the only person i’ve ever met who has similiar thumbs is my grandmother, so i thought it was exclusive to my family. i only stumbled across this website when i was reading an news article concerning megan fox using a thumb model in an advertisment. i decided to google it, and came across the term club thumbs, because megan fox has them too. :):)
February 10, 2010 at 4:20 am |
im a teen too and ive had the same reactions! one of my friends was like omg there stubby and weird and my other friend is like omg they are so cute and little! ive also hated them and been self concious about it but i love this website it provides a lot of support from the mean comments some of us tend to get.. i also found out about this stuff because of megan fox!
February 8, 2010 at 6:56 am |
omg wow! Hello everyone!
I’m 21 years old and have clubbed thumbs!
My whole life I have always wondered whats wrong with them, as no one else in my family have them. I’ve never known a name for them and have never met anyone else with them.
I’m soo glad im not the only one! 🙂
To this day im still so self conscious of them and im sick of people asking “whats wrong with your thumbs”. I’ve never been for a manicure as im too embarrassed.
I only found out about “clubbed thumbs” by the Megan Fox add showing her thumbs i was amazed!!
February 8, 2010 at 1:46 pm |
I have two clubbed thumbs, as are my middle fingers. I am of Korean decent.
February 8, 2010 at 7:24 pm |
coooll i read an article just now on perezhilton.com about how megan fox has these thumbs and i was astonished that anyone else would have the same thumbs as me!! cool to know. I am also mostly British and German with a bit of sweedish.. glad to know that there are more people like me. my thumb is only short on my left hand.
February 8, 2010 at 8:02 pm |
I just read the article about Megan Fox on Perez Hilton too. I can’t believe this I really thought I was the only person in the entire world with the ugliest ickiest fingers but I’m not alone 🙂 Also my name Family name is Fox too. I’m Irish and am related to Camilla Parker Bowles going back 3 generations that is :):) so the royal gene might really be apparent anyways thankyou sooooooooo much 🙂
February 9, 2010 at 12:04 am |
Just read the perezhilton article and had absolutely no idea there was a term or diagnosis for my little thumbs. I thought it was from sucking my thumb when I was little. I’ve always been selfconscious about this “condition.” It doesn’t help when all the gossip mags are now referring to Megan Fox as less than 10 with her stubby, nasty thumbs. Thumbs up to you. Thanks to everyone for sharing!!!
February 9, 2010 at 12:08 am |
I live in Australia and I have two clubbed thumbs, no one really notices them but I like to point them out to people because they are unique! I have a royal history that dates back to the 1500’s so maybe the royal gene is true? No one else if my family has them as far as I know. So glad to know there are so many other people in the world who have club thumbs, embrace it! I haven’t come across anyone else who has club thumbs yet but looking forward to it. And to Scotty at the top who has made comments, I am creative, I don’t want to murder anyone and I don’t lash out, all that stuff you heard from the palm reader is definitely not true 🙂
February 9, 2010 at 12:53 pm |
wow i didn’t know so many people had clubbed thumbs too!
i have 2 of them and everyone in school says they look weird /:
well, nothing i can do about that.
strangely, no one in my immediate family has them. is that normal?
February 9, 2010 at 2:00 pm |
I used to tell people I was born with no thumbs so the doctor attached my toes soI would have something there…everyone believed it. I am 50% Italian and 50% French and I have a very short fuse…
February 9, 2010 at 5:16 pm |
I have one clubbed one and one normal thumb. It is a ‘thing’ in my family that is passed only to the girls. All i know is my grandma’s generation has it..then it goes like this:
– my mother is the oldest – both normal thumbs
– my next oldest aunt – has one normal one ‘special’ one
– my next oldest aunt – has two ‘special’ ones
– the next aunt – has two normal ones again
– two boys have normal thumbs
A. My mom had three daughters:
– oldest girl – two normal thumbs
– She has one daughter and one girl coming.. we can’t wait to find out!!!!
– middle girl – one normal one special
has one girl.. normal thumbs.
– youngest – two special ones
B. One aunt – Had 3 boys and one girl. The girls in the second born and has one normal thumb and special thumb
C. One aunt – Has three boys
D. Brother – one has kids with only one first born girl and her thumbs are normal.
Soo funny that there are so many of you!! We though we were freaks!
February 9, 2010 at 11:51 pm |
I am a 56 years old woman with pure (I think) Iranian blood. I live in the US. 30 years ago a woman noticed my thumbs and said there are some of us and we have a club. Back then I didn’t pay any attention to her. I never knew the name of this until today I heard it on the radio and found you guys. Good to meet all of you from all over the world! I am the only one like this in my family and I heard we are creative people. I think I am. When I was a kid, I always hid my thumbs. An advice to younger women; I’ve always enjoyed nice manicure and plan to continue this practice; indulge yourselves. People think I am from royalty (I think just b/c the way I am and I act), but I don’t know enough about my ansestory to be sure about that. A Persian queen? Thanks to Megan Fox and Alf to bring us together. Have a great jurney everbody!
February 10, 2010 at 12:33 am |
OMG I am soo excited to see that i am not the only person out there with fat stumpy thumbs! I found some information very interesting and that there are alot of you from European descent. My mother is mainly German Irish and English and my father is primarily Hispanic Puerto Rican.
as a child i never really noticed that my thumbs were different until some one pointed out that they were short and fat. i suppose it was around they time i was in middle school. I am now 21 yrs old and i only found one other person that had one clubbed thumb. I have two. But i never really felt so bad about it all my friends thought they were cute and even thou i have a wide nail bed its not as bad i can still wear fake nails and acrylic nails. and i think its cute that someone liek Megan Fox has them too. Although all of the negativity i have seen revolving about them does make me a little upset. I mean shes beautiful and for some one to soley focus on and appendage is just really shallow. but its soo nice to finally know that I dont have what i thought was just a birth defect. 😉 i really like the royalty thing too its really interesting. It was soo nice to read all of your stories!
February 10, 2010 at 1:12 am |
i have two clubbed thumbs. yes they are ugly too. do i like them, no but who really cares. when i was young i would try and hide them as well so know one would comment on them. now i laugh about them and show them off. people laugh and i tell them its my only flaw. we are all unique in our own way and by know means is anyone perfect. we all have to walk around with our head up and love our thumb. it could be worse. thanks be proud
February 10, 2010 at 2:49 am |
Hilarious! I have two clubbed thumbs, the left is the shortest . I’m an artist. When I was in art school we were doing drawing studies of our hands. The teacher said “This looks good. But there is something wrong with the way you’ve drawn the thumbs”. I lifted my thumbs up and showed her what they looked like and we had a good laugh! My heritage is 100% Danish and no one else in the family has stubby thumbs. I’ve heard them called Witch’s thumbs too and I’ve been told our emotions are stronger than our logic. Helps with the art for sure!
February 10, 2010 at 3:58 am |
I love my little thumbs! They are cute. My Nana had the same thumbs…. I loved her very much. She was Irish and English.
They are not a deformity just a characteristic, like the shape of your eyes or color of your hair.
Don’t be embarrassed…who cares… really!
By the way, I’ve seen some pretty ugly thumbs that weren’t stubby. So there!
February 10, 2010 at 4:15 am |
I have 2 clubbed thumbs, one a little more than the other but both are very much there. No one really noticed until 8th grade, a few have noticed in high school. I have even gotten a comment from a close friend who never noticed them “OMG YOUR THUMBS LOOK LIKE DOWN SYNDROME!!!” yeah. that was bad. anyway. i just discovered this website and made an account a few minutes ago this rocks- i didnt even know it was a condition until i clicked on the megan fox link on msn (since everyone is making such a big deal about her thumbs) but hey more power to her! It bothers me how people see it as a flaw, like yeah we’re different but there is apparently a lot of us so this is really cool.
February 10, 2010 at 5:39 am |
I am 42, and I am so happy to have stumbled across this site. I too have been embarrassed all my life because of my thumbs. Both are clubbed but one stubbier than the other. I could never get fake pretty nails because they never had nails that would fit!
I will tell you that I lost my dad when I was 4 years old, and he had them as well. My dad had three children and I was the only one that inherited them. I used to hate them, now I realize that I got something to always remember him by. Oh and by the way, we are not alone. Megan Fox and Anne Heche have clubbed thumbs too.
February 10, 2010 at 7:01 am |
I have the same thing!!! I’m from an Italian heritage. My great-grandmother, my uncle and I have them. For years I’ve been embarassed about them, but now I feel alot better knowing that so many people have them 🙂 I think that the publics’ response to this Megan Fox release is disgusting!! So many people are saying how horrible this condition is…it hurts…alot…
February 10, 2010 at 3:53 pm |
i feel that i was reading an article and it said “megan fox suffers from [the technical name idk spelling]” and it made me mad how they said she suffers from it because its not harming us it just looks different
February 10, 2010 at 9:11 am |
i am so relieved that there are so many people out there with clubbed thumbs. i have two of them! lots of times people say that they are “different” or “cute”.
well, what i want to say is that clubbed thumbs ARE NOT a disease, and we shud not be made fun of.
February 10, 2010 at 9:19 am |
hello everyone!
i’m 18 year old and i’m from hong kong, china. i always thought the thumb on my right hand was freaky. i was just browsing the internet and found that megan fox has it, and so many people on this blog too!! it’s soooooo excited!!
haha i search on the internet and i don’t think chinese people have a name for it yet 😛
February 10, 2010 at 4:49 pm |
im wondering how i got it…
if its genetic, then its clearly recessive, but not a single person in my family has it!
i never even noticed i had a stub thumb until i was aroud9… id always assumed it was normal.
but ive always called it a dwarf thumb.
it wasnt until this year i met someone else with one. when i did i was super excited and now were thumb sisters!!!
February 10, 2010 at 7:02 pm |
I think that its great that there is so much info. out there now! Both of my thumbs are “clubbed”. Im the only one in my family and when I got older met a 3rd cousin w/the same. We are the only ones that we know of in our family. Like many others I spent my whole life making sure they were tucked away in the palm of my hand. It does make me feel special and unique now that Im older. Neither of my children have them, but I will be on the lookout when my grandkids come along. If they are blessed w/this trait I will let them know how special that this makes them!
February 10, 2010 at 10:13 pm |
I am 100 % Chinese with two club thumbs, weird looking toes, and shorter pinkies (reaching only slightly above my second knuckles). I think my thumbs/pinkies are especially noticeable since my other fingers are all very long and thin (as opposed to short and stubby). My pinkies also look “swollen,” but I’m not sure if it’s just the way they are, or if it’s from years of playing the violin. Any tips about that would be great.
February 11, 2010 at 8:09 pm |
We just realized my daughter has a club thumb (she’s 12, nice parenting, right?) We always thought she had inherited one thumb from me and one from her father, as the clubbed thumb looks like his. He doesn’t have club thumbs, but he does have small hands. After all this research, and reading the posts from all the “royalty” out there, we are convinced her thumb is one of the unique ones like y’all have. She’s not bothered by it, and neither are we. She’s also got one ear that’s got a point on it. She’s always been my little elf. Don’t hide your differences, embrace them. Thank goodness we’re not all the same. How terminally boring would THAT be?
February 12, 2010 at 2:11 am |
This is so cool to see that so many people have the same thumbs as I do! I am 26- Irish, German, Bulgarian, and Austrian. I know one other person (a family friend who is Austrian) who has clubbed thumbs. I love them and everyone I know thinks they are so cool! If anyone says they’re weird I just laugh and say “really?” with a confused look on my face.
February 12, 2010 at 7:40 am |
Hi Everyone!
I have two “special thumbs” – my mother has one (which I think is stranger!)
also my mothers faternal aunt had one…..
I also have very very short pinkies – on both hands – they feel sort of
spongy – and there is barely a knuckle there…my other fingers on both
hands are fairly long….I get compliments on my hands all the time –
people usually don’t notice the length of my pinkies – they tend to
notice my thumbs more…
I have never been embarrassed about them – thinking it was just a
family trait….
A friend of a friend of mine also has the “special thumbs” and she
HATES them – I noticed a girl checking groceries once and I mentioned
her thumbs and then showed her mine and we had a big laugh…..
My 3 sons (all grown and married now) have ALWAYS laughed about
Mom having “big toes as thumbs”! Neither of my sons or 2 grandsons
have the “special thumbs”….
With all the people in the world having so many health problems and
other problems – BRACHYDACTYLY is a medical condition I can live with!
Smile and God Bless!
February 12, 2010 at 8:09 pm |
I was so shocked to see that my “thumbs” are actually from genetics. I know that my great-grandfather, grandmother, aunt ( all mom’s side,)mother and my brother have them. I was always teased about them my whole life. I hid my thumbs too. My children did not end up having this genetic issue. Hard to believe I read an article about Meghan Fox how she has toe thumbs! I know it makes it very hard for me to text with certain phones. I really wish I could figure out why I have these thumbs. I am of English, German, French and Irish heritage. My mom’s side is English..as far as we know. Names were Arms and Gentle. Maybe I have royalty heritage! I am glad I finally found this out!
February 12, 2010 at 9:30 pm |
hello my name is dina;; i am a proud MEEXICAN… i am the youngest of 5… my dad has his both thums like that;; my mom has her thums regular…. !my two older sister have toe thums as well;; now my older brother and sister dont…. for me i tell my mom i will always be thankfull because i will always have something form both! one of my thums is regular and the other one a toe thum… my boyfriend loves it… we make jokes out of it! like when he does something i like i will give him a big thums up(the regular one) && when he does something that upsets me give him a half thums up( my toe thum) i lov the fact that im unique…
February 14, 2010 at 3:39 pm |
Wow! I just found this site after learning from my husband that Megan Fox also has clubbed thumbs. I decided to find out more about it because I’ve been embarrassed about my thumbs all my life and was always told that I sucked my thumbs as a child until they became infected and stubby. Knowing that this is genetic won’t make me feel any better about my thumbs since I’ve hated them all my life, but at least now I can tell my mom that it’s actually normal. Someone else in my family must have had clubbed thumbs before me, too.
February 15, 2010 at 5:08 am |
Hey there i’m a 20 year old Native American(Indian)(Aboriginal People) whatever you wanna call’em…. i’m From Canada,NS,Cape Breton..
I Also Have 2 Clubbed and was born with a Clubbed Foot also which was fixed right after i was born my foot looks normal other than its about a inch bigger than the other foot.. In my pre-teens i was always hiding my thumbs in the center of my palm but i was always known as one of the tough guys in school so i really never got made fun of other than my friends which didnt really offend me they always called them cartoon thumbs or they’ll be like they look like toes.. now days the only time im shy of them is when i meet a new girl i always debate on showing them to her lmao but i always do before she notices them but they’re always just like” awwwwe they’re soo cute ” BUT YEA I WANNA KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAS A CLUBBED FOOT THAT ALSO HAS CLUBBED THUMBS
February 15, 2010 at 5:10 am |
I MEAN INCH SMALLER***
February 15, 2010 at 1:29 pm |
To Julian: Google “clubbed thumbs.” Actually it is genetic and seems to be normal for people to either have one thumb normal and one clubbed (or both in my case)..same with feet or even fingers and toes. It is not hereditary like I thought because I see people from all different ethnic backgrounds on here that have this.
February 15, 2010 at 1:48 pm |
TRACEY,CLUBBED FINGERS AND TOES ARE INHERITED. I CAN TRACE MINE BACK 4 GENERATIONS , NOT ALL MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY HAVE THEM. ETHNIC BACKROUNDS ARE ONLY RELITIVE TERMS AS WE MAY ALL BE RELATED. IN THE BEGINING THEIR WAS ONE MAN AND ONE WOMEN IN THE GARDEN.
February 15, 2010 at 2:19 pm |
Hey, it’s amazing how many people have this. I thought I was one in a million. I have it on both hands and was teased when I was a child but soon after that, learned to hide them well. As an adult, there’s been the odd time that I’ve had to hold a pamphlet for someone to read and they’ve made a comment or I’ve caught someone staring at my hand when I’m holding onto something, etc. I sort of got use to hiding it and didn’t let it bother me (because people more or less stopped noticing) but my dream is to act and I’m starting to land roles now. It’s now a huge issue yet again. I mean, my god, did you see how nasty people were about Megan Fox recently? It’s like every ugly nose, face, ears, whatever doesn’t even come close to a clubbed thumb…like wtf?!! In my opinion, hers are really subtle too. I feel that mine are much more obvious. I just don’t know how one does film for example, if inevitably the camera pans down to show the hands. This happens a lot too in film. It seems like we have very judgmental and critical world out there to deal with.
February 16, 2010 at 6:30 am |
Oh I know it’s sad, and it made me sad until I found you guys. People saying that she was a 10 and then they found out about her thumbs and she’s lost a couple of attractiveness points because of it.
February 15, 2010 at 4:04 pm |
Mary: Very true..I can trace it as far back as my great-grandfather on my mother’s side. I am of English and German heritage..and your right it is inheritated.
Mel: People are idiots…teasing kids (I was teased too) and adults as well. I let all their remarks roll off my back (an expert at 50 years.) Don’t worry about your thumbs. I big worry is that I cannot text with these new phones!
February 15, 2010 at 10:35 pm |
I too just recently discovered I cannot type on ipods, iphones, etc. sucks!
February 22, 2010 at 2:48 pm
Sorry, I laughed when I read your comment on not being able to type on Ipods etc, dont ever go ten pin bowling either, I cant get my thumb in the hole of the ball…but cheer up there is more to life than all that technology…… Kathleen
February 16, 2010 at 6:32 am |
Oh man I know I have a hard time with them also lol they need to make special devices for us! lol
February 15, 2010 at 9:40 pm |
omg i never realized that this was an actual condition! i just thought i had weird thumbs! ive always been kinda self conscious about them, because i thought i was the only one with them. i feel so much better!
and im going to look into the whole lineage/royalty thing with this…its so interesting!
February 16, 2010 at 6:36 am |
Yeah, I was the same as a child and as a adult. I even checked my baby when he was born to make sure he didn’t have them. he didn’t but now I don’t feel so ashamed of mine. But people out in the world need to stop making fun of people with club thumbs, it’s just not right.. this is the sort of thing that causes children to become depressed now and hurt themselves.
February 16, 2010 at 2:50 am |
Dear Alf, first of all I would like to congratulate you for the great service you have done to all of us by bringing us together in this forum. I am from India. Initially I felt very embarrassed about my left thumb which looks exactly like the one shown in the photo. Later on I accepted it as a part of me. Nobody in my family has such a thumb. Some told me it is lucky and I believe that I am very lucky. I am very creative and spiritual. I am going to be a Jesuit priest. May the awareness of such rare traits grow more and more so that we realize our uniqueness and accept each other as each one is, with all their differences.
February 16, 2010 at 6:26 am |
This is great! I am so happy to meet people who have thumbs like me! All my life people were cruel to me calling me names in school like toe girl. Actually grabbing my hand and showing the whole class my thumb. I have two of them also. I always wondered all my life why I was different. I am the only one in my family to have these that I know of, I could have had past dead relatives with them but who knows. I am of Irish, German, English and Cherokee Indian decent. I am A positive blood type also. I read a couple of you posting your blood types. I don’t feel so ashamed anymore of my thumbs now that I have found you guys! I did have a medicine man once hold my hand and say I was something special, that I had special traits or something and that’s why I had these thumbs.
February 16, 2010 at 7:06 am |
I made an account on here I was posting as Angela 🙂
February 17, 2010 at 3:44 am |
WHat’s up? I have two clubbed thumbs, both my pinkys are half the size of ring finger, also my middle finger on my left hand is the same size as my index finger, my big toes are clubbed and it looks like I have no picky knuckles on both hands and no middle finger knuckle. Also does anyone else have really bad artritis. I’m 20 years old, my father also had clubbed tumbs and toes but not my other brothers and sisters. I am Puerto Rican and Cuban!
February 22, 2010 at 1:57 am |
My mother, older sister and I all have clubbed thumbs. My oldest daughter has clubbed thumbs and big toes. She was also diagnosed with Rhuematoid Arthritis when she was 8. She is now 27 and has shingle outbreaks every now and then. My youngest doesn’t have clubbed thumbs, but is having arthritis-type symptoms.
February 17, 2010 at 7:33 am |
In my year group alone at school 3 of us girls have club thumbs. I have only the one on my left. boyfriends seem to think it’s cute (weirdos)
February 18, 2010 at 1:33 am |
I just started to notice my thumbs were different. My friends and I have clubbed thumbs. They look like toes. Anyway, both my parents have normal thumbs. People do remark on them a lot. I am double jointed in each. I was calling them toe thumbs for months. Now I now what they are. Why are they like that?
November 25, 2011 at 5:23 pm |
I have one on the left hand but double jointed thumbs on both hands.
February 18, 2010 at 7:16 pm |
Only less than a week ago did I realise that I’m not the only one in the world with a ‘weird’ thumb (and that there’s an actual official name for it), but there’s groups on social networking sites dedicated to ‘our kind’ too.
I’m Irish, as is all my family. My Father’s Mother and Father ancesters have been living in Ireland, I say, for more than a thousand years (as both their surnames are among the ‘old’ Irish surnames). My Mother’s family is more varied: my Grandad is of English desent (maybe about four to six generations ago), and my Granny would be of Norman descent (I suspect this could be from when the Norman’s invaded Ireland after invading England).
To answer Sami: I’m not sure why some people have clubbed thumbs, but it seems to be a genetically passed on, from generation to generation down the family line.
It also seems to me, that it has its roots in Europe and Asia (and eventually came to America and Australia through Europeans and Asians moving). Well, maybe it isn’t just Europe and Asia, but it seems more common in those places at least…. But I could be very well wrong.
I’m not too worried about my clubbed thumb (I only have one clubbed thumb, the other is less special). I have been on the recieving end of a few jokes a few times (by friends and family), but few people have noticed it.
February 18, 2010 at 7:38 pm |
This is so interesting. I knew I wasn’t the only one but I had no idea there are so many of us. Only my left thumb is “special”. It looks like an alien thumb. Really wide and about 1/2 inch shorter than the other. People made fun when I was a kid, but it’s all good now. People barely notice. Im German, Irish, Cherokee Indian. I have fat toes but I dont think that they are “clubbed”. Anyways I think I’m just fine. Unique you know…. 🙂
February 18, 2010 at 7:43 pm |
My sister just told me about this website. Both of my thumbs are “clubbed.” When I was very young my sisters told me that I had been born without thumbs and my mom had “donor toes” sewed on. I believed them for awhile. I’ve only met one other person with them. Glad to know I’m not alone. I don’t think there is much to the idea of bad temper associated with them. I have taught high school for 23 years now. I’d have killed someone by now!!
February 19, 2010 at 2:47 am |
Hey-does Vince Vaughn have one clubbed thumb? I just googled it and it looks like he might!
February 19, 2010 at 3:12 am |
HI Thumb brothers and sisters!! I am 17 years old and i just found out yesturday that there is actually a name for my thumbs.. and there are so many other people like me out there!! I have 2 clubbed thumbs. I have generally tiny hands but my thumbs are so short and wide! Both of my thumbs are 2 cm in width and 4.7 cm long! My pointer finger is 8 cm long so that is almost double!! LOL.. i have never seen another thumb like mine until yesturday and now hearing everyone talk about theirs amazes me. I was.. and still kinda am embarassed about them and was consantly poked fun at in junior high for having wide thumbs 😦 .. but knowing so many people have went through what I go through makes me feel a little more confident. Thanks for sharing your stories everyone!!
February 19, 2010 at 2:07 pm |
My right thumb is clubbed. Until Megan Fox I didnt know thats what it was called. I was always embarrassed by it too, and I told people I smashed it in a car door when I was 3. My mom never corrected me?? I am Finnish, Swedish and Norweigan. Blood type A+… I wish we could all figure out the genetics of this!!
February 19, 2010 at 6:52 pm |
Throughout my life people have either been creeped out or in love with my thumbs (once somebody actually kissed them).
Both of my thumbs are clubbed and I got them from my father’s side –my aunt has one clubbed thumb. I have a small hand so they have gone without notice for the most part. Someone has to really be staring at my hands to get that something is not right. When I was is school and mortified I would make fists and fold my thumbs in them because that didn’t look weird!
I have recently met a guy with two clubbed thumbs and told my father. His response was not to have kids with him. Although cute, I don’t think that will happen.
I am Spanish and Native Mexican Indian on my father’s side and German, French and Spanish on my mother’s.
February 19, 2010 at 7:12 pm |
i wrote earlier and forgot to mention that i have irish and also english descent.. some of my ancesters were in fact part of the english royalty.. my mother confirmed this earlier today! maybe the “royal thumb” really is a good name for my thumbs!! :).. i also put my hands in a fist and hide my thumbs, or wear long sleeves on my shirts to hide them.
February 20, 2010 at 4:59 am |
haha wowwww i have weird thumbs too!!!! me and my friends say they kinda look like little pies….the bottom part us the pan, and the other part is the pie part!! haha!! my dad has them too, but i dont think i have any italian or french in me. im scottish, irish, and german. ….haha its nice to know that im not the only one with weird thumbs haha!! :):)
p.s. ive found that Claire’s stick on nails fit my thumbs!! haha!! :D:D
February 22, 2010 at 9:15 pm |
ha ha!!!!:D
February 20, 2010 at 10:04 am |
o WOW.. Im so glad that so many of us have the same thumbs lol I felt alone in the world…..sort of……………. me and my sister are the only ones in my family that have clubbed thumbs Everyone makes fun of us lol It doesnt bother me though.. I thought my thumbs were normal up until 5th grade… Kinda funny…but I like my thumbs their Unique.
February 21, 2010 at 2:49 am |
I am half Okinawan (which is considered a part of Japan) and half Korean. Both my thumbs are clubbed and I don’t know anyone else in my family line who has this trait. I started feeling unattractive and embarassed about them when I was about 21. My husband said when he first saw them he thought they were “wierd” but didn’t focus on them. It’s totally evident in his actions that he loves all of me! I’m very blessed to have a great, Christian man.
February 22, 2010 at 1:52 am |
This site is incredible! I never knew there were so many with the same thumbs! I am 46 and just heard the “clubbed thumb” term today. In my family, it started with my mother having them, then every other child of hers. (Her 2nd and 4th child has them.) I am the 4th child and my oldest daughter has them (she also has clubbed big toes), but my youngest does not. It seems to be every other person within each generation. I have called them toe thumbs for years – always said that if I lost my thumb you could attach my big toe and no one would be able to tell the difference. I think they are unique and wouldn’t trade them for anything! I did talk to a specialist once about them and he said that it a Eurpoean trait – my mothers grandparents are from Italy – but he never used the term clubbed thumb.
February 22, 2010 at 5:14 am |
I have two clubbed thumbs, they never bothered me, its such a small thing to be concerned about. My mother only noticed them when I was in my fifties! Big deal!….its probably genetic. There should be a competition to see who has the most clubbed ones. the nails on mine are just a strip, so I let the nails grow , they still dont look normal. Incidently I am Scottish, although I dont know what that has to do with anything, I thought since many people mentioned there nationalites I thought I would mention mine.
February 22, 2010 at 5:32 pm |
I have clubbed thumbs on both thumbs before I didn’t really mind them until someone said to me. Only a couple of people have made fin of me but know it’s gona get much worse.I asked my mum how to get rid of them and she I should just grow them and it looks like it working so far. Mine are not as bad as some peoples my nails are long so they’re getting thinner. :)))))))
February 22, 2010 at 9:05 pm |
im a beautifull person with a terrible unconfidance,i have two clubbed thumb that i hate them:((.
todays im so depressed and unhappy i love a guy and i see him only one time,and talk with him for 3 years and know him about 8 years…(it have a long story)..im in love with him….but…i didnt told him about my thumbs any more im so scared that he leave me alone…or getting angry or uppset about hiding it…!!!what should i do?1.tell him when i see him.2.tell him before see him….!!!!!plz help me:(
February 23, 2010 at 4:07 am |
Dear Midia,
You can tell him how you feel about your thumbs. If a guy will leave you because of a small part of your body, he really does not love you – wake up, it’s true! Either he doesn’t love YOU or hasn’t learned how to love ANYONE. My husband and I can laugh about each other’s traits but still accept each other. Learn how to like yourself even if others don’t. This body is temporary. I don’t want to waste my life worrying about if others like me.
February 23, 2010 at 9:02 am
dear grace!!!!i’m 22 years old and i started this bad feeling when i was 20,i really try to like myself and accept this trait,i always thinking about them and chalange with myself,but i didn’t win most times!!!sorry if my english isn’t so good!!:):)my life is getting so hard!!i wanna know about your wife reaction more…and i wanna know about you that how you stop this bad feeling..i’m so jelous about you!!!!
midia
December 31, 2011 at 4:01 am |
I was just reading your post and am wondering how things worked out for you. How are you doing?
February 23, 2010 at 5:41 am |
dear grace!!!!i’m 22 years old and i started this bad feeling when i was 20,i really try to like myself and accept this trait,i always thinking about them and chalange with myself,but i didn’t win most times!!!sorry if my english isn’t so good!!:):)my life is getting so hard!!i wanna know about your wife reaction more…and i wanna know about you that how you stop this bad feeling..i’m so jelous about you!!!!
midia
February 24, 2010 at 6:15 am |
Midia,
I started dating my boyfriend when I was 22, in 26 now and in the same relationship. I have to agree with Grace. Not only do i have club thumbs but a curvature of my nails. My hands are UGLY, im not going lie. But I LOVE my club thumbs…N U SHOULD 2. If you don’t mind ill tell you how I turned my embarrassment into love! Chances are someone in your genetic line has had this same thing. For me it was my grandfather. He was a great man whom I loved dearly. When he passed, I had a constant reminder of him, my knubs ( that what I call my club thumbs). I am the ONLY living member of my family with thumbs like this and I’m very proud of it.
I hope this helps you some, but remember you shouldn’t dwell on things you can’t change and if a man don’t like you for your insides as well as out then they’re not worth your time. But in my experience, as long as the guy isn’t metro sexual, I don’t think he will care too much about your thumbs. Go for it and tell him, he will probably get a laugh for you worrying so much…hope this helps ya Hun…8)
February 23, 2010 at 8:01 pm |
I’m 34 and I have two clubbed thumbs. I’m 100% Puerto Rican and probably a few other things if you know anything about my culture. Anyway, I was just like everyone else…I grew up embarrassed and ashamed of my thumbs. I had one guy in grade school that made fun of my thumbs which made me feel horrible. I got really good in hiding my thumbs. I sometimes in pictures tuck my thumbs in so that no one can see them…and many times I do it and I don’t even realize I’m doing it.
This site is great because I’ve never known anyone with this condition. No one in my family knows anyone that has it too. I thought I was the only one like this…it is really nice to know that I’m not alone.
February 24, 2010 at 5:59 am |
Sonia,
your so not alone! And I know I don’t know you personally, but don’t be embarrassed. Im sure you are a beautiful person. Chances are someone in your family line has had it.
February 24, 2010 at 5:36 am |
Things people have said about my thumbs:
“Oh, you ARE Loren’s daughter!”
“THEM ‘RE WEEEEIIIRD!”
“You have oompa-loompa thumbs!”
“Oh my God! What did you do to your thumbs?!”
I knew they were a good conversation piece. I just had no idea how many there were out there!
February 24, 2010 at 5:56 am |
Hey All,
I have 2 clubbed thumbs, coming from my grandfather’s side. Let me tell you I love them. I wouldn’t change my thumbs for the world. When I was little I hated my hands ( I have an upward curvature of my fingernails, except my clubbed thumbs), very ugly. I inherit this from my grandfather like I said and My grandfather was a great man, whom I loved dearly. Now that he’s gone, it’s like I have a piece of him with me always. 2 everyone here, I know we all got our own stories, & it’s easier said then done, but we should all take pride in our club thumbs. They’re beautiful and tell a little bit about your family history. We’re unique! I 2 was embarrassed when I was young, but not anymore.
February 25, 2010 at 9:29 pm |
Yes just like my Dad I have the funny stumpy left thumb. I used to try to hide it when i was young but now it is ok! I have met others outside of the family with one just like mine. Interesting to know there are so many people just like me or rather my thumb!
March 6, 2010 at 9:05 pm |
i have only met one other person in my LIFE! who has clubbed thumbs, i used to think i was the only one until i got older and finally researched it, and i am no longer embarrassed by it, becasue that is what make me unique! especially only one! lol
February 26, 2010 at 12:59 am |
I have two clubbed thumbs and i’ve always been embarassed about them. I am the only one in my family to have them. i was naive to think i was the only one to have them and i am so psyched to see that there are so many other people that share this uniqueness. i’ve always been embarassed about them and everytime someone asks me i shy away. Thank you whoever started this and everyone who has told their stories, you have given me so much more confidence and i’m not embarassed about my thumbs anymore.
February 26, 2010 at 2:06 am |
this is soo funny,my sister called me and told me to look this up..my mom has one club thumb and me and one of my sisters have 2,i have never seen or heard about anyone else having them.i am amazed that there are soo many people with them.i have always hated them,but i did have fake nails put on once and i thought they looked almost normal lol.i have 3 kids and did not pass it on,my sisters son got them though.i will be looking for them in the future generations and i think it would be pretty neat if one of my grandchildren would get them,i think it would be a special bond.i am 39 yrs old and my oldest is 18 so hopefully i will have a bit of a wait before that happens!i’m glad we’re not alone!!:)
February 26, 2010 at 2:10 am |
yoyo thumb people!!!! i dont know my blood type but i’m italian, irish, russian, and german. so thats pretty much europe, right? anyway; i’m so glad that theres all these other people who share my unique attribute. my friends call them toe thumbs lol. haha.
February 26, 2010 at 10:16 pm |
Hello to all. I have one clubbed thumb! I am an african american female. Am i the only african american that have a clubbed thumb? I inherited the thumb from my grandfather.
February 28, 2010 at 4:53 pm |
i have 2 clubbed thumbs and im black! we’re special lol
February 26, 2010 at 10:21 pm |
Wow…I have not seen any African-American people on here. They say it is an European trait…possibly inbreeding. Nice, eh? So maybe you have some European background that you don’t know about. I have two clubbed thumbs. Some of my family members have them as well. We are not alone!
February 27, 2010 at 2:05 am |
up untill today i never knew this had a name and i always thought i was the only one with this as i was always the only one with and laughed at for this but im not alone!
does moving your thumb up and down bother anyone else? even just a tiny bit? it really annoys me.
February 27, 2010 at 11:34 pm |
My thumb on my right hand is clubbed. I am french and english, I heard it came from french heritage. My neice Nicole has a clubbed left thumb. As far as I know we are the only ones in our family to have these thumbs. It has never bothered either one of us and I don’t think it should bother any one.
February 28, 2010 at 4:52 pm |
omg i have clubbed thumbs! but im not german or french or italian or anything im black…but omg it was so humiliating as a kid people would look at my thumbs and be like ugh girl what happened to them? i’d be like look dude idk leave me alone i used to go home and cry about it sometimes i would tuck them in all the time or pull my jacket sleeves over them to avoid people discovering them…but i stumbled upon a magazine article about megan fox’s thumbs and they said it was called a clubbed thumb and i got so excited i was like omg i got the same thumbs!!! then i googled it and stumbled upon this site and i see all these people with the same problem and it makes me feel so much better…i thought i was just weird!!! what a relief!!!
March 1, 2010 at 12:45 pm |
COURTNEY,WHY DO YOU THINK THIS IS A PROBLEM? DOES ANYONE OUT THEIR HAVE A GARDEN AND THINK THESE THUMBS COME IN HANDY PICKING VEGTABLES,FRUIT?
March 1, 2010 at 12:46 pm |
COURTNEY,WHY DO YOU THINK THIS IS A PROBLEM? DOES ANYONE OUT THERE HAVE A GARDEN AND THINK THESE THUMBS COME IN HANDY PICKING VEGTABLES,FRUIT?
March 1, 2010 at 11:17 pm |
i dont get it
March 2, 2010 at 12:57 am
It is supposed to be funny. She is saying that clubbed thumbs shouldn’t be thought of as a problem. They come in handy more than we realize. She thinks that her thumbs come in handy while she picks fruit and veggies in her garden.
March 2, 2010 at 2:10 am |
ooo ok i see lol they never really came in handy for me all they do is attract rude people to ask me annoying questions about them lol
November 25, 2011 at 5:29 pm
Lol, that’s why I wear a really nice watch. I just compliments and questions about my watch all the time.
March 3, 2010 at 10:38 pm |
Hi,
I have thumbs that are both “club” thumbs. I never knew there was the term for them…until I read that Megan Fox had a club thumb!! I was always embarrased of my thumbs especially in grade school and would clasp my other fingers around them too embarrassed by what anyone would say or do. I had one friend who would takcle me and scream, “Hey everyone look at Carrie’s thumbs!” When I got older it stopped bothering me. My thumbs haven’t held me back in anything that I do, except I can’t play the game called “Quarters”…has anyone played that game? My thumbs stop right at my knuckle line which people with normal thumbs the end of theirs stop at the very first bend of their index finger. Growing up in a small town one other girl had them so when we saw each other in the hall we gave each other a thumbs up. My brother always teases me and says, stop touching me with your toes. I got my thumbs from my grandmother. I have two children and when both were born my husband came over to me and said, they don’t have your thumbs!! But you know what, even if they did it would have been okay. We are no different than anyone else. I am glad I found this site.
March 4, 2010 at 2:24 am |
I don’t have clubbed thumbs…I’m trying to figure out why people are embarresed by them…they look totally normal to me…some people have long fingers short fingers skinny fingers fat fingers…I think they look fine..even strong
March 4, 2010 at 3:35 am |
Omg I hav toe thumbs and I didn’t no wut they r called until now!!! I’m 13 and all my friends at skool make fun of it and I hav always wondered y they r like this but now I feel better that I’m not the only one!!! I’m kinda mad tho cause sumtimes they stop me from being able to txt and belong with a light ball cause the hole is to small for my fat thumb!!! Hahahahaha I’m so special 😉
March 4, 2010 at 2:06 pm |
i have two clubbed thumbs and i have never had trouble doing anything- i can text but the only thing that does sort of make me uncomfortable is bowling because my thumbs are wide but i can use the same size as my friend its just a little cramped but it works haha- why cant you text? or does it just slow you down..?
March 8, 2010 at 12:56 pm |
hallo lotgenoten, ik heb ook twee moordenaarsduimen. vroeger vond ik het vervelend en schaamde ik me er een beetje voor, dat heb ik niet meer maar ik let er wel op bij andere mensen of zij er ook hebben. Verder heb ik er geen last van, ze zijn lelijk verder niks.
March 5, 2010 at 2:05 pm |
I have a club thumb on my right hand and a sort of club middle finger on my left hand. I have all my life tried to conceal them from public (and not so public) view all my life. I’m still trying to figure out why is it so important that no one finds out there is something out of the ordinary with me. I mean, I really take great pains (I’m too ashamed to be more concrete) to keep them out of sight. My right thumb has always seemed to me like some kind of squatting caveman. Something primitive and savage, almost vicious, while my left thumb is long, slender and feminine. The middle finger on my left hand (thank God for small favours :)) is more discrete, like a caveman in a tuxedo, perhaps :D. I have never had a professional manicure (I do my own nails at home) because I can’t stand the idea of someone staring at my funny thumb and finger.
Oh, I’m Portuguese and no else in my close family has thumbs or fingers like mine. My son was born with perfect thumbs and fingers, though his toes look a bit like turtles’ heads poking out of their carapaces (they take after his father’s, not mine, I have perfectly regular toes :)).
Congratulations on the site. It is nice (and somewhat reassuring) to know that I’m not alone and that there is a whole tribe of squatting caveman thumbs out there.
March 5, 2010 at 8:15 pm |
I am almost 59 yrs old and I use to hate my thumbs, but I have a belief that all humans are a work of art. Different sizes, color and physical differences and they make all of use unique.
I am 100% Chinese, my father was born in China (not sure where) and my mother was born in the US and raised in the Sacramento area. So somehow I believe that there is no specific heritage that has sole possession of this unique cosmetic challenged thumbs.
I have two unique thumbs, they are both short, wide with short wide thumb nails and very thick nails (like the big toe on your foot).
I have found peace and no longer hate my thumbs. They add to my uniqueness. My friends all think that they are cute.
Hey, it’s with you for life so enjoy them for their uniqueness.
Thank you all for opening up about your thumbs, it’s really nice to know that I’m not alone.
THUMBS UP to all members of this very unique gift.
March 6, 2010 at 9:00 pm |
i have one clubbed thumb on my left hand, and my dad always said is was my big toe, lol
i hate people who make fun of it, even if they are just playing around, stupid people like that cant accept some kind of unusual trait, and thats what makes us special, people who say its gross or cute wouldnt understand till they had one, and i always got made fun of for it fo a very long time, and i was very embarrassed by it, my best friend made fun of it, and stopped talking to her.
we all have some sort of interesting thing on our body that makes us unique, apparently clubbed thumbs we can see and notice quicker than most other people who never figure some different on them.
calling all clubbed thumbs, We are Unique! and beautiful no matter what!
March 7, 2010 at 8:20 am |
i am 10 all my family going back at least 10 generations have clubbed thumbs but also joints missing from fingers .
my father is the same but not my sister the doctor said it is a 50/50 chance that it happens as it is genetic
i do get teased at school but i am stronger then them
are there other familys out there with short fingers and clubbed thumbs???????
March 7, 2010 at 4:42 pm |
I have two clubbed thumbs both different shapes and sizes. I have three kids with clubbed fingers out of six. People will say to me OMG you have “lucky thumbs”. So I believe they are lucky.
When my children were little they thought their friends all had weird and deformed fingers. My daughter felt sorry for her friends.
My mom didn’t realize I had them until I was 17. My grandfather was the only one in the family aside from me. He loved playing thumbwars no one could beat him. When my mother discovered my thumbs she was horrified and said had she noticed she would have bound them like the feet of chinese children- she wanted to protect me but I always loved them (although I did hide them as a teen) My husband said as long as our kids don’t inherit them everything would be fine hahaha they did and everything is fine. My daughter loves them they make her unique. My son loves his too.
We have laughed here so much – thank you for sharing your stories.
ThumbWars and the Thumbnation movies are some of our favorite movies. Highly recommend.
March 8, 2010 at 2:58 am |
I thought i was the only one! my Uncle has them too!
Then i saw an artical on Megan Fox… I was so excited!
I showed everyone at my intermediate school!
😀
Clubbed thumbs 4 life!
March 8, 2010 at 3:00 am |
Im 12 by the way people!
😛
March 9, 2010 at 3:58 am |
Wow- so nice to see so many people like me. I am 35 years old. I have two ‘fat’ (as I’ve always called them) thumbs. My mother has one, her grandmother has one. My brother and sister didn’t get them. My son does not have them.
I barely notice them. Got teased in school but I quickly learned to laugh with and shrug off any comments… which were never original, btw and always dumb- that I ended up laughing in their faces! hehe…. No one ever notices my thumbs- I usually have to point them out to friends. Lately though, they’ve been on my mind b/c of the Megan Fox stuff- people are so ignorant! I’ve met one or two other people in my life w/these thumbs, and it’s nice to meet so many more! (BTW- these thumbs are perfect for typing on a keyboard!)
I am also fairly artistic and happen to be left-handed, which no one else is in my family. I am Caucasian, with mostly french & english (on my mom’s side where this trait comes from) decent.
Hi everybody!
March 9, 2010 at 3:59 am |
Correction: my mother has one, and her mother (my grandmother) had one on the other hand.
March 9, 2010 at 4:07 am |
Also, wanted to add….. that bowling is pretty much the only thing that these thumbs have kept me from doing! I need to get my own ball, but really I don’t go that often, so it’s ok! lol
March 9, 2010 at 4:11 am |
cool im left handed with clubbed thumbs too!
March 9, 2010 at 4:16 am |
I believe my blood type is O-.
How many southpaws are there?
March 11, 2010 at 2:43 am |
You can see pics of my sexy thumb,and also show a picture of yours!
I have only seen two people with my kind of thumb, and I thought theirs looked so weird…..and i know mine has to look even stranger …but its cute to me!!!! Hope to see yours on Facebook at thumbprints! Julie Schultz
Also, I’m a little disapointed Magen Fox used a hand double in her superbowl comercial ,her choice but I would of been proud of her own thumb!
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/thumbprints/352872447132?ref=ts
March 12, 2010 at 11:57 pm |
wow….i honestly thought i was the only one in the world who had clubbed thumbs…..no one in my family has it..
i have two clubbed thumbs….but im not euro…well idk
but im eastern mediterranean….well close enough..
I was so happy when i realized that millions of ppl have it….especially megan fox!!
March 13, 2010 at 4:00 am |
I have 2 clubbed thumbs. I didnt realize that they were different until i got into like the 5th grade. All my sisters have them, my mom does too, so does my uncle, my cousin, and my grandpa. Im actually proud to say that becuase it makes me unique
March 13, 2010 at 4:04 am |
oh and by the way im not french or italian, i have a lot of hungarian and a little german in me.
March 16, 2010 at 7:15 am |
hmm i just take it like this, i used to be embarrased about my thumbs when i was younger. im not anymore, i absolutely love my thumbs. “normal” thumbs to me look really weird. and sometimes i think they arent that pretty. my thumbs on the other hand are cuteeeee. and i always get told their cute. 🙂 so id rather have cute thumbs then normal thumbs any day. 🙂
March 17, 2011 at 12:42 am |
same story here 😀 When I was younger, I would look at my sister’s thumbs and I would think that they were really weird… until the day that i discovered that i was the one with different thumbs… haha 😀 Normal thumbs actually do look kinda weird to me now tho… 😀
March 16, 2010 at 7:17 am |
btw im 40% german, 35% irish & 25% finnish. <=== so it came from somewhere lol.
March 20, 2010 at 1:47 pm |
I’m 53 -almost 54 and this is the first time I’ve ever known there was a name for my thumbs!!!! How cool… we’re never too old to learn something. It was a friend of mine who just noticed them (I’ve known her for 18 years) and told me what they were- her daughter has one. My fingers are kind of stubby anyway but I always knew the left thumb – and I’m left handed too- was a little beyond stubby. My right thumb isn’t quite the same, but it looks similar, I think because it’s just stubby. Anyway, as an adult, I don’t spend much time with my fingers, but I’ve certainly been more self conscious about my hands than the rest of my body for most of my life. I once read that when you make a fist, if you put your thumbs inside the fist, it means you’re an introvert but if you leave them out, you’re an extrovert. I’ve always put mine inside and I’m an extrovert. It was because I wanted to hide the damn things… duh! But it really hasn’t affected my life, I’m happy to say… I still grew up relatively normal (believe it or not) went to college, got married, had kids, found a job,(many jobs actually, thumbs and all, (I kept my hands in my lap during the job interview 🙂 ) bought a house, etc. I have seen people from time to time with thumbs like mine, but never mentioned it. Only recently, another friend of mine pointed out her clubbed thumbs in reference to the fact that she has trouble using a cell phone. How true… Of course I hadn’t had any problems with that myself until she made me aware of it LOL As for my ethnic background, I’m Jewish (of Russian ancestry) and none of my grandparents or my extended family(incl: parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins) had these thumbs to my knowledge, so go figure. Well, there’s a thumbnail sketch 🙂 of my life with a clubbed thumb…
March 23, 2010 at 7:16 am |
Im so glad i found this site…can anyone relate…u no when that lil john song came out “snap ya fingaz” it made stop dancing completly! i mean iv always had trouble snappin my fingerz because I have 2 clubbed thumbs.
March 25, 2010 at 7:28 pm |
I HAVE TWO CLUBBED THUMBS 😀 i never hide them at all, im proud to have them 🙂
March 26, 2010 at 6:35 am |
i can snap just fine…lol but i have hid my thumbs too and bowling is a bitch..i really do hate my thumbs..but it is what it is..i have other club fingers too but they are all on the same hand..i always thought it was from chewing or pickin at my cuticles bad habbit!!but i looked at my aunts nails and she has the same thing!!i cannot embrace my thumbs i wish they were normal but whatever!! i am stuck with them..noone ever talks about them but my family..hey kandi show em your thumbs!!GREAT!!!maybe i don’t want to!! 🙂
March 27, 2010 at 9:15 am |
I have 2 clubbed thumbs and i always think that they are cute and special.. 🙂
I am the only one in the family who has these special thumbs..
I’m a Chinese from Malaysia..
March 29, 2010 at 8:01 pm |
I have two clubbed thumbs and have always been embarrassed about them. So good to know there are others of us out there. My mom has one normal and one club, so does her mother and my brother. I’m glad mine match!
We are of irish/czech/english decent. I will be more accepting of them now that I know so many are out there! I was so ashamed in elementary school. All of my photos growing up I have them hidden. I am 53 now and they are getting a little wrinkly as I age. They remind me of something an elf or troll would have. Both my big toes are also club. What a weird trait to have. I used to call them monkey thumbs. Isn’t it a bitch trying to hold onto big things and open some jars? And who the heck can text with these things. My blood type is O-. I have enjoyed and laughed reading all the above comments. Thanks you for making me feel so happy. Thumbs up!
March 31, 2010 at 4:04 pm |
my right thumb i think is a hangmans thumb.but i know it is a thumb in the shape of a D (it really looks like that.) i’m Mexican/ Guatemalen . i am 12 yrs old. i am also the decent of Gen.Ortega (you know..around 1865)people always make fun of me,it sucks.i know nobody with anything of what i have(it gets lonely.) but i now know that other people have this to.Thanks for not making me feel weird!
April 1, 2010 at 1:05 am |
i have 2 of these thumbs (on each hand (just kidding)). I have always thought they are more like what thumbs are supposed to be than the “normal” thumbs which are more like fingers.
They’re definitely good for the occasional hilarious wisecrack from the fellas. I’ve always enjoyed the reaction of people who have never seen these kind of thumbs before. They’re anywhere from a blank stare with a “so what” to outright astonishment and horror. One time i told somebody that when i was born the doctor dropped me on the floor and i landed on my thumbs, and they believed me. Pretty hilarious. If i run into somebody who is visibly disturbed by them i make it a point to touch them with them and rub them with them. This will ALWAYS get huge laughs.
My mom is korean with a tiny bit of chinese thrown in and my pops is of english descent with a large amount of northern italian (the super blonde variety supposedly) thrown in. Im the only one in my family with these thumbs. None of my 3 kids have them. A buddy of mine’s son has them and he’s the only one in his family with them. A friend of mine’s sister has one of each kind. Only once every few years or more will i run into somebody new with these thumbs.
April 7, 2010 at 3:19 pm |
Hi
im from O.C.
And I’m 16 years old im half Mexican and American
I was always made fun of at school about my thumbs and I thought I was the only one with them till I saw Megan fox’s thumb and I looked them up
but wow I dirent know so many people have them
I guess we are just unique 😉
April 7, 2010 at 11:40 pm |
My 33yr old Registered Nurse daughter, Jessica, just called me and could hardly speak because she was laughing so much after finding this site. She has both cute thumbs which sort of bothered her during grade school but she always pointed out that her grandmother (my mom) and her great grandmother (my mom’s mom) both have it. They are both full blooded Portuguese whose ancestors came from the Portuguese Azores Islands. My dad’s ancestors came from another Portuguese island, Madeira. Their families immigrated to Hawaii in the 1800’s. My son and other daughter do not have the trait. Jess has a fantastic personality, very mellow, loving and caring. Before leaving work today her husband called her and said “Hi stubby, I’m leaving work now”. She came back to my call laughing hysterically. So, the Portuguese genes from her paternal side over rode the Hawaiian genes from her maternal side. Be proud all you special and unique people. God Bless all of you. Aloha
April 8, 2010 at 5:57 pm |
Hi! I’m 42 y.o. from Spain. It’s great having found this site. I have two clubbed thumbs and that has embarrased me since I was a child. I have always tried to hide them from other people view. It’s only some days ago since I began to search about it in the net and found that short tumbs are called “murderer’s thumb” I couldn’t believe it. It’s grateful hearing from other people’s opinion and different ways of facing it. Kisses from Spain!
April 9, 2010 at 11:23 pm |
hey im 15 and both of my thumbs are clubbed. evidently, my maternal grandmother had the same thumbs as me. however, i also bite my nails, so my thumbnails are really short and really wide. i had no idea that other people shared this trait until today when i searched whether or not they made fake nails for people with these wierd thumbs 🙂 im really glad that i found this site because im tired of having to hide my thumbs all the time and im hoping that after reading through some of the comments i will emerge enlightened 🙂
April 10, 2010 at 9:45 am |
Royal thumb on my right hand; male; height 6.2; ethnicity – German and Czech; in perfect health; no other unusual physical traits; no unusual mental traits; no addictions; creative mind; post-graduate education.
It is my only unique physical feature and I’d really like to get to the bottom of it. No luck so far. From what I’ve seen, medical sources give it a name, but do not really offer any explanations as to the origin.
My thumb does everything a human thumb is supposed to do. No complaints there.
When it comes to gripping things, it is one solid, sturdy, dependable tool. I do extreme kayaking and this lil thing never disappoints.
When it comes to precision, my thumb is golden. I play the classical guitar, and again, my thumb never disappoints.
I sometimes have to write long reports for my job. The little hammer does heck of a job when it comes to smashing that poor space bar.
It does look ‘non-ordinary’. Does that bother me? Yes and no. When I am feeling down, everything bothers me, including my thumb. When I not on a downer, nothing bothers me, including my thumb.
Re. other people’s reactions, my experience has been this: people who love me, love my thumb; people who like me, like my thumb; people who dislike me, dislike my thumb; people who hate me, hate my thumb. Essentially, ehen it comes to human relationships, this lil thumb does not get any say at all.
April 14, 2010 at 5:10 pm |
It’s nice to find a page like this, though I tried to find some more scientific information about this weird trait – with no significant result ;/ instead I learned from Indian Palmistry that I have “murderer’s thumbs” and that I should be very powerfull-tempered ;/ lol, I can get along with them, these thumbs, quite well, only sometimes I don’t know how to react when people notice them but they feel uncomfortable to ask me about it. Unknowingly I’m used to hide them, but while typing on mobile or playing piano you simple cannot do anything to prevent others from seeing it, and since they’re embarrassed to ask, in their astonishement they think of me as weird ;/ I have no nobel ancestors for sure, I checked that 😛 and nobody in my family has clubbed thumbs! I’m 22 Polish, female and I have never met anyone who would have same thumbs as me, I’m suprised there’s so many of you!
April 15, 2010 at 2:04 am |
HOLY COW! I can’t believe there is so many others out there! I’ve never met anyone else with “toe thumbs” before. I can say I’ve personally never had a single negative experiences regarding my thumbs. Everyone has always loved my thumbs! Especially when I was younger my friends loved to press the puffy pad on the backside of my thumb. I’ve never hated or felt self conscious about them either
I’m 22 and have always been a very artistic and creative person, which seems to be a trend of people with “clubbed thumbs”. I’ve also been told time and time again how beautiful my hand writing is. Maybe there is some connection??
ROCK ON TOE THUMB BROTHER AND SISTERS! 🙂
April 18, 2010 at 4:35 pm |
I HATE THEM! I have two. I was picked on pretty much up to date. High school was probably the worst. I used to sit in class with my thumbs in a text book applying pressure hopeing they would just straiten out. Even today when im showing someone a picture on my phone or texting while someone is watching, i hold my phone in my palm and use my index finger just to hide my thumb. Is there any kind of surgery or way to fix these dopey things. When I date a girl I have to figure out a way to show her these thumbs hopefully without her getting weirded out. lol Im a 31 year old very decent looking guy. Are there any girls out there with clubbed thumbs that wanna date lol. That would make things much easier. Im sorry if im not enthused on embrassing this club thumb club. Im sure you all know how i feel. Maybe we should all move to the same town so then we can make fun of people with normal thumbs lol.
If my thumbs were a movie, i’d give em two thumbs down.
October 31, 2010 at 9:54 pm |
I have the same problem as you! my left thumb is clubbed and it has affected my self-confidence, i care more about hiding them… i too would like some kind of surgery to fix it out!
April 19, 2010 at 7:38 pm |
I am 10 yrs old.Today I was crying about my thumb so we looked on the internet about what it could of been caused by and found this website.
I and my mum are really pleased to find this site. I was worried about my thumb and thought it was ugly. I have one normal thumb (left) and one clubbed thumb on my right hand, I think it looks worse because they are both different from each other.
I thought it was because I used to suck my thumb, but it seems that it must be genetic.
I feel pleased that other people have the same thumb as me.
April 20, 2010 at 9:55 am |
MIRANDA,OUR CLUBBED THUMBS ARE NORMAL THUMBS. PLEASE DON’T WORRY IN THE YEARS TO COME YOU MAY FIND THAT THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT YOU DO NOT LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF. THIS IS A PART OF GROWING UP.WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE IT WAS MY NOSE,CURLEY HAIR,FAT FEET ECT… SO DRY YOUR TEARS ,OUR THUMBS ARE NORMAL.
April 20, 2010 at 3:08 pm |
Thanks Mary for replying. I always get worried at school and try to hide my thumbs especially when we are playing heads down thumbs up because you have to stick your thumbs up and then people see them which worries me, I am pleased to know that other people have the same kind of thumb as me.
April 20, 2010 at 10:45 am |
I’m 50 & have two toe-thumbs but have no idea who I inherited them from, although the youngest of my 3 daughters has got just 1 (not 1 thumb ha ha but 1 toe-thumb!!) I actually think they’re quite amusing & are always good for an ice-breaker! (literally!! they’re v. strong!) Interestingly, we are both artistic & creative, just to follow the previous writers trends. I had no idea there were so many of you out there, I have met a few people & we do have a laugh about them. Yep, bowling is about the only downside, can be embarrassing when you have to call for assistance to remover the ball!!! Anyway, thumbs up to all u fellow fat-thumbers!
April 23, 2010 at 5:43 pm |
My sister and I, and my son are the only family members in recent generations to have the great thumbs. No one in the family would claim them for years until my Norwegian grandmother said she remembered an uncle on her side had them.
I’ve always been quite proud of them, and was especially pleased when I saw my son got them. They may be short, but they’re strong. Nobody I know can beat me at thumb wrestling. Maybe this “club” could come up with some contenders.
I’ve met about 3 or 4 others in my life with similar thumbs. One was a Danish woman in Copenhagen, another a colleague of Swiss descent.
Yeah. The bowling ball problem. I couldn’t learn to bowl until I was an adult because I couldn’t handle the balls the thumb would fit into.
April 24, 2010 at 12:43 pm |
I am so glad i came across this site! I was so ashamed of them throughout my whole childhood, i got teased about them so much that i even went as far as holding things in weird ways so no one would notice them, which actually made me get teased more. im sure no one would have noticed as much if i didnt make such a big deal about it. i know that i get them from my great grandfather who was english if that helps anyone? at one point it got really bad when at my aunties wedding i stuck bandaids over them for the whole day to avoid my wedding partner seeing them in the bridal waltz!!! now i cover them up by getting fake nails, however this can be annoying when they dont have a big enough nail for my thumb!!! i too thort i was the only one with these thumbs so i am soooo happy to know that theres so many other people with them, and knowing Megan Fox has them makes me feel heaps better =)
April 25, 2010 at 4:56 pm |
I have these funny thumbs my great aunt who has just died at the age of 104 also had these thumbs and she said they are call cobra thumbs and are lucky
April 25, 2010 at 4:58 pm |
has anyone noticed that girl on over the rainbow danniell she has these thumbs ?
April 27, 2010 at 3:48 am |
haha this site made my day.
i remember having these strange thumbs for such a long time.
i always knew they were different.
it’s really nice to see how many people are like me
looks like most of the people here are of european descent, but i’m korean so am i still considered having the royal european trait? haha
i used to get teased a lot when i was younger and would hide them underneath my other fingers, but in high school all of my friends think that they’re cute.
OH i also have clubbed big toes. the big toes look exactly like my thumbs but on my big toe. they’re also shorter than most of my other toes.
anyone have that? the clubbed big toes are the ones that get me really self conscious :[
April 27, 2010 at 7:26 am |
OMG! OMG! OMG! Finally I have a name fat thumbs and 100’s of others to share it with! I have 2 “Clubbed Thumbs”, all my life I have been embarrassed of them and even wondered if there was surgery to correct them because of the torment from others especailly at school – my mother nicknamed mine Elle McThumb (instead of Elle McPherson) and Claudia Schthumb (instead of Claudia Schiffer) because unlike models who are tall and skinny my thumbs are short and fat… anyway mums nickname never bothered me so such infact I think it is funny.
Ok so here is a bit of information about my background – I am french/aboriginal (native australian) the french comes from my mothers side of the family, I can’t think of anyone else in the family that has “Clubbed Thumb” I have been looking through old photos looking for clues but I can’t find anything.
I really like the idea of being from royal bloodlines – hehehe All Rise for Queen Elle McThumb hahahaha sorry can’t help myself…I am so glad I have found this place!!
April 27, 2010 at 7:37 am |
Oh yeah… I am also very creative and artistic aswell – I do everything from knitting, sewing, jewellery making cake decorating the list goes on and on…
April 28, 2010 at 9:36 pm |
kids always recognized mine growing up and i would tell them i was born without thumbs, so doctors amputated my big toes and put them on my hands. its funny how many people beleive it. one of my good friends mentioned my amputation when we were 19. hahaha. theyre just thumbs, i dont get why anyone gets self concsious about them….have fun with it
April 29, 2010 at 3:13 pm |
My granddaughter has clubbed thumbs and we wondered where they came from. We have 8 children, 16 grandchildren and 16 greats and she is the only one. Her ancestry is totally mixed. Her father always calls her his Princess. Maybe he was right all along.
April 30, 2010 at 2:34 am |
I call them my “Frodo” thumbs.
April 30, 2010 at 11:56 am |
i never knew so many people had clubbed thumb /i have two/i wish i had found this site before
April 30, 2010 at 12:02 pm |
I am a 16 year old girl from Sweden, and have two “clubbed thumbs”. Another girl in class also has them, and i’ve seen them on some more people in my life! My dad also has them, but they’re much wider and the nail much shorter than on mine, which im glad of 😉
I don’t think I have any other ancestry than swedish, so it’s kind of strange 😛 Oh, i also have double toes, or what it is called in english…
May 4, 2010 at 7:12 am |
I’m Richard, I am of some royal descent. I have one on my right hand. I have been reading this for some time and hope that someone can substantiate some of what I have heard. In my family what was described to me was that, the thumb had originally came about from slight overmingling of the royal families in northern europe. I have also heard that it was good enough for a title in some parts for some period of time, perhaps in the 1500s. This trait obviously being labeled the “Royal thumb.” This comes from great grandparents, and therefore I can’t quite validate myself. There was also mention that it may date more specifically to Charlemagne, and his family’s descendants. My speculation is that this trait, that the gene folk say is dominant, got into the english nobility and was spread about continent and isles by their doings. I would love if this could be validated by a historian of some sort. Here comes the next part, there is, on the site, a group of Asian thumbers, this piques my interest due to another bizarre shared trait. My earwax type is atypical for a westerner. My earwax is “gooey type” and not “crumbly type” which is the reverse of what it ought to be. This is common in Asians. Do any of you english/irish/scottish/welsh/german/scandinavian/whatever thumbers share this trait as well? “I’ll take my response off the air”.
May 5, 2010 at 2:39 pm |
I have two clubbed thumbs, I suppose I’ve been lucky with them as well. I was always ashamed of them until I was in the 6th grade and one of my best guy friends noticed them and dubbed me “Thumbs”. While that could sound rude it was really more of a nickname, a nickname that stuck with me for 8 years. He is the reason I stopped being ashamed of them because he thought they were cool! Now, most of the time nobody notices them, and when they do it’s no big deal. I think that if I were still embarrassed by them others wouldn’t understand but because I’ve embraced them as a part of me it’s accepted. But like I said, I got off lucky.. I’m sorry for those of you who have been teased. 😦
May 5, 2010 at 7:02 pm |
HELLO FAMILY, IT IS SAID THAT SOCRATES HAD CLUBBED THUMBS SO IT MUST GO BACK FURTHER THEN EUROPEAN TRAITS.
May 5, 2010 at 9:26 pm |
I have two fat thumbs they are cute, but no one else in my family have these kind of thumbs and i was sort of wondering what it means when i have them!
May 6, 2010 at 4:05 am |
one would think it could be possible to have some sort of surgery to apply even a plastic “normal” thumb over the tip of a clubbed thumb. Even if you had no feeling in the tip of your thumb i personally think it would be worth it.
May 6, 2010 at 4:22 am |
Come on Matthew our thumbs are normal.
May 9, 2010 at 4:05 am |
Growing up, I always thought that my brother was the one with wierd thumbs. It wasn’t until I was 8 years old and we had a fight and he mocked me by drawing (exaggerated) pictures of my thumbs and calling me “Knobby thumbs!” Then I realized I was different. It wasn’t until years later that I found out it was a genetic mutation called brachyl dactyl type D. Now I think my thumbs are pretty cool.
May 9, 2010 at 8:44 pm |
Both my sister and I have toe thumbs and also my other sister has one “normal” thumb and One toe thumb. Reckon we get them from our Dad!
Always hated them and often hide them, but I am slowly getting less concious of them (Im 38 now) My family have made fun of them for yrs!!!
May 10, 2010 at 4:58 am |
I love my thumbs. I am 36, and I only just found out there is a “condition,” called club thumb, murderer’s thumb (gotta love that one), or brachydactyly D.
It’s fun to tell people that I was born without thumbs, so the doctors grafted my big toes in their place.
May 15, 2010 at 2:51 am |
Im 21 and have been made fun of my whole life for my right thumb. I love that so many people out there are able to embrace them. I am working on it, im just trying to find out if it is a sign of any other abnormalties that i might have.
May 19, 2010 at 8:02 pm |
these thumbs are AMAXING!!! I love them. I used to be self-concious because people would make a HUGE deal about it.. but ill tell you, if you want to stop class for a good 2 m inutes, put your hand casually by your neighbors desk, when they see it, they will tell the teacher something interesting about your thumbs!! its hillarious!!
May 21, 2010 at 5:46 am |
My friends have always made fun of me for my thumbs, they look EXACTLY like the pic of yours! It’s odd because I’ve always thought other people’s thumbs were weird, when I was in school I thought I was the only one with normal thumbs and everyone else’s was abnormal! I’m also of Italian descent so maybe it’s an Italian thing, but I’ve also been told that it’s a sign of royalty so who knows!
May 21, 2010 at 5:51 am |
I forgot to say that I am of French ancestry as well, and from reading some more of these comments that seems to be another common denominator among us all. Hmm, I’ll have to look into this a little further…
May 22, 2010 at 2:28 pm |
I am 28 born in the USA and have two clubbed thumbs. Just found out today that I am not the only one!!
May 22, 2010 at 9:25 pm |
I have clubbed thumbs but I kick ass at video games…
stubby thumbs unite
May 23, 2010 at 2:46 pm |
Another OMG!!! I almost thougt I was alone! I´ve just met two other persons with clubbed thumbs. My grandfather (on my fathers side) and a former colleague. I guess I thought that this freaky thumbs only existed in Sweden, where I´m from. My former colleague told me that it was a genetic deformation and that everyone that has one or two clubbed thumbs are related!! YAY I found family!
My grandfather had one clubbed thumb and I have two. When I was younger I hated my thumbs, I hid them in my palms and was very jealous of my sister who have normal looking thumbs. Today I dont hate them, people are fascinated and always ask me questions when they see my toethumbs.
I didnt even know they had a name! Until now.
I´m from Sweden, anyone else??
November 21, 2010 at 12:03 pm |
Hej Lena här har du en till från Sverige, jag har 2 tummar har aldrig riktigt tänkt på dem förutom att folk brukar tycka de är lustiga, min morfar hade sådana också, hittade den här sidan när jag googlade på “konstig tummar”, En del bilder här kunde vara mina tummar så lika är de, fösökte lägga in en bild men fattar inte riktigt hur man gör!
May 23, 2010 at 3:07 pm |
Another OMG!!! I almost thougt I was alone! I´ve just met two other persons with clubbed thumbs. My grandfather (on my fathers side) and a former colleague. I guess I thought that this freaky thumbs only existed in Sweden, where I´m from. My former colleague told me that it was a genetic deformation and that everyone that has one or two clubbed thumbs are related!! YAY I found family!
My grandfather had one clubbed thumb and I have two. When I was younger I hated my thumbs, I hid them in my palms and was very jealous of my sister who have normal looking thumbs. Today I dont hate them, people are fascinated and always ask me questions when they see my toethumbs.
I didnt even know they had a name! Until now.
I´m from Sweden, anyone else??
I think I have ancestors from Belgium, so called “valloner” wich were craftsmen that contributed a lot to the swedish metalindustrie. Especially the ironindustrie.
May 24, 2010 at 4:56 pm |
LOL! I can relate to every post. I have 2 “clubbed” thumbs and people have always made fun of them. I was surprised of how many nurses have them. I am a nurse and of Indian, Spanish French decent. Wow i am truly amazed of how many people have them. We need to have a convention for short thumbed people! I LOVE it. I
May 24, 2010 at 5:56 pm |
Hi, im Jess im 12 years old, i have clubbed thumbs and people take the mick out of me at school i dont know if anyone will ever look past them, now i cant get boyfriends just coz people know i have big thumbs, beffore they knew they acted normal, now they just laugh, tey are always asking me to show them my thumbs 😦 its actully quite patrinising. I have tried to explain to them tat loads aof people have them and its perfectly fine, and doesent effect anything else! but its really annoying me that i hav such strange thumbs. I think i just need some encouragment. So if anybody has any stories about how they got past them please could they post them, so i could try and do the same…. Thank you xxx
May 27, 2010 at 12:33 pm |
Hi Jess,
Dont worry about it honey. I am 24 years old and have had my thumbs since birth too and i use to get teased about it but it will pass. Also just try to ignore it and tell them ur unique and their just jealous remind the boys that very famous very beautiful Megan Fox has both thumbs clubbed and people dont care the only people that will pick on you are losers and nasty just ignore them.
I am married with a wonderful guy and he loves me for me and my thumb he still mucks around and makes fun of my thumb but he doesnt say it to be nasty he says it for fun and i know he isnt trying to hurt me.
We must be proud of what we have its our unique feature and no one else around us will have it 🙂 its not a disease its not a deformaty its normal to us.
May 25, 2010 at 12:49 pm |
Hi, I’m 38 years old and I have 2 clubbed thumbs. Just remember when getting ask to show your thumbs that the person asking you has normally has got other “unseen issues” and it makes them feel better about themselves looking at something “not quite normal”!!!. Anyway I play guitar and it’s frowned upon by classical guitar teachers to have a thumb overhanging the fingerboard!!! Another advantage is I can use my thumb as a pick on a ukulele,banjo,guitar or bass guitar!!! I actually have some videos posted on youtube under smellriddell if you want to see clubbed thumbs in action!!! BRING ON THE CLUBBED THUMB CONVENTION!!! thanks ITS GREAT KNOWING YOUR NOT ALONE !!!
May 27, 2010 at 12:24 pm |
Hi, i was born with one clubbed thumb and i felt left out and teased over it as i was a child. But then i realised its not something bad cause my mum has it, my grandmother has it and her mother has it. So its pretty much been passed down down my mothers side all the females have it so am guessing that my daughter if i have one she will most likely have it, because my son didnt inherit it so yeah. Also when i found out that Megan Fox has both her thumbs like that i was OMG she is famous and gorgeous and has the thumb so it doesnt bother me anymore.
May 27, 2010 at 12:48 pm |
THESE LITTLE THUMBS OF MINE.I’M GONNA LET THEM SHINE,LET THEM SHINE ,LET THEM SHINE…
May 31, 2010 at 1:00 am |
Hi, Im 14 and and my right thumb is “clubbed”. When ever I was little and we played Thumbs-up 7-up I always put up my left thumb because i was embarrassed of my right one. Now if I show people they are intruiged by my thumb! now with all this stuff about Megan Fox having the thumb…it makes me feel a whole lot better about it! So my advice to those who have clubbed thumbs…love them. They arent a disformity, they are a unique genetic mishap. Dont be afraid of them!
April 1, 2011 at 9:56 pm |
Same here… same here… I did that too whenever we’d play that game!!!! except both my thumbs are clubbed so id try to kinda stretch it out so it looked taller!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 2, 2010 at 12:28 am |
This site needs a photo gallery! Clubbed thumbs are awesome!!
June 4, 2010 at 12:45 am |
SHOUT OUT TO ALL MA CLUB THUMB MANDEM! SHOW DEM LONG THUMB HATERZ! CLUB THUMB PRIDE! BRAPPPPP
June 6, 2010 at 5:30 pm |
I have clubbed thumbs as did my mother. We don’t know a great deal about that side of the family. There is some Swedish, and possibly Welsh. I thought maybe a facebook group might be a good idea. It is ok to post a group name here?
June 6, 2010 at 11:19 pm |
Omg this is so funny, I can’t believe I found a page devoted to people with clubbed thumbs! Both of my thumbs are clubbed, and so are my mother’s. I have four kids, but only my youngest daughter (1 year old) has thumbs like ours. I HATED my thumbs (I’m still not a big fan, but I’m used to them now) when I was a kid because my classmates would stare and ask questions like “What’s wrong with your thumbs??” 😦 I always felt embarrassed so I got pretty good at hiding them. So I feel kind of bad for my youngest because I don’t want her being tormented at school when she gets older…
When I first started dating my husband, I was so nervous that he’d notice my thumbs and not be interested in me anymore so I was always trying to keep them hidden; it wasn’t until months later that I found out he had noticed them on like our second date!! I was like, “Seriously?? You noticed??” He laughed and said yes, he saw one of them and wondered if I had been in some kind of accident where I lost the tip of my thumb, but then he saw the other one and kept trying to imagine what kind of accident I’d have to have been in to lose the tips of both my thumbs at the same time. We both laughed so hard when he told me that! 😉 He teases me (in a lighthearted way) about them from time to time – he told me after the birth of our oldest that I would be a perfect mom because I had thumbs shaped like pacifiers!! lol We REALLY laughed when our third child (about a year old at the time) grabbed my hand one day, examined my thumb carefully, then slowly and deliberately put it in her mouth and started sucking like it really was a pacifier. Of course he made “pacifier-thumb” jokes for like a month straight after that. 😉
June 9, 2010 at 4:58 am |
Hi :] i’m hannah. I’m 18 and I have two clubbed thumbs. I am the only one in my family who has them. I’ve only met one other person who has them. My boyfriend actually found them and introduced us. She was an older woman, and she was so so so cool! I never thought about them when I was a kid, because I guess….all of my finger were small, but as I got older people started pointing them out. No one has ever said “Oh wow! Cool thumbs!” It’s always a grossed out reaction. I personally love it, because every time I see them I can give them two-thumbs up for being an asshole. :]
People who know me well love my thumbs. They make me special, I guess :}
The only times they’ve gotten in the way is when I’m either bowling or texting. It’s hard to find a bowling ball that is light enough for me to hold (because I’m a baby) and with a hole shaped to fit my thumb. And my phone has really little buttons.
I’ve thought of tattooing them before. I would get a corset around the skinny part of my thumbs and cleavage where my thumb is wide at the top. But…I don’t know.. We’ll see. :] haha
I really love that I’ve found people like me. You all seem really cool. There should be a convention of some sort. With finger painting. :]
-Hannah
June 10, 2010 at 1:38 am |
my name is joe, i get bullied at school for my clubbed thumbs. 😥 they call them choads. the worst bully of all is a boy called Box Reid. he made a book about my thumbs and spread it around school. sometimes i just want to curl up in a ball and rot to death. But this website has given me hope, there is light at the end of the tunnel. together, we can beat thumbullying.
p.s can anyone give me the link for a ginger version of this site? 🙂
thankyou for listening
June 10, 2010 at 3:28 pm |
Remember Joe, a bully (especially like the one you’re dealing with) usually has a big problem with himself and just wants to try to divert his own self-consciousness to someone else. He’s probably a little jealous of you and wishes he had these awesome thumbs so he too could be a little unique! 🙂
June 10, 2010 at 9:07 pm |
Hey Joe, I’m a redhead (ginger) too! I think it’s weird that so many people don’t like people with red hair – idk, my husband likes it, especially in one certain location that will not be mentioned here. 😉 lol
As far as that Box Reid guy – what an @$$h0le! I would probably want to curl up and die too, but I have a really hot temper, so I’d probably go over to him instead and hit him really hard in the face with something blunt and heavy. Like maybe my thumb. LOL For the record, I’m not advocating violence, but if I were in that situation as a teenager, I probably would’ve beat the crap out of that little punk.
Unfortunately, he’s probably not jealous of your thumbs (sorry Kim! lol), but she’s right about the self-consciousness thing – a lot of bullies have issues with insecurity, self-doubt, and a need to be accepted by others. They don’t know how to gain acceptance from other people in normal ways, so they instead “unite” themselves with others against a “common enemy” so to speak. In this case, that enemy is you. He’ll make fun of you until it becomes unpopular with others, like if someone stands up to him and says, “Hey, jerk, that’s not funny, you really hurt this guy’s feelings,” or “Why are you always picking on him?” or whatever. He’d be less likely to do it in the future because the reward of feeling accepted for doing it would be gone. Just my two cents. Good luck dealing with Dumb As A Box.
June 10, 2010 at 12:10 pm |
JOE,PEOPLE WHO BULLY DO SO BECAUSE THEY FEEL INFERIOR NOT BECAUSE YOU HAVE CLUBBED THUMBS. WHAT YOU ARE GOING THRU WILL HELP YOU LATER IN LIFE. IT WILL MAKE YOU STRONGER.
June 11, 2010 at 2:05 am |
I have them too – 2 of them.
I used to hide them under my fingers a lot…kind of make fists. Friends used to call the murderers thumbs. it was only today that I looked up what they are. Im of german canadian heritage, have a high IQ and migraines and other neurological issues but don’t know if that genetically significant.
June 11, 2010 at 2:11 am |
Does anyone have clubbed toes as well? I’ve read that some people have both clubbed thumbs and toes, but have never seen clubbed toes. Couldn’t find any pics on the net either.
I’m really interested in what they look like. I only have clubbed thumbs.
June 14, 2010 at 10:30 pm |
I am 15 years old and I live in the U.S. Both of my thumbs are clubbed and I used to be very self conscious about them but now I have learned to really like my unique thumbs! No one else in my family has them, so I only found out that alot of people had thumbs like mine a week ago. I went to get a manicure last week and the lady doing my nails said that she had never seen thumbs like mine but she said they were cute so they must not be that ugly! I also have short toes which I think is related to my clubbed thumbs somehow. I am half dutch and half Norwegian with some English to.
June 27, 2010 at 3:39 pm |
Hi, Katey- I won’t tell you my age- just that I’m old enough to be your mother (at least). Like you, no one in my family has clubbed thumbs except for me. I’m also half English/Irish and Norwegian AND have stubby toes. I called them Fred Flintstone feet. I think my club thumbs and feet along with lower than normal pinkies, are sometimes part of the package. As you get older you’ll find they are a great conversation piece at partties, etc…and people are intrigued- never repulsed, I’m happy to say.
June 14, 2010 at 11:16 pm |
I am 12 years old in the U.S. and my thumbs are EXACTLY like yours!!!!!!! I’m soooo glad i found this website because I have never met a single person that has the same kind of thumbs as me!!!!! Now i have!!!!!!!!! =) I was with my mom getting a manicure and the lady started laughing at my thumbs! But my toes are all normal. All of my friends think they are sooooo cute though. We should have a clubbed thumb convention!!
June 16, 2010 at 8:49 am |
Yay for clubbed thumbs!
I’m 18 and from England, my ancestors have all come from England as far as we can trace.
I have them on both my thumbs, and both by big toes are clubbed too. I’m such a freak (:
None of my family have them, and my brothers noticed them first a few years ago and called them “alien thumbs”.
June 17, 2010 at 4:03 am |
Hi Laura. I only have clubbed thumbs. Do you have a pic of your clubbed toes? I’m very curious what they look like. I have never seen them.
June 17, 2010 at 11:56 am |
wo0o0o0o0ow!
my gosh.
i am most definatley speechless. i as you would assume have 2 clubbed thumbs myself, infact its only untill today i acknowledged they had a name, i saw 1 or 2 people have them before but not many… my smile progressivley grew as i would read all of your entries. wow i acctually for once feel proud of my thumbs. i used to be so embarressed and always hide my hands, but i would like to thank the person who had the eniciative to create such a site 🙂
HI-5 FOR CLUBBED THUMBS
June 24, 2010 at 11:59 pm |
This is so funny. I always knew I had wierd thumbs, and I have come across a few others with them as well, but I never knew they were so popular! It is nice to see that others share this with me! :] I have two clubbed thumbs, and I was also part of the group where I was made fun of them in middle school and high school for them. Now I just laugh because I think they are actually kind of cool and very unique. I come from an Irish, English and German family.. and I noticed that the Irish/English side of my family has these as well. It it so wierd that its hereditary, but its also kinda cool. yay for the person who made this site! haha.
June 28, 2010 at 1:45 pm |
I can’t believe I waited so long to find this site! My left thumb is clubbed and I am the only person in my family to have one (that I know of). My daughter’s left thumb is slightly clubbed but not very noticeable. Mine is quite obvious! Luckily for me, no one in school noticed it or picked on me because of it. However, the fact that I had braces, glasses, acne and a big nose probably gave them enough ammo! Now I’m 47 and the braces and acne are gone, and I’m ok with the nose, the glasses AND the thumb! It is a unique feature and whenever I meet someone else with it we laugh and compare thumbs. I do have some French ancestry on my mom’s side, but am 100% Hungarian on my dad’s side. My toes are all fairly long – no clubbing there.
The only setback I have found was mentioned above. It’s hard to find a bowling ball that fits. Rings, too. If I were more into bowling, I’d have one specially drilled. I let the nail grow out a bit more than the others to give my hands a more balanced look. I’m a jewelry artist, so this long wide nail is great for scooping up small beads. I custom-made a silver ring just for my thumb – size 10 1/2. I think it looks beautiful!
Thanks to the creator of this site – it’s wonderful to have a place to celebrate our uniqueness!
June 28, 2010 at 1:50 pm |
One more comment – I just saw the latest Transformers movie and noticed Megan Fox’s thumbs. She is so beautiful, and so are her thumbs. We’re in good company!
July 2, 2010 at 2:50 am |
I have clubbed thumbs! I was made fun of but I dont really care what people think just because we have a diffrent thumb. At least it works fine just like all the rest lol.
July 4, 2010 at 8:09 pm |
I have clubbed thumbs too!! People have always asked me why I do and I really didn’t know until I started doing research! No one in my family does so I’m not really sure where it comes from but it just makes me feel special! 🙂
July 6, 2010 at 1:25 pm |
I have two clubbed thumbs as well, I hate them but never realised how common they are as never really took any notice of them until I met my friend as she has clubbed thumbs also, I have no idea who I take after if any, but I have joined groups on facebook as there is more people who have these kind of thumbs more than we all realise 🙂
July 6, 2010 at 1:30 pm |
I dont know if any of you can let your thumb nails grow long, I can’t as they dig in and is very uncomfortable, so my thumbs look more stumpy
July 6, 2010 at 1:40 pm |
none of my brothers nor my sister have club thumbs, just me
July 12, 2010 at 5:22 am |
Hello all! I’m glad to know there are others with short stubby thumbs like me… I’m a male of chinese decent (100%) living in the united states. I am the only one in my family with these thumbs, however, apparently someone in my family might have had them as well (either a grand-aunt or great grand-aunt, unfortunatly, no living relative can confirm it). However, my hands are unnaturally small for a full size adult male, I’ve always had to wear small sized gloves even today, growing up there were certain occasions where I was forced to wear women’s gloves (not cool). But all in all they dont bother me, I actually work as a massage therapist and have no problem doing bodywork. The ONLY thing is… being chinese… I eat with chopsticks… I use chopsticks without problem but get tired holding them as my short digits cannot flex to use the chopsticks correctly… but I still manage to eat!
July 13, 2010 at 4:55 pm |
I am 100% Finnish, and I have one clubbed thumb. My Finnish grandmother told me it was an artist’s thumb, so I was proud of it.
But I’m 61 now, and I have a very sore joint above my clubbed thumb. It’s the only sore joint in my body. Not sure if it’s arthritis, tendonitis or carpel tunnel, but I’m wondering if it’s from my little thumb having to reach further all my life. Anyone else have this problem?
July 17, 2010 at 5:36 am |
Sharon,
At yur age, it’s probably safe to assume it’s arthritis, but we can’t be 100% certain, however there is an effective way to threat that issue. My friend is a chiropractor whom I work closely with as an on-hand massage practitioner. She introduced me to a medical product called Kinesio tape
info can be found here http://www.kinesiotaping.com/
If it bothers you (or if any other joint/muscle bothers you) do ask a chiropractor about this product. It’s safe, effective, and non-invasive. Hope it helps.
July 13, 2010 at 9:45 pm |
wow this is amazing i thought i wuz the only one,lol i thought something was wrong or such but i guess not :Dcuz no one inmy family that i know of does not have them.Im 16 and i would get so conscience about them and i would hide them.ppl at school would be aw they’re cute or would make fun of me. but i would usually laugh it off as well.but thank god i found this site and yeah from other comments, its true we are special 😀
July 14, 2010 at 1:25 pm |
I READ AN INTERESTING ARTICLE YESTERDAY THAT ALL EUROPEAN WOMEN ARE DESCENDANTS OF FIVE WOMEN . THAT IS TO SAY THAT ALL MITOCHONDRIAL DNA CAN BE TRACED BACK TO JUST FIVE WOMEN. THERE WAS A BOTTLE NECK IN THE GENE POOL CAUSED BY A CATASTROPHE SOME WHERE IN HISTORY.
July 16, 2010 at 2:36 pm |
I can’t believe there are so many of us with “Royal Thumbs.” I am 50 years old and have only met one other person with them. Growing up I was told that the “abnormality” comes through the House of Wales and that is why they are called royal.
About 8 years ago I met another girl with them and she had the same story. I think I am Scottish and Cherokee (and more) and so is she. It was exciting to see I was not alone. I grew up hiding them.
I think I will start a group of us on Facebook. Unless someone beats me to it.
July 16, 2010 at 3:59 pm |
@rhonda, I have two clubbed thumbs, I only two other people with thumbs like mine, I am 34 years old, I never really noticed my thumbs were odd while I was growing it wasnt until
July 16, 2010 at 4:01 pm |
That I got older I really took notice of my thumbs
there is group on facebook called Hammer Thumbs as I am in it but you should set up your own
July 17, 2010 at 5:29 pm |
Did anyone watch Meagan Fox on Letterman last nite? I missed it but it would have been interesting to see how our celebrity rep handles her clubbed thumbs in the spotlight.
A facebook page is an opportunity to change our image, fellow clubbers. How ’bout: : “Royal digits formerly known as club thumbs” )
July 22, 2010 at 3:51 pm |
I was sooo shocked wen i came in this website because i saw the picture and it was my thumb competely! i always get teased at school because of them but now i no i am normal! thanks guys xxxxx XD
July 23, 2010 at 2:02 pm |
This is a nice place. Thanks for putting it up. I’m a 17 year old Australian girl and of Scottish, Welsh, Polish etc descent and I have a clubbed left thumb. Proud to say it to anyone!
lol, my younger sister and I both have opposite clubbed thumbs, mine left and hers right.
Whenever people asked about it, the look on their faces was like ‘WTF?!’. And our mother is always disgusted about it.
Thanks heaps for putting this up! Makes some of us feel like we’re in a group of awesome people. It’s nice to meet you all!
July 24, 2010 at 11:17 am |
Wow really? I am 16 (17 in 2 months) and I have a clubbed left thumb as well. I have never met or seen anyone with a thumb like mine… except this one girl who has two clubbed thumbs. Anyway, I wish I had your courage… to stop hiding it etc. How did you get over the fear of what people would think or that they would judge you?
August 20, 2010 at 1:59 pm
I never really had a fear of people judging me. It’s just that people judge people no matter what, even if they don’t mean to or realize it.
In this day and age, there’s bound to be someone in the world who will say “OMG THAT IS SO GROSS!!” but just ignore them.
Words are just words, they can’t bite you and they don’t break bones. If people wanna be bitches, let them. We get more attention in the long run.
Seriously, it’s their loss that they can’t be like you, no matter who you are. I think you’ve got the courage to speak up here and that says a lot.
Look at me! For a 17yr old, I’m so out of fashion, I’m practically in the 90’s! But you know what? I don’t care. Haters can hate, but that’s what middle fingers were made for! 🙂
Be proud of your thumb! It is a mark of your individuality and show that you are, even that tiny little bit more special than a regular Joe.
July 24, 2010 at 11:12 am |
Wow there are so many people with ‘clubbed thumbs’
I am 16 years old and I have a clubbed thumb on my left hand. No one else in my family and extended family has one. My right thumb looks completely normal as well as the rest of all my other fingers. I am so embarrassed about it :$ I always hide it and I am sick of it! I didn’t start noticing it until I was in year 8… by this time it became more evident. I am thinking to get plastic/cosmetic surgery on it when I am a bit older. I have tried to research online about getting cosmetic surgery on it and as far as I’ve read you can, although I have only found one cosmetic surgery website yes that’s right only ONE in my state. I freaked out when I read that they would use your index finger as your thumb… how the hell would that work? Anyway, I’m not even going to bother trying to comprehend that madness! lol. I would like to hear from anyone that has considered getting cosmetic surgery on it and gone to a specialist to get it examined, etc. What did the doc say? Did you get it done? I know I might sound a little vain with the whole ‘wanting to get surgery done’ but it really bothers me 😥 I mean I don’t really think about it but then when I look at it… it’s so weird. I am sick of trying to hide it.
It would be nice to get a reply 🙂
August 20, 2010 at 2:04 pm |
Here’s an answer, DON’T HIDE IT! 🙂
It’s not your fault that you got it, and you shouldn’t be ashamed of it. Heck, I always thought the top of mine was chopped off!
I don’t think you should get surgery for it. Surgery costs sooo much money nowadays, and the time spent waiting for it to heal… it’s just not worth the trouble.
Besides, you’re only 16! It’s not the end of the world and you’ve got your entire life ahead of you.
Closing note; if that’s the worst thing that your body has done to you, feel lucky. Some people aren’t so fortunate.
July 24, 2010 at 3:36 pm |
I am 53 yrs old and both of my thumbs are clubbed. I am of Irish and German heritage. My father had these thumbs. I have only met 3 or 4 other people in my life with these special thumbs. All of my childhood and teen years were spent hiding my thumbs in the palm of my hands. The only real problem that I have had with them is trying to work with small objects such as beads. A small object will get lost behind my fat little thumbs.LOL! I want to tell all you young girls with these thumbs, DON’T HIDE THEM !!!!! This is something that makes you special. I had a doctor tell me years ago that these thumbs are a sign of intelligence. I don’t know if I believe that but it’s a good comeback line for all those rude people that see your thumbs and say”Oh my God what happened to your thumbs”. I welcome any funny stories from my special thumbs family (sandy2357@tampabay.rr.com). Good Luck and Be Proud.
July 25, 2010 at 11:53 am |
I have irish in my blood as well as quarter irish but still dont no anyone in my family with thumbs like mine but have two clubbed thumbs, but I was never really aware of them until about 10 years ago when I met a girl on the bus and she is now my friend so was nice to meet someone like me with regards to my thumbs
July 26, 2010 at 8:29 pm |
I’m 53 and have two (very) clubbed thumbs. Growing up, I was told by mother that I had made them that way (by biting, sucking?, who knows) People constantly asked me what happened to my thumbs and I would blush from embarrassment and shame. When I was in my early 20s, I found “short thumb syndrome” in a genetics book at the library and realized I’d been duped.
July 27, 2010 at 10:28 pm |
im 12 and ive got 2 clubbed thumbs. i only just noticed they were different when i was 8, i thought everyone had the same thumbs as me. and then a couple of years ago people started noticing and saying stuff like ‘omg you have really weird thumbs, they’re so small and chubby’ most of my friends say they’re cute but some people slag me and call me ‘mongo thumbs’ which i blow over my head but it actually does hurt and i didnt notice so many people were the same as me!! my older sister has 2 clubbed thumbs and she doesnt get slagged at all.. i feel so much less self concious now that i know me and my sister are not the only ones:)
July 28, 2010 at 3:30 am |
I have also heard them called Planter’s thumbs. I think actress Anne Heche also has at least one. Mine is only my right hand. My cousin has only her left! My maternal grandfather had two. He was 100% Danish – but was from the part which kept going back and forth between Germay and Denmark over the centuries. I’m an O+.
July 28, 2010 at 8:10 am |
I have large clubbed thumbs ( not murder thumbs)on both hands and I LOVE EM! I am a middle age man, and have gone through life as a creative and successful person! I am Italian and French! You know what they say is true,” BIG HANDS, BIG FEET, BIG C-OCK!” Yesiree……I have had many women and men look at my thumbs and say” WOW, you have such big fat thumbs”……! and hands and feet and …….ok!?
July 30, 2010 at 12:21 pm |
i also have clubbed thumbs.i’mfrom norway ( i read someone else herewas from norway:)) .i went to the doctor some years ago and he sayd there are surgery for this i decided to not have surgery…..but i wonder if anyone has had one??
have a nice day:)
July 30, 2010 at 12:32 pm |
ye and by surgery the doctor ment “removing” the side of the nail” and maby lenghten the thumb by wearing a mechanism that lengthens it over a period of time..
August 1, 2010 at 10:04 pm |
You know how when you feel the sides of your thumbs, you can feel bone? Is the bone at the clubbed part actually wider than the rest of your thumb?
August 1, 2010 at 10:02 pm |
Hey. I’m 15 years old, almost 16 and I have 2 clubbed thumbs. My grandma had them and my dad had one. I would be ashamed of them when people notice them. I would always put my thumb in the palm of my hand and wrap my fingers around them so no one could see them. I’ve never seen anyone out of my family with clubbed thumbs before, but now that I’ve found a website actually dedicated to people with clubbed thumbs, it makes me feel better that I’m not the only one.
August 5, 2010 at 10:01 am |
I’m sixteen and I couldn’t love my cute little fat thumbs any more than I already do! Both of my thumbs are clubbed and proud of it. My daddy, who also has them, feels bad for “giving” them to me, but I tell him, like I tell everyone else who like to make silly comments about them, that they are what make me unique, and that I am fortunate for the life that I have. There are thousands of people in the world who are less fortunate than me, and would glady take my thumbs for a secure life : ) So for all my fellow clubbers, next time someone makes you feel bad about yourself for your beautiful thumbs, remember that your life could be a lot worse. Enjoy your life, because when your gone, you don’t want to be remember as the person who didn’t like his/her thumb(s) but loved them and didn’t let it or any other unique feature stop you from being happy! And think if we’re this LUCKY to get such a unique feature, then this must mean we are are inclined to “luckiness”, so go out and buy yourself a lotto ticket! : ) Enjoy your life!
PS- For people who make fun of you for it, just smile, and give them a little lesson about what clubbed thumbs are, a little education won’t hurt anyone. Spread the love for clubbed thumbs!
“The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all.”
August 9, 2010 at 8:03 am |
when i was in middle school i always thought i was the only one with these thumbs, being laughed at and picked on i could only laugh with them so it wouldnt get me upset, over time i learned to embrase, love and come to an understanding that i have short little thumbs that makes me different. i love my thumbs that i inhrited from my dad and always will.
August 10, 2010 at 12:47 am |
has anyone here had operated their thumbs? I will renew my two thumbs, is there a possibility to do this??? If some one here done it then please show pictures..
August 10, 2010 at 3:09 am |
Let’s talk about little awkwardnesses with our unusual thumbs!
*backstory** I am an Asian teen and I have a short thumb on my left hand (seems like I am the only one of my family, but I really don’t know my family too well). I find this peculiar because everyone else on here seems to be Caucasian, so they can pass off this trait as “Ancient Royal Blood” or something, but I can’t (haha, who would believe me???). I also am embarrassed by it, and luckily since it’s on my left hand (non-dominant) I don’t have to show it off as much. However it gets awkward when I’m trying to show something to someone with my left hand, or turn a page of a book. Also I play piano and guitar, so it’s awkward when I play and people see it. They usually don’t comment, but I can see their piercing glares, and their minds thinking “wtf??” Most people I show it to just laugh it off or forget about it, but I still rather not show it around. I am afraid that when I get married, and my husband has to put the ring on my left hand, it would seem awkward (is this rational??). Other than that, I’ve learned to cope with it…although sometimes I do wish that I could one day get a surgery on it.
Anyone else??
November 25, 2011 at 5:33 pm |
I used to consider surgery, but lost interest in it since it doesn’t bother me as much as it used to. I also play guitar and piano/keyboard. I wonder if there are any other musicians on here.
August 10, 2010 at 3:40 am |
Lewis, it’s people like you that make the world ugly, not us. I have 2 clubbed thumbs and in hindu it means I am lead by my heart.
August 10, 2010 at 3:45 am |
I have clubbed thumbs & I just found out today that they had a legit scientific name! That makes me excited! Yeah ppl would laugh at my thumbs but most would say they’re cute & whatnot lol I love them it makes me different & unique! Wen my friends bag on me bout them I just laugh & make fun of them for something that’s different with them & then we all just laugh it off! No1 should be embarrassed bout them they’re cute and a part of what makes you you :)!!!
August 10, 2010 at 7:17 am |
ever since the incident of megan’s clubbed thumb, i realized that there are many like me too. there is even a scientific term for it. i have always known its generic, as my grandma n aunt shares the trait. i have once felt ashamed of my thumb and think i would be refused as a stewardess. however, the hugest consolation is that in Chinese fortune telling context, it is a blessing to have thumbs like this. such thumbs usually belongs to people who are powerful in the family.
August 10, 2010 at 10:03 am |
has anyone here had operated their thumbs? I will renew my two thumbs, is there a possibility to do this??? If some one here done it then please show pictures..
August 14, 2010 at 3:03 am |
Hi!
I havent had surgery, but if you want to know what it would look like, I can make it for you in photoshop. Want to see?
August 15, 2010 at 11:30 am
yes show me please
August 12, 2010 at 5:15 pm |
WOW!!! i can’t possibly read all these comments, though i’m so interested to read everyone’s thoughts…
both my thumbs are like this and as far as i know have been since birth. my middle finger nails are also short and wide unlike the rest of my nails which are all “normal”….
crazy to see how many others are like this!
i have met a few people in my life like this, an aunt of mine (married in, not blood related), a good childhood friend had only one like this.
well i also have felt embarrassed most of my life, and i hate how my nails look painted, etc….
my husband thinks my hands and thumbs are so cute, that is when i stopped worrying about it! haha
well interesting and nice to “see” all of you here…..
blessings!
August 12, 2010 at 5:20 pm |
oh, and i am 75% italian, the other 25 is mostly irish, among other things 😉
August 12, 2010 at 5:28 pm |
I have two clubbed thumbs but wasnt ever really aware of them growing up so never really know knew when I was ever really aware of them, but did meet a girl who has two clubbed thumbs also, if anyone wants to catch me on facebook, message me
August 16, 2010 at 7:02 am |
I’m a 13 yr old girl, and I have toe-thumbs. I really hate them. They don’t bother me that much, but I would be better off without them. My sister has them too and she’s 26. She sucked on one as a child, and it looks kinda normal. My mom is Cherokee Indian, and my dad is Irish. Somewhere on my mom’s side, I’m slightly Italian. So I pretty much have every connection it seems….I wanna be connected to royalty
August 16, 2010 at 12:54 pm |
have one of your parents those thumb?
August 16, 2010 at 11:51 pm
Nope. Just me and my sister.
August 16, 2010 at 1:36 pm |
MAYBE WE ARE A LOST TRIBE OF ISRAEL OR SOME LONG LOST CIVILIZATION?
August 17, 2010 at 4:49 pm |
hahaha this is so funny. i googled this cos i have little left thumb. i never even noticed, now i love it, dont even care! whats the big deal! no one ever says anything or even notices
August 20, 2010 at 2:12 pm |
That’s a GREAT state of mind!
I have a small left thumb too, and only found out in 2008, after much griping and teasing from people. I don’t know what they’d tease someone. Maybe those boys who tease girls with small thumbs have smaller… uhh… equipment.
🙂 I love my thumb!
August 23, 2010 at 12:42 pm |
Elaine,
We are even more unique, we have the same name and the same thumb! 🙂
elaine Says:
August 23, 2010 at 10:03 am
I cannot believe all these people have my thumbs. I have been given heaps all my life about my thumbs. I am 52 and have 5 borthers and sisters. None of whom have the famous thumbs. I cannot believe there are so many of us out there. I have never met anyone else with them. Great to know there is something that makes us unique.
August 25, 2010 at 5:01 pm |
Hi everyone! I am sooo happy to discover more people like me. I have been teased and bullied because of my thumbs. Being fourteen and already a little self conscious, its really hard. I cry a lot and wonder why I have these two thumbs. My dad also has them. We’re the only ones in my family that I know of that have them. I am really wondering if my thumbs will ever affect my dating life. So many guys find them disgusting. It makes me really sad. I am learning to like my thumbs, especially after the fact that we might be related to royalty. Other people are just jealous. Go thumbers!
September 3, 2010 at 11:28 am |
i am 16 and i never realized i had small thumbs because i was so used to them being that size but a few years back people started calling me about them i didn’t know what to say at first but then it started getting on my nerves it made me feel so embarrassed and i just laughed with them but inside it really hurt. im glad i found this site today as it makes you feel better knowing there are lots of people the same
September 4, 2010 at 7:47 pm |
wow cant believe there r so many people out there with clubbed thumbs like me.im 30 now i was really shy about mine when i was little i would always hide them .people asked me alot why i had thumbs like i do I never knew what to say, but as i got older most peoples comments were more positive and most people tell me their so cute I rarely even think about them just lately with the whole megan fox thumb thing.
September 6, 2010 at 5:54 pm |
Hi to all the above,
I’m from Long Island, New York. So happy to have a site like this. I was born with to unique thumbs. That’s the way I like to look at it. In turn that makes me unique and of of you unique. Sure its hurtful to being teases, or hearing someone make fun of you. Always having to hide them, but the next time anyone criticizes your unique thumb(s) all you have to say is “At least I have thumbs!!! 🙂
September 8, 2010 at 5:32 pm |
I have 2 stubby thumbs and always wanted to change them…ive always been a bit shy with my thumbs and always hiding them, i did get teased a little bit, but i ignored them and then the people stopped, just a little advise. shouldnt be embarressed about it, its you no one can change it really 🙂
March 19, 2011 at 1:42 pm |
hello i find someone who kan surgery the thumbs to be 1.5-2 cm longer. But he dont recomendet to do that. Its will be cost 4000 euro each. Write if you will surgery. Can give you all information. This messege its for evryone who will surgery, take care!
September 9, 2010 at 8:01 pm |
I am so glad that I’m not a freak for having 2 totally different thumbs!!!
April 1, 2011 at 9:47 pm |
Just cuz u have 2 club thumbs doesnt mean ur a freak… i have 2 and im not a freak…
September 10, 2010 at 7:08 pm |
I have assymetrical clubbed thumbs, with the stubbiest being on my right hand (right hand dominant). One of my two brothers has the same condition, and his stubbiest thumb is on his left hand (he is left hand dominant). Neither my other brother nor my sister, nor neither of my parents have BDD. I am an American mixed breed decendent from Irsih, French (Canadian) and Polish lineages. No idea which family would have been decendent from royal blood lines, but both paternal grandfathers claimed their ancestors were nobility centuries ago. A geneology trace has been unfruitful, as we believe there were some serious alterations of familial names upon arrival in the USA.
September 12, 2010 at 6:53 pm |
My thumb isnt quite that short, bur it is a club. I alway thought my right thumb was tall and my left thumb was normal sized! Haha it’s cool there are a lot of other people like that
September 15, 2010 at 9:32 pm |
Hi, It’s so nice to find people just like me! I never knew there were so many out there in the world! I have two just like in the picture too! I too, was teased as a child, name calling & all the good stuff, just like that Lewis guy that commented. People shouldn’t judge other people, there is so much going on in the world right now, we need to all get along! I’ve always called my thumbs “fat thumbs, never knowing the real name, which is “Brachydactyly type D or BDD”. We should all keep in touch & maybe form a club for our thumbs! HA! I feel better knowing that there are more people out there like us!
September 16, 2010 at 6:47 am |
I have two clubbed thumbs also, but when I was at work last week, I noticed one of my work colleagues had a clubbed thumb on his right hand and a normal thumb on his left hand and he is of asian origin, but was shocked to see another person with thumbs like me , I do have another friend with two clubbed thumbs as well and she is white like me
but I was never aware of when my thumbs were like this, it wasnt until I got my friend that I was more aware of them
September 16, 2010 at 6:57 am |
I havent a clue if any of my older ancestors had thumbs like mine as all my grandparents died b4 I was born so wouldnt know where to start to even find anything out about if any of my family have but the ones that are still living dont its only me that has thumbs like these
September 16, 2010 at 1:04 pm |
hi i also have a clubbed thumb although only one (my right)
i always use to try to hide it but now i dont care its UNIQue and heck if its royal even better
September 16, 2010 at 3:25 pm |
Hi All!
I still cannot believe I came across this site yesterday & found out that there are alot of us out there! It’s wonderful to talk about our thumbs without being teased or stared at! I am 100% Italian Sicilian/Napolitan, A+ blood type. No one in my family has these thumbs, maybe my ancestors prior did. When I was little, my thumbs were normal, from baby pictures which I have. I was told too, that my thumbs were caused by me sucking on them! Does anyone have the same situation, & does anyone know how to find out if your relatives have them? Very curious now. My right thumb is much shorter than my left, but both clubby! I have always called myself, “ThumbIslandGirl”, becuase of my fat thumbs! All have a good day! Hope to hear some information, please, thanks!
September 16, 2010 at 3:32 pm |
@jacalyn
my mum thought it was due to me sucking my thumb but only ever sucked my left one but have two clubbed thumbs and like you I thought mine were ok when I was little but it wasnt until I met a friend that she had the same kind of thumbs, as for any of my relatives having any thumbs like them I am not sure as all my grandparents died b4 I was born, and none of my brothers and sisters have or my parents so am as confused as you why I am the only one,
September 16, 2010 at 4:34 pm |
Hi Lorna,
Thanks for responding. Yes my parents, grandparents, are gone too, cannot ask anyone either. It would be something if my chance we were all related in someway? Being, having these thumbs! Well, we have to look at it this way, we are all unique, & at least we are not alone! There are so many of us that we didn’t realize before. If I do come across any info, I will definetly pass it on to you! Take care.
September 16, 2010 at 4:39 pm |
hi jacalyn, and if I find out anything either will let ya know as well, if anyone uses facebook there is a group on there called hammer thumbs or photobucket, I am on facebook so if anyone is on there add me but must be 16+
September 16, 2010 at 5:31 pm |
Hi Lorna,
I’m a 50 yr. old mom of two girls, so far they don’t have my thumbs, which I’m glad, they are normal. I live in the USA, Long Island, NY. Where are you from? I am on facebook too, but haven’t looked for our type of thumbs on there yet. You can add me too, but must be over 16.
September 16, 2010 at 5:34 pm |
hi jacalyn, i am 34 and live in the uk whats ya name on facebook mine is lornalornzbressington
September 16, 2010 at 5:36 pm |
i am 34 and live in the uk my facebook name is lornalornzbressington
September 16, 2010 at 5:48 pm |
Hi Lorna,
My facebook name is ThumbIslandGirl@aol.com Talk soon
September 16, 2010 at 8:15 pm |
My kids coined the term thoes for my clubbed thumbs. A morphing og half thumbs/half toes. Pretty clever, I think. Anyone else ever heard them called that?
September 17, 2010 at 12:57 am |
Hi Bruce,
No, I have never heard that expression before. That’s an unique name! I also have a smaller pinky on my right hand with no knuckle, have you come across anyone who has this? I am just curious, which I forgot to mention in posts earlier.
September 20, 2010 at 11:08 pm |
Hi, im 12 years old and me, my sister Amy, and my sister Amanda all have clubbed thumbs. Me and Amy have both thumbs clubbed but Amanda only has one. Were from the USA and come from Irish,Ukraine, and Hungarian heritage. Often people ask me about my thumbs but i just say i was born like this. niether of my parents have clubbed thumbs, nor anyone else in my family. I always have noted them as “toe thumbs”. Thankz 4 letting me know im not the only one out there like this. Im accually starting to apprieciate them.
thanks soooo much
Amber ♥
September 20, 2010 at 11:54 pm |
I wonder if this is from Irish heritige because alot of people on here say they’re Irish. I’m Irish. 🙂
I love these thumbs 🙂 ♥
September 25, 2010 at 5:02 pm |
Lol this is cool! The family has re-united! LOL.
Well I live in Australia, born and raised. I’m of Somali background though (East African)
I have two clubbed thumbs. They are very much like the ones shown in the picture, I would have mistaken them for mine if they were just a bit darker 😛
I do get self-conscious sometimes about my thumbs..But hey? It’s not like they are right there, unless you put them out..
I get mixed feelings from people when they are seen, either a laugh or say they’re really cute and won’t stop looking at them!
It annoys me though..There are a lot of people in the world who have them, people just don’t realize..Might as well stop every person for having a large nose…GOSH!
September 26, 2010 at 2:10 am |
Hi Anisa,
What a pretty name & different! Yes I know what you mean, having to hide them. People just don’t think before they say anything! it bothers me too, especially when I was little & got teased alot from other kids, now it doesn’t bother me! Since I found this site, I say to myself, “We are all unique”! So here’s happy thumbing, glad there are so many of us!
October 4, 2010 at 5:47 am |
Haha why thank you 🙂
It’s of Arabic origin.
I completely understand..This just proves how ignorant some people are, maybe not the kids seeing they’re young, but definitely the adults!
Everybody has something different about them, maybe ours is just more obvious!
EMBRACE OUR BEAUTIFULLY UNIQUE THUMBS ❤
October 3, 2010 at 4:40 am |
Hello everyone, I too have 2 palm tree thumbs(or at least thats what I call them)I absolutely love them they make me unique,special and different from people with plain old thumbs.I have read all the comments on this page and I say you shouldn’t care if you were picked on or insulted because you have these thumbs.You shouldn’t be embarrassed,hate your thumbs, or want to have surgery on them;you should be happy and proud to have something that other people don’t.I am the only one in my family that I know of who has these thumbs also,I have only met one person in my entire life with these thumbs.So, be glad that you are different from everyone and that you stand out in a unique way.And if someone insults your thumbs,WHO FLIPPIN’ CARES!!!!!
October 3, 2010 at 2:08 pm |
Hi! I have 2 clubbed thumbs, and four in my family has these. Today I found out that Megan Fox has them, and that made me happy 🙂
Im from Norway, and none of my friends has these thumbs, just my famliy. Thanks for this website! :))
October 3, 2010 at 11:33 pm |
Hello again my fellow clubbed thumb friends! 😀
I have two clubbed thumbs, and now it is not as irritating as it used to be. The only thing that I find irritating is when i’m playing bowling, playing piano and doing thumb war … At least, I’m not alone. My aunt, couisin and sister has these thumbs too 😉
And about the royalty in the family, it’s true. Im related to Harald Hårfagre 🙂
When I was little I was ashamed of my thumbs, and I used to hide them, but I have not been bullied about them. They just say: What’s up with your thumbs?!. I don’t mind anymore (almost)
Btw, Im from Norway and I have not met anybody with the same thumbs as me, so thats why I thougt we were the only ones :O
It’s so good to read your stories, and It is so cool to have our own website. At least, we’re not alone !!
THUMBS UP EVERYBODY 😀
October 6, 2010 at 1:50 am |
I’m glad to find a community of others with my thumbs. My father had them as did one of his sisters. I am the only one of my generation – and neither my daughter or granddaughter have the thumbs – so I guess they stop with me. As a child and young adult, my thumbs were a source of embarrassment A blind date in college called them “milking thumbs and offered me work on his family dairy farm..I didn’t take him up on the offer! After my father passed away, I began to think of the thumbs as my legacy! A new perspective! As all of us know,texting and touch screens have been difficult at best – but I recently found the solution to my (our) difficulties. Do you all know about TAD? http://www.tad-accessories.com/ They make these little rubber rings that go over the ends of the thumbs (the large size fit mine perfectly) that have 3 interchangable nubs for texting. I hope passing this along is helpful. Best wishes, Daddy’sthumbs
October 17, 2010 at 6:48 pm |
Hi Judy and Jacalyn
Thank you for your kind reviews of the TAD, I have read the blogs from other people with clubbed thumbs and I’m humbled that the TAD can have such a profound impact in your lifestyle, with cell phones being designed even smaller rest assured the TAD’s got it covered, hence the reason I designed three different shaped inserts, when I first showed it to teenagers in Scotland they said WOW COOL I want one, so no worries about street cred, did you watch my demo video clip on the home page of the TAD site http://www.tad-accessories.com . Cheers
October 7, 2010 at 8:27 am |
Wow this is so cool and so weird. Both my thumbs are clubbed, I got them from my mom, she has both of them clubbed, as well as my sister.
I wonder really why though.. My mom’s family is from Mexico, except her grandparent who was from spain.
What do they mean?! it would be cool to find out.
Thanks for this blog! I feel like I have friends with thumbs up all over the world now.
October 8, 2010 at 5:42 am |
My right thumb is clubbed, I thought it was because I got a door slammed over my fingers when I was little – until NOW. And people do make jokes about my thumb and say it’s funny looking, and it is funny looking so I get it. Now I’m just happy to see that I’m not the only one with a “retarded” thumb. I’m more proud than embarrassed now. 🙂
October 14, 2010 at 1:09 am |
i had a friend once who told me “omg! what’s wrong with your finger!” and everytime she would see me she’s point and my thumb like it was a little baby and said “oh, there’s my little friend”… she’s no longer my friend.
October 14, 2010 at 1:07 am |
question! i want to get the HTC EVO for sprint. I had the Hero but because of my clubbed left thumb it was hard, but the Evo is MUCH bigger!! does anyone here own it? ahhh! don’t wanna spend that much $ if my dreaded thumbalina will get in the way! help!
October 14, 2010 at 2:03 am |
check out those little bands from TAD! I can now use my Sprint phone (with a touch screen) with real ease. I can’t believe someone didn’t think of this sooner – I wish I had!
October 14, 2010 at 12:46 pm |
Hi,
I cannot wait to get those thumb holders, I cannot text with these “fat thumbs” as I have (2) of them, one smaller than the other! I am so glad there is so many of us out there! Have a great day, all my fellow thumbers!!!!
October 15, 2010 at 4:15 am |
what do you mean?? TAD??? what is that?
October 14, 2010 at 2:22 pm |
i would like to let everyone know that i get made fun of a lot for my thumbs and my ‘genetic disorder’ even though my thumbs are not that bad they still say that it looks like a toe. are there meetings to cope with my pain because i need new friends. they kicked me off of cheer because it was ugly. my boyfriend broke up with me because my fat thumbs make my hands look disgusting. my parents are ashamed and want to make sure that i dont reproduce so that my kids aren’t cursed with this horrible occurance. i’m ashamed.
October 15, 2010 at 4:18 am |
Lauren,
the world is not like that! i used to be ashamed of my thumbs too now i see it as a gift! look at us no one else has them but us! my boyfriend loves my thumb he jokes about it but he kisses it and tells me “i love ur thumbalina!” you will def find a guy who loves you for you! and your thumbs!!! don’t worry it’s gorgeous to be different! if you were like everyone else what would make you stand out! i love my thumbs! and getting compared to Megan Fox doesn’t hurt either… lol
October 15, 2010 at 12:37 pm
Hi Diana,
Judy, our fellow thumber, provided a site for us to get thumb holders so we can use for texting! the Site is http://www.tad-accessories.com. They come in (3) sizes & you put over your thumbs for texting. Check it out! I wish I though of this!!!! Take care!
March 11, 2011 at 12:26 am |
lauren,
so much pessimism makes me nauseous. I bet your parents would never say that crap, nor would your boyfriend break up with you because of it, why else did he get with you in the first place. for him it was obviously just an excuse to get rid of you. if you talked like this about other things, heck, i would get the hell away from you also. you are a crybaby and you need to grow up instead pitying yourself!
Be proud of yourself and do what you have to do! GROW UP!
October 14, 2010 at 4:38 pm |
Hi Lauren,
Sorry to hear all the negativity! You are not alone! I too was teased & made fun of for having these thumbs! Dont’ be ashamed of them, WE ARE ALL BEAUTIFUL, & WE HAVE A SITE TO PROVE IT! It’s nice to know that there are so many of us out there in the world. If you need to talk, I’m all thumbs! Ha! Hope I made you laugh! Take care!
October 15, 2010 at 4:44 am |
My hubby has clubbed thumbs, and our son as well. I just gave birth to a little girl and it seems as if she is blessed with them as well. I cannot even count how many times on nights out or with new people, when they notice him thumbs that they aren’t floored. Though we usually tell them at birth he was born with no thumbs so they used his big toe on his hands. They then turn their attention to his feet in wonder. haha.
I know for him they sometimes get in the way, though there are times that they’ve proven useful and fun. Gotta love a clubbed thumbed man. 🙂
October 17, 2010 at 3:42 pm |
Hello ,has anyone surgery their thumbs or intended to do so? Please tell me about where they can surgery my thumbs? to make them 1 cm longer..
October 19, 2010 at 7:11 pm |
I have two clubbed thumbs and I am Chinese and came from China. My family is Chinese. The reason I wrote that I am Chinese is because all the postings on this site make reference to European heritage – let me be clear there is nothing wrong with that. I hope more people would share their experiences from all backgrounds.
I am glad I found this site too. For years as a child and teenager, my thumbs made me very self conscience and it made my life difficult. Everyone (family and friends) made funny of them. My thumbs made playing volleyball difficult when it came to setting and one time when I tried bowling for the first time, the ball almost ripe my thumb nail off because it got stuck. There goes learning to bowl. And I completely understand not wanting to get a manicure because I don’t want that surprise look or people asking me questions about my thumb which I have no clue about and why it is the way it is!!! Very frustrating.
All in all, I only came to terms with my thumb in my 30’s. Now I am okay with it and I get manicures from time to time. Honestly, when my daughter was born, her thumbs were the first thing I checked. Thank goodness she has normal thumbs. I would feel extremely guilty if she was born with clubbed thumb!!! Sometimes I find myself checking her thumbs so as if it would change. 🙂
October 20, 2010 at 1:02 am |
So when you got a manicure, did they give you a weird look?
October 20, 2010 at 8:09 pm |
Hi to all my fellow Thumbers,
I just got my TAD Thumb Holders! They are great, so easy to text now! Please check out the site at http://www.tad-accessories.com . Mr. Tony even sent me an email asking if I received them, so nice! I responded so excited! This is truly great to be able to text. It was very frustrating before using my nail, & would hit the wrong keys, now it’s a breeze! Well hope all see my blog, take care, & thumbs up!!!!
October 20, 2010 at 8:12 pm |
sorry, forgot to include that you get different attachments with your Thumb Holders too! (3) to be exact!
October 21, 2010 at 2:04 am |
I’m so glad you are as happy with this product as I was. I finally feel like texting is possible as an efficient way to communicate with my students.
October 21, 2010 at 10:40 am |
I’m 19 and both of my thumbs are brachydactylied lulz. Always knew that my thumbs were weird but I didn’t know there was actually a name for it. Not that fussed. They’re just thumbs.
November 2, 2010 at 1:03 am |
I am 12 years old I have hid my thumbs in my fists all my life. I have known my friends for years and only one has recognized. I am really self concious about them even my own family makes fun of them. I know the kids at school will make fun of me because they saw a pic of Megan Fox’s thumbs and made fun of her. It’s cool that I may be a tad bit related to the royals but I still hate them. No one in my family really has them. By the way I am Mexican/American and I live in Southern California. It’s good to know I am literally not the only one and that I am not deformed.
November 5, 2010 at 5:27 am |
I am in my 40’s and have always loved my thumbs! I love being special. My grandpa had them but until the dental assistant showed me hers last week and told me there is a name for them, I had never seen anyone else with them. Mine look just like the picture except i grow my nails long and paint them great colors. Ackid in high school once told me he wished for my thumbs so he could do coke easier ( ooh) and recently a friend stopped in the middle of a story to ask when I smashed my thumb and if it was ok. You just gotta laugh..it brought me to tears it was so funny. The only thing that really sucks is that I can never find a bowling ball that fits! It’s also almost impossible to cock the trigger on a 357 magnum which was standard issue at the dept.
I am pretty laid back and patient but when I do lose it, pay backs a bitch..lol. I pretty stubborn, though.
November 8, 2010 at 3:12 pm |
Although I don’t have a clubbed-thumb (“Club Thumb”… that’s a good name for a nightclub) I have known a few and have always marveled at how effective they are at changing bicycle tires! Those broad thumbs can roll a tire-bead back onto a rim like it’s nothing while I have struggled. And believe me, I have very strong hands, but there’s something just perfect about those thumbs and their leverage that makes them the envy of the cycling community!
November 15, 2010 at 5:33 pm |
What is the occurrence rate of this recessive gene? I work in retail and find very few people have it and I have only known maybe two or three people in my life with them. The issue I have with comments is that all the people I’ve ever met with them have been the opposite of mad/short tempered, I’m not saying people are wrong, I’m just objectively curious. Feedback?
November 16, 2010 at 2:12 am |
Wow – I am 49 and have a left clubbed thumb. I never knew why. Then my son, who is 16, was born with 2 clubbed thumbs. I did not even know they were called clubbed thumbs until today. I told my son about it. He is teased at school like I was. I don’t know of anyone in my family who has it. I find it interesting. Now I will probably be looking more closely at peoples thumbs.
November 16, 2010 at 3:41 am |
i have two ‘clubbed’ thumbs and used to hide them when i was younger. but now i embrace them and whenever people hate on them i just answer with ‘i think they’re cute!’ i love being unique now and have actually noticed other people with them too. i have red hair and have found three other red heads at my school with thumbs just like me! is this just a coincidence?
November 18, 2010 at 12:52 am |
I am 14, a couple weeks ago my friend noticed my thumbs and she has not stopped making fun of them, she even told me i should try to get plastic surgery, but i think thier cute, they are so unique and just make me , me ! and then i found out that Megan Fox has “clubbed” thumbs and that made me happy cause now i can tell everyone that megan fox has them too.
November 18, 2010 at 12:58 am |
My name is chloe and im 14. i have 2 clubbed thumbs and a couple of weeks ago my friend noticed them. she has not stopped making fun of me and she even told me i should try plastic surgery, but i love them ! their cute and make me unique ! i also found out megan fox has them too and that made me feel much better because now i can just tell people that and maybe they will back off (:
November 18, 2010 at 10:00 am |
I have not laughed so much in ages when reading all the comments from fellow clubby’s, All the excuses I’ve used myself growing up, my dad always told me they got my big toes and thumbs mixed up, My mum told me they got squashed in a mangle!! I do occassionally have my thumbs gelled now as before they didn’t make false nails wide enough!!! and it does help the appearance although texting is still an issue !!!
My sister who has a bump on the bridge of her nose was once mocking my thumbs infront of friends when one of them piped up ‘at least she can where gloves’ ?????
November 18, 2010 at 10:09 am |
I haven’t laughed so much in ages reading all the comments from fellow ‘clubby’s’, I’ve used all the same excuses growing up. My dad always told me that they mixed my toes and thumbs up and my mum told me they got squashed in a mangle!!! Once they invented gell nails I have just my thumbs done (before that they didn’t have nails wide enough) it does help the appearance although texting is still an issue!!
My sister who has a bump on the bridge of her nose was once making fun of my thumbs around friends when one of them piped up ‘ at least she can wear gloves’!!!!!
November 21, 2010 at 3:30 am |
I gost one clubthumb whatever it be called aint no one eva seen it. I be admiring it.ya”ll know what Esmeralda be sayin.And ooh I just love how Megan fox has them too. So now when i be acting all professionally one day I can meet her and we can like chill. Naw what Im sayin. And alll you be sayin we short tempered MMMMMMM-HMMMM you best believer dont mess with Esmeralda she will cut’chu best believe people
November 23, 2010 at 2:36 am |
The only people I’ve ever known to have these kinds of thumbs are smart and make lots of money (for example, my doctor has them). I have them and I guess I’m smart, but I’m still working on the money part 🙂
November 24, 2010 at 12:18 pm |
Does anyone nails curl as they grow longer?
November 24, 2010 at 2:21 pm |
I have two clubbed thumbs but never really noticed them when I was growing up, it wasnt until I met my friend that I ever noticed them, but I cant have long thumb nails as my nails dig into my skin. so have to keep my nails short,
November 24, 2010 at 8:05 pm |
Hi My name is Amy and I’m 13 years old, Both of my thumbs are “clubbed” I’m very very very self consuois about them. I dont know what to do becuase I dont and cant even go get my nails done because of this. Everyone makes fun of me in my family saying ” How is it like to be able to walk on ur thumbs” it is very hurtful, alot of people at my school make fun of me and I’m scared of when i get a boyfriend i willnt be able to hold hands with him. I need help I dont want to be like this and think like this all my life. Is there any surgery or anything to help me?
November 24, 2010 at 8:08 pm |
@ amy, I wouldnt worry as you aint alone, I have both clubbed thumbs as well, and when you get a boyfriend you will be able to hold hands, just think of it this way, you are unique like the rest of us
November 25, 2010 at 2:09 am |
Hi Amy,
I agree with Lorna 100%, we are all unique! Yes you can hold hands with a boyfriend, I’m married with two girls, & my husband never said anything about my thumbs! You can wear fake nails or grow them, but keep them short on your thumbs, just some advise. I do my own nails & wear acrylic over my nails & it stays! When kids or anyone make fun or you, hold your head up high & just think of it this way, we all have something special which GOD gave to us! There is even a site which we can go on to help us text with these special thumbs! http://www.tad-accessories.com . I purchase thumbs holders a couple of months ago, & they work great! Check it out with your parents permission first. I hope this helps you & want to wish you & all my fellow thumbers a very “Happy & Healthy Thanksgiving”! Thumbs up everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 27, 2010 at 2:20 am |
this has been so interesting to read! my boyfriend has a clubbed thumb on his left hand, and he has a very short temper as well. haha he’ll be glad to hear he’s not the only one 🙂 our son, however, did not inherit it.
December 3, 2010 at 3:16 am |
The girl I am in love with has 2 clubbed thumbs. I think they are really adorable.
December 7, 2010 at 3:59 am |
This is great! I have two clubbed thumbs and nobody really notices them until I say something. I do hide them from time to time but I have grown to except them. I am doing some research on them and I’ve found that it is a common trait with Indians and the French, interesting! I am only about 5% Cherokee Indian and mostly Irish? I did suck my right thumb as a child but both thumbs are the same so that can’t be the cause. When I get my nails done the techs tell me it’s just a short nail bed and though the nail is short it’s not the nail it’s the deformation of the thumb. I have 4 children and so far I don’t see any of them having it but they are still so young that it could change. I can say that my father has clubbed thumbs and it’s from his side that the trait follows. Not sure where I got these thumbs but I am sure glad to know that we have our own website for them, awesome! Hello to all my thumb people out there!
December 14, 2010 at 1:57 am |
My 17 year old nephew visited today and he and I share this weird affliction. He has two clubbed thumbs and is totally not self conscious of them and I have one and hate it like hell. I don’t know of anyone else in the family who has them and I have no idea from which side it comes. Reading the above info it probably comes from my mother as she was born in Paris and we apparently have regal blood lines. My grandmother never knew who her parents were, she was brought up by her grandparents who hinted to her that she came from royality, I guess she was probably illegitimate. I’m afraid I can have a temper if my buttons are pushed so I think I fit the pattern. Very interesting ……
December 14, 2010 at 2:33 am |
I have them tooo! ahhhh I LOVE U PEOPLE! im soo happy that alot of people have them alot of my friends tell me “let me see ur thumb” or “why is ur thumb like that” sometimes they laugh and i just want to punch them on the face! but sometimmes i tell them that god made me this way and that they have to deal with it
December 14, 2010 at 5:31 pm |
Hi I am Brooke
I am 17 and I have one clubbed thumb on my right hand
up until a year ago I was really obsessed with keeping it a secret
making sure people didn’t notice
now
I’m really glad to say I’m over that
seriously I now look at it as something that sets me aside and apart from every other person-and not in bad way-the way I look at it; I am a unique person because of it, and I wouldnt change that
I cannot believe that there are so many other people out there who have this same sort of condition it is really quite amazing
as a child I thought I was the only one to have it in the whole world
nobody else in my family has a clubbed thumb, I am the only one
I am really quite happy to find out that there are a tone of people out there that have them too.
December 18, 2010 at 11:28 am |
i have both clubbed thumbs,come from my grandfathers family side.could never play snooker properly.could be a disadvantage in tenis and table tennis
December 19, 2010 at 4:08 am |
I sit here writing this with my clubbed thumbs, i think its amazing we all share the same gene we ROCK!!
December 19, 2010 at 8:52 am |
I am 45 yrs old and I was curious about who else had my thumbs. I have always embarrassed since I was in 9th grade because of a classmate grabbed my thumb and said to everyone in class look at her thumbs she is deformed and since then I have been embarrassed. That devastated me. Both of mine are clubbed. I still still cry when I look at them its chidish I know I just hate them. I feel a lot better that there are other unique people like me in this cruel world. My daughter is 15 and only has one and doesnt get her feeling hurt when she is made fun of she comes back with well your face is weird and tells them just dont worry about it they are mine not yours. Im glad she is not a wuss like her mother. Im proud of her. I think Megan Fox is so beautiful and Im glad her and I have somthing in common, Just needed to air out.
December 27, 2010 at 10:38 pm |
This post has received so many more replies since I had replied a while back! It’s crazy how many people have the clubbed thumbs! All of my friends always introduce me as, “This is Desiree… Oh DUDE! You have to check out her thumbs…” LOL
I use to feel weird about them, but I truly love them now. When I go to get acryllic nails put on, they have to get an extremely large one then cut it to shape my thumbs. I always get upset when they try to make the fake nail extra long to make up for the shortness. I always tell them to cut it down. I want them to still look like my thumbs! Not freakishly long normal ones. LOL
January 5, 2011 at 4:39 am |
Lmao I have clubbed thumbs and im proud ahaha… This site completes me<3
My dad always made fun of me for it but after knowing im "unique" with over thousands of other clubbed thumb victims i dont feel bad anymore. It is great knowing there are more of us out there.
January 5, 2011 at 9:03 pm |
I have two clubbed thumbs, they’ve always been toe thumbs and I am known as Captain Toe Thumbs, I was amazed to find this website! The strange thing is, no-one in my family has them :s
January 8, 2011 at 12:31 am |
I have two clubbed thumbs AND a clubbed finger (the “rude” finger on my right hand) the same as my mother. Her thumbs and very short and her nails curl backwards if they get too long. The fingernails on my thumbs and so hard and thick and don’t bend but when they break the whole nail pretty much rips off and splits. Not down as far as the qwik but if I am not careful, could easily happen. They are so hard that when they are long I can use them as a screwdriver – they are my “secret weapon” – so the “murder’s thumbs” maybe where that came from. My finger on the other hand is like the other nails but has the side on features of the thumb. I used to be so embarassed by them but at least I have all digits.
January 9, 2011 at 2:51 am |
hi.. im 19 years old from the Philippines.. i am glad to read all of ur comment since ive just realized that i am not the only person here on earth who has the weirest thumb. in my 19 years of existence ive never meet someone like me and it feels awkward everytym my classm8s and friend asking me what happen to my thumb. They thought that it was being cut when i am little but it was not, i’ll just said that it is normal to me eversince i was little. Now that i already saw this site i had something to tell them that i am not the only person in this earth who had them. 🙂
January 20, 2011 at 1:38 pm |
I’m 47 years, always thought my thumbs were oddly shaped, mum has them too! But, you should see my toes! The second toes are longer than the big toe & BENT !!! – what’s with that? Again, mum’s are the same. I avoided wearing thongs as a kid – except around family – because of the barrage of comments “what happened to your toes?” “were your feet bound?” OH, SPARE ME! Do I say to others “what happened to your nose or teeth?” With age comes wisdom my friends, I started saying long ago “at least I have feet and hands” My mother also had bunions on the sides of her feet, (very painful – until she was driven to surgery) – something I was never bothered with – lucky me. Just for the record – Anglo/Scottish heritage with a deadly smile too. Pisces with Aries ascendant & Scorpio moon, perhaps I too have a short fuse. Some folks need to be politely told! So happy for all the younger folk with wide thumbs to realize at an early age – there are others. Today – for the first time in my life, I found another woman apart from mum with the same shaped thumbs.
January 20, 2011 at 3:08 pm |
Kinfolk,cousins one family throughout the world
January 21, 2011 at 9:56 am |
Hey everyone,
I too have clubbed thumbs. I never understood why my thumbs looked like this. Out of all 6 of my siblings, only me and my oldest brother have clubbed thumbs. I’m Hispanic with African, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern ancestry. My mother has one clubbed thumb, and her parents are Trinidadian(father), and Italian & Persian(mother). I don’t know if there is any relation of my mother’s heritage to the Clubbed thumbs, but if anyone finds out anything as far as its origin’s I’d like to know. I’ve heard it may be a sign having Royal blood due to inbreeding, but from what I know about my family, we have no ties to England or France. Hope to hear from someone soon because I’m very curious about this unique trait of ours that we have in common!
Much love to all my clubbed ones!
Romeo
January 23, 2011 at 6:29 am |
I hide my thumbs in my fists all hours of the day…only my family knows about them.. I know everyone on here is saying be proud of them but Im not I want to know if there is any surgical way to fix them so SO PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS AND READ IT X\ I hate them but one good freind of mine saw them on accident but shes my good freind who knows how to keep a secret for me. My other friend would laugh in my face and show or tell everyone atleast I see how many people have this but I want them to be gone so I can live normally not hiding. So PLEASE! respond and I get very easily annoyed by people I guess its my short temper and I am Mexican which are somewhat Indians but I dont know I am the only one in my whole family but thanks for reading and please respond ^________^
January 26, 2011 at 9:32 am |
Recently I was reading about signs of hypothyroidism, and among them were 3 interesting symptoms that also apply to BD-d: “Disproportionate development (early or premature closure of growth plates,” Chronic deforming changes in the joints (common),” (I don’t know about the “chronic” part, however) and “Crepitus felt in joints (“resembling the crackling of crushed snow”) (it seems many with BD-d say their thumb joints often audibly ‘crack’).
It got me wondering if there’s a connection to having a genetic disposition to chronically low thyroid levels and the condition BD-d? Apparently having a very short pinky finger (the height shorter than the ring finger’s middle knuckle) can be a sign as well of low thyroid levels during childhood. I have had hypothyroidism (untreated until recently) to varying degrees since childhood, as did my mother, and I wonder if this condition is common for those with BD type d?
(source: http://drweyrich.weyrich.com/disorders/hypothyroid.html)
January 26, 2011 at 9:26 pm |
I cannot believe that I found this site!! WHEW… although I knew that I wasn’t the only one out there with these lil’ nubs (as I always called them) I didn’t realize just how much more common they were! It actually feels good to see others like me and to share each others stories!
I am in my mid 30’s and like all of you, have gone through the anguish of trying to figure out why these were the thumbs that I was graced with. I just wish that the internet had been around in my younger years and then I might have felt better about knowing that I wasn’t the only one!
I noticed that they were very different at a pretty early age and have spent all of my life trying to hide them. I have gotten better about them with age but in habbit, still find myself tucking them away!! None of my siblings have them, nor do my parents or any other family members that I know of. I am mixed Scottish/Irish and English
To all of the younger bloggers that share this gift from God, there will always be people out there who tease and try to point out other peoples “flaws”, but what they lack is their own self confidence, humility and ability to see the true beauty that God creates in all of us! Just remember to be the better person and never be ashamed of who you are and how you were made! As I look back on it, I believe that having been different in this way has made me a better person, understanding and compassionate toward others who might have a few “differences” as well!
Much Love to all my “thumb” friends!! ( :
January 28, 2011 at 12:15 am |
As I read through some of these comments I am sad at the amount of people who have been teased because of their different thumbs. I also have two of these unusual special thumbs and I have always been proud of them. My dad’s mother had them and gave them to him. He was the only one of eight children to get them. He passed them on to me (female) and my brother has one special thumb. We are the only two out of eight children. I passed them on to one of my sons out of three children. My brother’s four kids do not have any. My son’s two daughters do not have them either. Growing up I was always cute enough people didn’t tease me much about my thumbs. If they did notice and were rude enough to say something mean, my dad gave me the best come back ever and I used it whenever I needed to. So my advice to all of you with special thumbs is if anyone ever teases you or says something rude always look at them with an amazed look on your face and say “wow, I didn’t say anything about your nose”. Believe me I am 59 years old now and it never fails that EVERYONE is self conscience about their nose. Once you say that they always cover their nose say something like “I know, I hate my nose”. If they happen to say, “what’s wrong with my nose” you just ask them if they’ve looked in the mirror lately. LOL I had lot’s of fun with this growing up.
Because it is so prevalent in my family I did lots of research on it and it actually is a recessive gene passed down from a Royal Danish family. So not only are your thumbs special but you have royalty in your blood. So take that all you teasers.
January 28, 2011 at 11:10 am |
I’m a 20 year old chinese from Singapore. I’ve got two clubbed thumbs and so far, I haven’t seen anyone with the same ones as mine.
I’ve noticed that my thumbs are actually really strong. I don’t know whether having clubbed thumbs have got anything to do with the strength part though.
I’m so glad I found this site, I’ve been staring at my thumbs my entire life and willing them to grow longer!
January 28, 2011 at 8:46 pm |
I use to have clubbed thumb before I was jumped and a guy broke my thumbs and they healed all deformed. I hate myself…..
January 30, 2011 at 8:41 pm |
Hello from Finland. I have seen about 5 to 10 persons with thumbs like mine here in Finland, and the first was my father, so I always knew that I was not “alone”. Its nice to read your comments sometimes. So I decided to say Hello to you all!
I think that at my younger age people always treated me nice because of my funny thumbs (sympathy maybe), well now when I am 31 I don’t know if there was any help of them in my cureer at marketing when you should look good..( I have always been bit ashamed of my thumbs). Well now I am doing my own businesses, and I have always liked doing things like I want 🙂
one time I visited a surgeon, he said that thumbs could have been lengthened somehow, but the bonds beside both sides of the bone might become loose at older age (they would have need to be reattached somehow), and thumbs may become useless. Then there was a possibility to make it with out the last joint, but who wants a rigid thumb. Easiest way was to cut nails a bit from edges to make it look narrow, but nail might not grow so nicely anymore from edges. So that time at year 2004 there was no good choices at Finland, for me. I am interested if someone finds functional way to do the operation.
raven: “Crepitus felt in joints (“resembling the crackling of crushed snow”) (it seems many with BD-d say their thumb joints often audibly ‘crack’). …this is true. just happened 🙂
January 31, 2011 at 1:29 am |
Im 16 and i live in south carolina,
ive never met anybody that had the same thumbs as me and to know that all of yall do it makes me feel a lot better, i always hide them because people are always like whats wrong with your thumbs? i never know what to say to them. I sometimes where fake nails, one time i went and got them done and the man doing them said do you suck you thumbs? This makes me feel a whole lot better about my thumbs, (:
January 31, 2011 at 8:29 am |
@Ashley
I am 35 and have two clubbed thumbs as well and I only used to suck one of my thumbs, but as for wearing false nails, I cant as my normal thumb nails dig into my skin, so have to keep my nails short on my thumbs, well as least u know u aint alone so welcome to the thumb club
I was never really aware of my thumbs were different until I met my friend as she has two clubbed thumbs also
lorna from the uk
January 31, 2011 at 3:08 pm |
My thumbs audibly crack and feel stiff sometimes….just have gotten used to it over the years!! ( :
February 10, 2011 at 3:38 am |
I have one clubbed thumb, and one not-so-clubbed thumb. I’m not too self conscious about it, but as a guitarist, it can be kind of embarrassing! It’s good to see that there are so many people with the same thing, but I have got about three friend’s with clubbed thumbs, and it runs in my family, so I know I’m not alone! Is it actually possible to have surgery for it though?
February 16, 2011 at 6:37 am |
i have 2 clubbed thumbs, and i’ve felt like i had a deformity untill i read this site..:| but i’ve never met anyone else in my life who has them..im only 16 and no one in my family has them. I hate them. Boys make fun of them at school all the time, and i never hear the end of it..i was considering getting surgery for it, so that i dont have to hide them all the time. I get sooo embaressed when people mention them and say somthign like ” whats wrong with your thumb? ” im 100% Croatian but live in Australia.
i hope i dont pass it on to my children so they dont have to go through the same thing as me..
makes me cry sometimes how much i hate them 😦
but i love hearing about other people saying there unique and cute! 🙂
February 16, 2011 at 8:44 am |
The awkward turtle doesnt work with my clubbed thumb … cheers matt … apparently mine just swims round in circles 🙂 🙂
February 16, 2011 at 10:59 am |
Steph, boys have a way of telling you they like you by making fun,joking,teasing. albeit you are beautiful !!!!!!!!!! you will meet someone who loves your unique attributes. both of my children inherited my thumbs toes which i received from my mother,grandmother and great-grand father who was french. we are all genetically linked by our clubbed thumbs.we are family.
February 16, 2011 at 12:50 pm |
Hi Steph, I have two clubbed thumbs which I have hidden all my life! I have two beautiful girls & neither of them have my thumbs, so it is possible that your children when you do marry, will not have them! Don’t be imbarrased by your thumbs, we have a site, what do the people that tease us have? We are all beautiful & GOD has meant us to have these thumbs! Take care!
February 16, 2011 at 12:53 pm |
I have clubbed thumbs also on boyh hands they have been like this forever i never really knew that other people had them or that they were normal until now
February 16, 2011 at 12:58 pm |
STEPH THE WAY YOU FEEL OR THINK AT 16 IS NOT THE WAY YOU ARE GOING TO THINK OR FEEL AT 26,36,46,56 TRUST ME !!!!IT DOES NOT MATTER THAT PEOPLE TEASE YOU ABOUT THIS YOU ARE SPECIAL .
February 18, 2011 at 6:08 am |
I have stubby thumbs too^^ and it’s hard to find thumb rings that fit them:( someone said I sucked my thumbs too much as a baby:P whatever
February 20, 2011 at 8:15 am |
I’m 17, of distant European descent, and am a double-clubber. I used to chew my fingernails pretty bad when I was a kid, and my parents always told me that my thumbs were stumpy because of this. My mom even tried to convince me that I chewed off half my thumbnail once, and it contributed to their shortness. The older I got though, the more I realized that my thumbs were lacking bone, which would have nothing to do with my chewing of them. Then, with the help my good friend the Internet, I discovered that it was a genetic mutation, not nailbiting, that caused my unique appendages. I’ve only ever met one other person with clubbed thumbs, and when I saw them I just about had a heart attack. I was so astonished that I wasn’t alone.
Mine haven’t afflicted me very much, and I haven’t been teased much about them either. My parents still don’t believe that it’s genetic because nobody else in my entire family (including multiple generations) has clubbed or even slightly clubbed thumbs. My parents call them “pads” and sometimes make snide comments about them, but it’s rare.
I do a lot of texting, but it was hard to find a phone with a big enough keyboard to accommodate my digits. Sometimes it’s hard for me to play octaves on the piano too, but thankfully my hands are fairly large since I’m pretty tall. I also grip pencils differently, which makes it hard to write for a really long time.
After finding this site, I feel a little better about myself knowing that I’m not alone and that others have embraced their thumbs as unique. I think I’ll start calling them Hobbit thumbs.
Ah, and on a slight side note, my sister is “missing” the tip of her pinkie, much like we clobbers are “missing” the tip of our thumbs. Whereas we’re missing bone on the end joint, she’s missing bone on the end if hers, although her pinkies are not clubbed and the nail appears normal — they’re just a bit short. I’m wondering if this may be somehow related?
April 9, 2011 at 9:09 pm |
Just saw your post. Katie- I have two clubbed thumbs and my pinkies are short- they start lower on my hand than the other fingers and the tips only go up to the middle joint of my ring finger, not the upper joint. I think this is some sort of brachtylism (sp?). I have a shorter than normal second to last toe, too…so yup- I think other digits are affected sometimes. I love them all- nothing too wierd- just great conversation pieces and even cute. 🙂
February 20, 2011 at 7:39 pm |
I have clubbed thumbs but I thought it was just me, i did not know that it happens to other people aswell and is caused by sucking your thumbs or Picking your nails as i used to do exactly that at about the age of 8 . It is quite surprising because I am only 11 and me and my good friend both have clubbed thumbs, we always thought we were just weird 😛 🙂
February 21, 2011 at 2:30 am |
I grew up calling them Royal Thumbs. I met another “Royal” about 9 years ago. She grew up with the same story. We both have Scottish in our blood. Anyone else?
February 21, 2011 at 8:22 am |
My family is Mexican and both my brother and i have clubbed thumbs however, we are the only ones in our family that do. My friends make fun of them but i dont really mind because i think their kind of funny too:)
February 21, 2011 at 8:39 pm |
I have a “clubbed” thumb as well. My hands and fingers aren’t too long as it is, but my left thumb looks like the picture above. I am 19, half Italian and half Irish. I too was embarrassed by my thumbs all through out elementary school but then I realized it was different and showed people how interesting it is. I notice that I’m hot blooded and get angry pretty quickly and have a hard time getting calm again. who knows really ha I just think its interesting how many people actually have this! the bi-polar trait is interesting because my father has this. but im the only one in my family that i know of that has this. And i wouldn’t discourage a mani because it is actually more masked when i get one done. They shape em up nice and add enough length to match the rest 🙂
February 22, 2011 at 12:26 am |
My name is Joel and……………..I have a clubbed thumb. I used to hide it from others, that is until i discovered that my thumb gave me quite the advantage when playing video games. With twice the button mashing surface area and power, my thumb soon became quite popular among my friends. It was coined the ‘game’ thumb. Since then I have met others with clubbed thumbs and have began to view it as an exclusive and fashionable trait. Also, seeing the many stories of others around the world makes me happy to be among such a supportive “club” of people. Big thumbs up to everyone, literally.
February 26, 2011 at 3:54 am |
I have two of these so called “clubbed thumbs”. When I was in elementary school I didn’t know what it was but I would hide my thumbs from my friends because of how different they were. But just yesterday me and my friends were sharing weird things about us and I told them and showed them my thumbs. They thought they were really cute and one of my friends told me that this is what Megan fox has. So I did some google research and found that like only 1 in 1000 ppl have it?! And that we could have royal bloodlines? So now I don’t feel bad I feel special.
February 26, 2011 at 2:07 pm |
I have short thumbs too, from my grandma so I never thought they were weird, I always thought mine were REAL thumbs, much cuter, and everyone elses were all stretched out! I have had people comment but never make fun of them. No point in listing my origin on that side of the family it seems to be all over the place from the posts I read…
February 28, 2011 at 4:47 am |
Hey, pretty cool site. I have “toe thumbs” on both hands, and got some comments from friends over the years — fortunately, I never got any serious ridicule, more of just “wow…your thumbs are kind of…different”. Didn’t think much of them until that darn Seinfeld episode…then I went to a doctor for an ear infection and the doc comes in, immediately grabs my hands and starts looking at my fingers….I ask why she’s doing this; she says, “I’m checking for clubbing, which can indicate heart disease…but you just have stubby thumbs”. Great. THEN I felt a little insecure, like maybe I’m just around more polite people that notice them but never say anything (except maybe behind my back?) lol. I get manicures/acrylic nails, and I’m not sure if they draw more attention to the fact that I have “the stubs” or less…acrylics make me feel more “girly”, anyway, so I’ll just stick with that.
I am a 42-year-old female, born and raised in Ohio (U.S.A.) and as someone else put it, I guess I’m a “mutt” too — genealogy shows that I am of English, German, Yugoslavian descent…sure not quick to anger…can hold a grudge and sometimes very difficult or me to forgive fully once I’ve been wronged like nobody’s business, but “murderer’s thumb” sure doesn’t fit!
Sure liking that “royalty” description, though! Maybe I should look further into my genealogy!
February 28, 2011 at 10:45 am |
hey, im also of italian heritage, however i have noticed that every living member of my family in my dads side has one fat thumb, including myself. as a kid, i honestly thought i was born with a toe thumb, but now i know. funny how there r so many people with this…
March 1, 2011 at 7:13 am |
Hi, I’m 23 and my dad and his whole family has Clubbed thumbs or “BDD”
I never found it out of the ordinary that he had it until I grew older. I have one aunt who lets her thumb nails grow longer than the rest to make her thumbs look a little bit longer. What I found weird is that my dad’s side of the family not only has “clubbed thumbs” but they also have short legs and long torso XD One of my sisters actually inherited that, but none of us (4) inherited the clubbed thumbs. One of my sisters however, has an ogre’s temper, which might be associated with the “clubbed thumbs” thing as many people have said. My dad also has an ogre’s temper and so do the rest of his family members. They can also be very friendly when they want to, I wonder if they have the Bipolar thing.
I on the other hand, Do not have clubbed thumbs but I have what we all like to call “switched toes” where my ring toes look longer and my middle toes look shorter. This has caused much embarrassment for me for I hate wearing sandals to show that abnormality off.
I read on Wikipedia that it is a mutated version of Brachydactyly (which clubbed thumbs falls under). This mutation usually happens as “clubbed thumb” is passed down the generations.
Now, none of us (4) got BDD, but I might have gotten another version of BD. So since I inherited the dominant trait my children may have it too right? Hopefully it doesn’t mutate into missing appendages for my future children, cuz that can happen lol.
I do have to say that both of my parents and their families all come from the same place somewhere in Durango, Mexico. So, It’s kinda icky….but I think there might have been some inbreeding somewhere in there..thus the clubbed thumbs? My dad end up being a cousin on my mom’s mom…..so no wonder……
lol XD
March 7, 2011 at 7:33 pm |
Hey, I’m an 18 year old girl living in London of Chinese heritage. I have a pair of these mythical thumbs, as well as the stumpy slightly crooked pinkies that a previous commenter named ‘SW’ has (N.B. she’s also Chinese…maybe there’s some sort of correlation between our ancestry? Or maybe this is a long stretch!)
I have been teased by my elder brother my entire life about my pair, despite the fact that my father has a pair as well. I’ve always been really nervous about having them in view in fear of people noticing and running off screaming. I know I shouldn’t be so shy about them, maybe I’m being delusional, but I keep feeling as if the comments from friends on how ‘cute’ they are supposedly are merely acts of politeness. I would get all embarrassed, flustered and change the topic whenever my then-boyfriend so much as looked at my hands.
I actually play the piano, violin, and the flute – although it caused a few problems initially, along with my short stubby pinkies, I have found alternative ways to deal with such ‘difficulties’ (e.g. using the ring finger with your thumb to reach the octave and increasing the hand span), and can proudly present Grade 8 distinction certs for all three. I know is further proof that having these thumbs SHOULDN’T be a big deal, but I just can’t help but feel waaay too self-conscious to pop over to salon to get a manicure etc.!
Really hope this insecurity would fade in time. I think it’s time for me to mature up and embrace the uniqueness of it all. Some of the comments left here are pretty inspiring, so I would like to say a HUGE THANK YOU to all of you. I am not alone 🙂
March 7, 2011 at 8:56 pm |
Hey, I’m SW. Since you’re Chinese and play the violin too, I wonder if the crooked/stubby/short pinky has to do with our heritage or is a problem exacerbated by violin-playing. Congratulations on being so accomplished in music!
That’s too bad about your brother. I never really noticed them much when I was a kid because I was never really teased about them. My mom said I had ugly thumbs caused by sucking my thumb, etc. but I guess I just ignored her! I was also the oldest, so I got to tease my younger sisters instead of being teased.
I think you will notice them less over time. I used to get really apologetic at the nail salons, i.e. having to explain why I have a short nail on my thumb. But now, I don’t really care, and neither do the people who do my nails. They just care that they get paid 😛
I know what you mean about everyone saying it’s “cute.” I don’t really expect people to “like” my thumbs, just that they accept them as part of who I am. My boyfriend always make jokes like “Oh, are you giving this a half thumbs up?” when I give him a thumbs up.
March 11, 2011 at 12:12 am |
I find clubbed thumbs absolutely disgusting! I can’t believe they show them on tv from actors that have them. WTF. Like this chick in transformers HOW UGLY …
If I would work as a nail person I would would put a sign in front of the entrance: NO CLUBBERS!!!!
I am absolutely grossed out by the clubbed thumb. If I see one I don’t even attempt to talk to that person because all I can think of is this ugly thing touching me :Q
May 21, 2011 at 2:58 pm |
My dear MR Goldman,
you may have aversion to our thumbs but it is nothing to compare to aversion many people have to you jews! how do you like it?
not nice he
so dont hurt peoples feelings just because they have different thumbs, it is you small heart man we have to pity
March 11, 2011 at 2:12 am |
Bert I am sorry you have such an aversion against the clubbed finger. It is ok, everybody has aversions. Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about it. In my years I have seen your reaction many times from others.
It seems to be a normal reaction for people that are fortunate enough to not have to deal with this genetic defect. It is not an easy thing to accept the clubbed thumb, but I can say from the majority of the comments, that we are doing just fine.
All I am saying, clubbers up mates! 🙂
March 11, 2011 at 11:36 pm |
Im 18 and i have on clubbed thumb on my right hand. i just discovered what it was actualy called today when some of my friends were bugging me about it so i googled it. its pretty cool that it has a connection to fortune telling and gypsys because my great grandmothers, mother had a gift for tea leaf reading and such so maybe there is some sort of connectiong. this is cool!
March 13, 2011 at 6:21 am |
I always knew i had short thumbs, but i finally found out it was clubbed thumb a couple years ago. I love my short thumbs, hence my email address i’ve had for 10 years ( Nubthumbz). I love when people point out my thumbs and ask “What happened?” or “Did your thumbs get cut off”…… It’s pretty funny. I’ve met only one lady in my life with club thumb, her and her son both had them…… That is all, Toot-a-loo! ***Two very short thumbs up***
March 15, 2011 at 11:38 pm |
I have two clubbed thumbs, but no one else in my family does. Is that totally weird? What I hate is that gloves never really fit me… 😀 Most of my friends think that they’re adorable though. 🙂 I don’t get any hate about them. 😀
March 16, 2011 at 3:52 pm |
I’m 18 and around 5′, and my parents are somewhere between 5’2-5’4. Both of my thumbs are clubbed. I used to hate it, but my friends tell me they don’t care, they’re just “little thumbs”, and some of them even think its cute haha. I noticed my dad has really stubby fingers, but i never really thought they were clubbed. My fingers are also double-jointed but I don’t know if that is related. This guy my boyfriend works with has a clubbed middle finger but other than that i’ve never seen another person with them. My brother doesn’t have them 😦 not fair
March 18, 2011 at 2:11 am |
I’m sixteen. When I was twelve, a kid in my 6th grade class told me that my thumbs were different. That was when I noticed my left thumb was “clubbed”. I brought up the subject at home a few days later and my mom said she has never noticed. My dad, on the other hand, said that he noticed when I was born, but he didn’t say anything because he didn’t want my mother to freak out. Since this day I have looked all over my family to see if anyone else had a “clubbed” thumb or maybe two. I still do not know of any relatives who have the trait. I only know two non-related people who have them, but I have never met anyone who just has one, like me. My biology teacher gave me candy last year because he thought it was so weird. 🙂 I always thought my thumb was weird and annoying. I used to play softball and my mitt goes on my left hand and my “clubbed” thumb was spranged multiple times. Maybe because it is so awkward….I don’t know, but anyways I have learned to like my thumb because it makes me unique. Not a lot of people are like me, and I like that feeling. 😀
March 19, 2011 at 1:43 pm |
hello i find someone who kan surgery the thumbs to be 1.5-2 cm longer. But he dont recomendet to do that. Its will be cost about 4000 euro each. Write if you will surgery. Can give you all information. This messege its for evryone who will surgery, take care!
March 19, 2011 at 10:51 pm |
This message is for those who’ve inquired about finding a doctor who can do cosmetic surgery for this condition. I have found a doctor who does do this type of work and had it done recently. He’s in Mexico, near the California border. (Yes, it is safe there! I am from North America and I have traveled to Mexico many times for dental work.) Contact me at clubbedthumbclub@yahoo.ca for more info on this because there’s some info that is good to know if you’re considering this. I can send before/after pics in a few weeks if requested.
The surgery makes the thumb look a little more refined, which may be helpful to someone who works dealing with the public and needs to look manicured and polished. But the nail and the thumb tip is still short, and it will still draw some people’s attention because of that difference from the usual.
March 21, 2011 at 5:02 pm |
Why on earth would anyone want to have surgery on their cute thumbs? Because they are different than most do you think they need to be “fixed”? Do you also know surgeon who can “fix” the slanted eyes of anyone who’s eyes are a little different? Do you also know a surgeon who can “fix” the color of someone’s skin? The suggestion of surgery on your cute clubbed thumbs is totally absurd and sounds like some quack found a way to make money on a few insecure people. Heads up everyone, our thumbs are special, very cute, an indication of royalty, and believe me — much more usable than people who have big finger thumb. I already have eight fingers. I need real thumbs!!!!
March 21, 2011 at 8:31 pm |
To Errcsr: Why? Because we are all different. We’re not all like you, for example. You may not have the bone deformation to the extent that someone else does, it may look fine with your body type (“cute”), or you may not have experienced enough rejection and teasing in your childhood to have developed a debilitating shyness about having this condition. I wish for everyone to feel comfortable in and acceptance of their body and appearance ‘as is.’ But in this world as it is, I’m also glad there are options available that can *sometimes* help make it easier, and I don’t belittle others emotional or psychological pain just because I don’t personally have a problem with the issue they are dealing with.
March 22, 2011 at 10:04 am |
Hi I’m 15 years old and am from London, England. I have two clubbed thumbs but they don’t seem as small as some of the pictures on the internet I have seen of clubbed thumbs. I have known for quite a few years that my thumbs are “different” but it was only recently (maybe 3 or 4 years) that I realized lots of people had them. I just thought I had small thumbs…which is guess is what I do have! I had seen a picture of megan fox in the papers and I had thought to myself they look kind of small and a little like mine, and then I googled her thumbs and I realized she also had the same as me and that’s when I found of they were called clubbed thumbs.
It was probably when I was about 8 or 9 that I remember people commenting on my thumbs but I tried not to take too much notice because at that age I was a lot more confident than I am now. I was bullied for other reasons when I was at junior school but I wouldn’t say I got bullied because of my thumbs because most of these kids I had known since I was about 4 so they didn’t really think anything of them.
When I started at secondary school (when I was 11) a few more people did notice my thumbs but just laughed at them and carried on and at the time I don’t think it helped that I bit my nails very short which made my thumbs look even smaller! As the years have gone on I have felt more and more conscious about them and I feel disgusted that my thumbs are actually like this. My friends have obviously noticed but we just laugh about it and joke around. My best friend even takes the mick out of them a little but I don’t mind because I do it as well! About a week ago one of my friends noticed them and laughed because she thought they were really cute and a few people say they think they look cute! However I try very hard to hide them and always sit with them sort of hidden under my other fingers and even hold a pen in a way that you can’t notice my small thumbs. My mum just says they are lovely little thumbs and laughs when I tell her I want surgery on them.
I did look through some old pictures to see if they are noticeable from a small age and they aren’t very noticeable when I was younger but as I have got older they have become a lot more noticeable.
As far as I know no one else in my close family has thumbs like mine, but I know a lady who does have thumbs like mine, and I’m not going to lie but when I look at them I do think to myself ohmygod do my thumbs really look like that! And it does scare me a little bit because they look different to normal thumbs.
I hate it when someone that’s not my friend notices them and I do get embarrassed because I can’t do anything about them. I’m not one of the “popular” people at school but I do get on well with lots of people and I don’t have a problem with bullying anymore but I do worry in case someone notices my thumbs and think they’re weird. I haven’t got a boyfriend and have never really had a serious boyfriend and I’m worried that no one would want to go out with me because of my thumbs.
I would seriously consider having surgery on them, but obviously I would have to wait until I was 18 because my mum would never let me do it otherwise. However with surgery I guess there is always a risk and I would hate to come out of surgery with worse thumbs than what I started with.
Sorry about all the writing but there is no one I have really felt comfortable talking to this about before and it is so good to know I’m not the only one!
March 24, 2011 at 12:52 am |
Ellie, I feel your pain. I’m 21 from London and I was always teased for my thumbs, mostly by my family who called them ‘truckers thumbs’ or ‘hammerheads.’ I just thought I had weird thumbs or they looked short because I bit my nails, but one day I was at work and this weirdly outspoken woman looked at my hands and said “oh you’ve got clubbed thumbs!” She went on to say she only noticed because she had them herself and always comments on other people’s….she then proceeded to show me her perfect thumbs. I think she was crazy. But since then I’ve googled it and while it’s nice to know I’m not alone, I’m now all obsessed with it and have become really self conscious, knowing I have this ‘genetic mutation.’ I’m not sure there’s any surgery available for it…and I guess sometimes they can be useful for the wider surface area! Guess we’ll just have to live with it…as the crazy lady in my shop said…’we’re unique.’
March 22, 2011 at 12:54 pm |
@ellie, just remember that you are lovely the way u are, I have two clubbed thumbs, but never really took no notice of mine until I
March 22, 2011 at 12:56 pm |
@ellie met my friend who also has to clubbed thumbs, as much as I dont like mine I would never have surgery on them as that is what makes us partly of who we are, if u ever feel the need to ever have a chat with some one u can just either email f u feel the need to then just ask for my email,
March 23, 2011 at 2:13 am |
All these years and today was the first time I typed ‘stubby thumbs’ into google and I find this place… awesome.
I’m 23, Chinese through and through with no idea of her blood type and have two clubbed thumbs but my fingernails don’t curve away from my thumb. Nobody I know has these thumbs… family/friends/co-workers, so mine are a bit of a genetic mystery…
I never noticed my thumbs were different until I tried to draw hands for a picture and I couldn’t get the hand on my character to look right by copying my own hand so I had to ask my mom to hand-pose for me.
The only time I’ve been a bit frustrated by my thumbs was the first time I tried fake nails (very not me, with or without the stubby thumbs) and whenever I wear gloves (though it has since turned into amusement and me playing with the extra fabric).
Reading about all the people who have been teased or feel ugly because of their thumbs is saddening. I really had no idea people would be discriminated to the point of losing self-confidence because of their thumbs… it’s like half a phalanges difference. We have to learn to love ourselves. My former boyfriends and girlfriends have all thought my thumbs were cute. You just have to approach it right because if you think your thumbs are horrible, you could just be reflecting those negative feelings.
I was lucky. My self-esteem isn’t great but never about my thumbs… in fact, I boast about them and how weird they are and put them side by side with everyone else’s thumbs (Great Icebreaker!) Then again, I like weird (it’s a compliment in my eyes) and my hands aren’t perfect anyway (pinkies bent from years of writing too hard and a stray basketball)
I love my thumbs and wish I could find out where exactly I got mine from. Where are you mysterious ancestor with the funky thumbs?
August 5, 2011 at 12:56 am |
you weren’t teased.
March 24, 2011 at 11:08 pm |
hey!! i have only one clubbed thumb in my left hand but my right is pretty much normal… im 16 and a girl and my friends always make jokes like how do i get a manicure in vertical or horizontal.. i really dont care if they make fun of me because everyone has defects and im glad mine is not so bad.. it also unique so i do like it..
thanks for the page
March 28, 2011 at 5:23 pm |
Hi everyone! My name is Kasey and I have one clubbed right thumb. I am a twenty year old female and I know that my dads side is mainly Irish. My mom was adopted though so I’m not too sure what her heritage is. I have read that women are the ones who will always pass the gene down. I only have one, and both my little brother and sister have two clubbed thumbs. I have always been teased about my thumbs but I never really let it bother me. I recently saw a friend from high school and one of the first things he asked was “How’s your thumb doing?” People are amazed by my thumb. I’m just soooo glad to find out that there are so many of us! CLUBBED THUMBS UNITE!
April 1, 2011 at 5:45 pm |
I never knew anyone else had thumbs like me. I love them, they are so amazing! I feel so unique and happy that I have them! 🙂 Does anyone actually know where they are from, and why we have them?!
April 1, 2011 at 9:41 pm |
Me and my sister both have “clubbed thumbs” We call them toe thumbs!!!!!!!!!!
April 2, 2011 at 11:17 am |
both of my thumbs are clubbed, and I am thirteen. I never sucked my thumbs when I was little nor, never picked at my nails either. I still wonder why I have them.
April 4, 2011 at 7:04 pm |
I have two toe thumbs and I love them!! It makes me unique because not many people have them!! I am definitely not embarassed of them. Nobody else in my family has them, so I have no idea where they have come from.
April 5, 2011 at 12:09 am |
I never knew I had clubbed thumbs til high school , people pick on me alot for them, I think their hilarious. I just say I have megan fox hands. My mom calls them toe thumbs -__-, neither of my parents have clubbed thumbs though, I have no idea what heritage I am from on my mothers side though. We belive we’re part Mexican, but someone told me that clubbed thumbs were german.
April 5, 2011 at 2:35 pm |
OMG. my thumb is clubbed. everyone makes fun of it. my best friend’s dad says they cut off my thumb and placed it on my hand. 😦
I say my thumbs are sexy because of megan fox.
my boyfriend said his favorite physical qulaity about me is my thumb. FML.
April 5, 2011 at 8:05 pm |
My wife has two clubbed thumbs. I’ve gotten used to them and even kind of like them now. BUT, I’ve always thought thumb rings are really sexy, and they don’t work for her at all. Obviously. Minor loss, all things considered….
April 5, 2011 at 10:32 pm |
My Mom had clubbed thumbs, and so did her brother. We are just now beginning our research in our heritage, and wonder if it is more common in Ireland than other countries. We believe our ancestry stems from Ireland.
April 6, 2011 at 4:47 am |
Hello all, I have one club thumb and like so many of you on this site I was always embarrassed by this. When I was younger and I had to pose for pictures I would always make sure my thumb was not showing so I would tuck it into my palm. I hated my thumb but learned to accept this and this is what I have and at least I have a thumb even though it is short and fat. I am from Italian desent and my great uncle had two thumbs like this so I guess I inherited this from him. We aren’t perfect but then again no one is, so when someone makes a comment about your thumb(s) just smile and say that you are special and unique in your own way.
April 6, 2011 at 2:28 pm |
Hello everyone, I’m 24 years old and I also have clubbed thumbs !
My mother has asymmetric (only one thumb is “weird”) My oldest sister and me have both thumbs clubbed and my younger sister has “normal” thumbs. I think “normal” thumbs look weird and kind of creepy so thin and stretched out 😀 But yeah I notice that I always hide my thumbs by folding them into my hands, and a good friend of mine only noticed recently after knowing me for years. It’s awesome to see so many people that have the same thumbs as me !
April 7, 2011 at 2:28 pm |
Hi I am 63i have 2 huge thumbs, i bet i could win in who has the biggest club thumbs. Talk about feeling like a freak. I have always wondered, why me? Then I look around and see people born without hand, thumbs and other vital limbs. I then say to myself, “hey whoever laughs at my thumbs can kiss my ugly Irish ass”. I know a few folks i love to have murdered.
So far I’m 0 for 10! At least 10 people i would have loved to kill. They are still safe and well. So much for the “murderer” thumbs. LOL.
April 7, 2011 at 2:30 pm |
Sorry for the first post. I have hated my thumbs and a few other parts of my body.. Still not over the mad ..
April 9, 2011 at 12:05 pm |
Has anyone gotten surgery on their thumbs or consulted a doctor about getting surgery? I would love to get a response from anyone! Thanks 🙂
April 14, 2011 at 8:33 pm |
I have consulted a doctor. Nothing! It makes me very anger that doctor’s think a boob job is more important than ulgy thumbs. I have so much angry about my thumbs and hate it when someone has the nerve to make a comment or try to sneak a glance. I wish their thumbs were shorter than mine. I HATE MY THUMBS!
April 10, 2011 at 11:43 pm |
I Hate my thumbs…
April 12, 2011 at 11:19 pm |
Hi, i’m 13 and i have clubbed thumbs i knew since i was like 7 i was diffrent. My Grandma had clubbed thumbs, and her Grandma did and so on. It skipps a generation for my family, my mom and her brothers and sister doesn’t have clubbed thumbs. My cousins don’t have them all 10 of them i but i am the only one. I bit my nails so my nails and expecally my thumbs so i get teased. and i have only met 1 other person with clubbed thumbs. But she doesn’t bit her names so she doesn’t know the teasing i go threw. I need someone to talk to!!!!
April 13, 2011 at 1:17 am |
I have one so called “clubbed” thumb. I hold the sentiments of many of you…I was so embarrassed as a young woman. But then I heard it was a distinction of Royalty and priviledge. I did just get a small oil check from a great grandfather whom I never knew. Hm….
I also heard it was called a Guyton or Guiton Thumb and was a dominant genetic trait.
I would appreciate information if you have it.
thumbs up!
April 17, 2011 at 12:28 am |
Hey, im michaela, im 13 and i was born in london but im italian i have had two clubbed thumbs since i can remember, i kinda get bullies over them because none of my friends have any.. Or if they do, only one and long.. I want to’ know if this can be’ curable, will jt ever go away or stay forever? Thank you.
April 17, 2011 at 8:38 am |
@Michaela, the people that bully you are just plain ignorant, so ignore them as u know that you are not alone in the world with two clubbed thumbs as I have two clubbed thumbs as well, but I only ever noticed mine when I met my friend a few years ago, I think u shud be glad for the thumbs you have as it makes us unique from everyone else, so dont feel that u wanna change them just because people dont understand about them, they only judge others cause they are insecure in themselves, so be proud of ur thumbs
April 17, 2011 at 2:13 pm |
omg i have got some wild abuse for my thumbs cannot believe a name actually exists for them, unreal!!!
I’m 18 and always thought my thumbs were normal until i was like 11. Then I found it halarious that they were different.
It’s only now that my thumbs have got round to looking themselves up on the net!
I’m from Ireland, no one else has thumbs like mine that I know off and I have never heard of any Italian or Mexican in my family as we are all IRISH, although I am sworthy skin.
This site is unreal can’t wait to let my friends know!
April 17, 2011 at 2:23 pm |
Also, there is a girl in my class whose thumb got stuck in a boat and no offence to anyone and myself, her deformed thumb now looks like our clubbed one haha
April 21, 2011 at 11:05 pm |
hahahah, honestly didnt realise how many people had thumbs like this, i’ve always had them. I hate them doe.
April 22, 2011 at 4:52 am |
I have never even heard of this trait until one day my father told me that Megan Fox has wierd thumbs. Well, being intreiged, I had to look them up. Come to find out Meagan has clubbed thumbs. They are quite different, but you may look at it as just being special. 😉
April 22, 2011 at 12:12 pm |
Wow Hi club thumb family!
I am the third generation that carry these unique thumbs but to find out that there is actually a name for them haha I just use to call them stubby thumbs haha…My nana (both thumbs), mother (both thumbs), Sister (only 1), me (both thumbs). I use to think that we were the only family in the world that had them… Someone should set up a conference so we can all meet and share and compare our life time of stories – growing up with the famous stubby thumbs (just a thought)
June 13, 2011 at 10:28 pm |
I think we should also!
April 22, 2011 at 8:53 pm |
Hey! I am 15 years old and I have 2 clubbed thumbs. I didn´t know that i had them since i think 2 years ago when my friends realized them! My dad is irish and italian and my mom is swedish…
I don´t have any problems and no one bullies me for them. Its cool that so many people hade clubbed thumbs and it makes me happy about them!
April 27, 2011 at 5:12 pm |
I have two toe thumbs and just finished my bachelors degree in piano music. At my first my piano lesson in college my new instructor laughed at my “cute little thumbs.” To which I replied “i’m handicable not handicapped.”
April 30, 2011 at 3:49 am |
Hi, my name is Tiffanie I have “Tumbs” toe/thumb. I love to tumb my bf in the butthole with it, since they are thicker than a normal thumb it feels better for them. I call them lollipops too because I like to suck on them and they taste sweet. I also like to dress my tumb up and put a fake nail on it, looks prettier that way. Megan Fox has tumbs. =)
May 3, 2011 at 8:37 pm |
hahah yeah, i also have this kind of thumbs. its nothing to be bothered about because its a special trait and not many people have it. If you are embarrassed about them when others make fun, just say its a special trait and not many people have them. Be glad you do! its nothing to be ashamed of!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 5, 2011 at 2:58 pm |
I have one of these on my right hand, me and my friends call it my “booty thumb”. My left thumb is normal and I have to show people my thumbs all the time. Its funny to me though.
May 5, 2011 at 3:02 pm |
witaj.Jestem z polski jesli ktos czy tą wiadomość niech się odezwię do mnie tez mam tą chorobę
May 5, 2011 at 3:07 pm |
witaj.Jestem z polski jesli ktos czy tą wiadomość niech się odezwię do mnie tez mam tą chorobę!!
May 11, 2011 at 1:10 am |
I’m in highschool & both of my thumbs are like this. I used to be extremely embarrassed of them and still sometimes try to hide them. It’s annoying because i find that hands can be an attractive feature, & i don’t think mine are attractive! It’s hard to do certain things, like play video games sometimes, and my thumbs up looks weird. but it makes me REALLY happy knowing Megan Fox has a thumb like this, i mean she’s one of the most beautiful of people! I like calling my thumbs “Megan Fox thumbs”, because i don’t like the way “clubbed thumbs” sounds. So whenever people notice my thumbs i say “Yeah, i have Megan Fox thumbs.” and it makes me feel lucky to have them 🙂
May 12, 2011 at 9:43 am |
I’m a 17 year old American dude and i also have fat thumbs. I don’t know all of my ancestry buy my dads side of the family is almost full Irish with the Nordic blue eyes. My moms side i think came from London she has green eyes and she is short around 5,5. I think having fat thumbs is a sign of Caucasian purity or something. Cause its only found in white people. If Anyone has found anything more out about this let me know. Oh and i also have big boned toes. weird isn’t it?
May 14, 2011 at 9:28 am |
I’m a 26 year-old African-American male with a clubbed thumb on my right hand. I used to be so embarassed to let people see it that I would always have my right hand in a fist. I joined the U.S. Navy at 19 and people ask me, “Dude, what happened to your thumb?” all the time and I really have become comfortable with with fact that I indeed have a clubbed thumb. Also, I just recently found out that my Great-Great-Grandfather was fully Italian. I would have never guessed that having clubbed thumbs was this common!
September 24, 2011 at 5:56 pm |
Thats cool. I have one clubbed too on my right hand as well. Like yourself I used to be embarrassed, but now I embrace and others too. How did you find out about your great great grandfather?
May 16, 2011 at 5:57 am |
Hi I’m a Chinese from Singapore and I have a clubbed thumb as well. Lol for my case I do think I didn’t inherit from a European royal blood descent since my ancestors are from China. Im the only one in my family to have such thumb and I find it unique actually 🙂
May 16, 2011 at 10:54 am |
i never even knew of this website, until today ><, i'm of vietnamese heritage and i cant beleive only natalie as well has the same thumbs. omg i use to hate looking at my thumb, but when i think about reading most of these comments, im just lucky im not alone. Anyways we're all unique 😀 yahhh
May 16, 2011 at 7:24 pm |
HEy i’m a 19 years old french canadian and I have one clubbed thumb. OMG!! I knew I was not the only one to have special thumbs but if I knew they were so many people like me, I would’ve stop hiding them!! I got a manicure once and the lady found my thumb very funny and this was the last time I did something special with my nails. I even stop putting nail polish!! because of this website I don’t feel bizarre anymore. 🙂
May 19, 2011 at 12:33 am |
omg i cant beleive im juss finding out how i am not the only one with these clubbed thumbs ! being 13 in 8th grade ppl v=can be mean but now in ur face ppl. im not weird. im unique 🙂
May 21, 2011 at 9:58 am |
i am from Croatia and I also have clubbed thumbs. 🙂 as I searched no one in my family has a thumb like that.
also my friends in school say Im unique bcs of that kind of a thumb. 🙂
May 21, 2011 at 2:28 pm |
hi everyone, I also have clubbed thumbs, two of them!
my aunt had it, though not her kids, and her aunt had it, my boy doesnt.
I think very special people have it, I am kinda special(I do everything on professional niveau when i do it for the first time and never done before), i can read a book and I know everything, what stands where.
I noticed the same thing with special people around. They have some talents?
how about you, are you too with these clubbed thumbs specialy in any ways?
I am Georgian, Caucasus.
May 26, 2011 at 4:12 am |
Omg!! I’m not alone!! Ur thumb looks just like mine!! I’ve always been made fun of my thumbs. They were called toe thumbs :0p. My daughter inherited the thumb. I heard it was a sign of royalty. All the kings n queens of England had them so I hear. I tell my daughter that, makes her feel better. So glad I found u!
May 29, 2011 at 9:01 am |
Hello! I am from Iowa and I also have two clubbed thumbs. Thrilled to hear I’m not alone. I am now 38 years old and am having terrible pain and shaking in my arms. (We jokingly say that I shake worse than my 97 year old grandmother.) Lately the pain in my left wrist is TERRIBLE! It runs from my elbow to my thumb. I just can’t even do normal activities. I don’t know if this has anything to do with my thumbs. Anyone else have this problem along with clubbed thumbs?
June 2, 2011 at 8:16 am |
I’m 15 and I have two clubbed thumbs. I really dislike them… But when I found out one of my friends had the same thumb but only one I was kinda disappointed because I would be like why can’t I have a club thumb and a normal thumb?? Sometimes I like being indifferent from my other friends but i hide them and I’m very insecure about them. I have small hands so when my guy friends tells me to put my hands against theirs to see how small my hands are I would be hoping they wouldn’t notice them. I’m glad that I’m not the only person in the WORLD that had these thumbs, because my family would tease me about it and I fist noticed it when I was In 8th grade…but I think I do have a temper…but like I’m not easily irritated unless you push me to my very last nerve….but I do accept myself but sometimes I just think why do I have to be the one in my family with these thumbs??….
June 2, 2011 at 7:29 pm |
My brother is always saying “Give me 4 and a half” :’-(
August 5, 2011 at 12:45 am |
haha my brother laughs at mine too 🙂 but that he hasn’t thought of lol
June 4, 2011 at 5:33 pm |
Ok.Clubbed thumbs are normal thumbs that didn’t grow enough!If your thumbs have grown enough it would look the same as long thumbs… That’s what the doctor sais.
It is inherited,so someone in your family has them too,if not on hands than on their thoes.
April 15, 2012 at 2:54 pm |
well as far as i know no one in my family has these awesome thumbs accept me?
June 6, 2011 at 2:11 am |
I’m really surprised to see all these people here. I was just researching about it right now and learned the term clubbed thumbs. I’m 22 and I didn’t know that there was any one else out there who had thumbs like mine till I was 18 and I saw a guy who had a clubbed thumb only on his right hand like me. I thought they occurred only in one hand. I was so sure that it was a birth defect when I was younger because no one in my immediate family has them and now seeing Megan Foxx I realized that people had them all over the world. But ti’s really surprising that they call them Murderer thumbs or people who have them are bipolar… wow a lot of info to swallow but at least now I know that it’s not a defect. So thank you for making me feel less like an alien.
June 6, 2011 at 8:40 pm |
i´m from austria and i have 2 clubbed thumbs. when i was younger i used to hide my thumbs, but now (i´m 20) everybody says that my thumbs are cute and everybody loves them, so i started to like them too. make us quite unique, those thumbs 🙂
June 11, 2011 at 5:18 am |
Yeah, I sucked my thumb til I was 13 but claim my unusual thumb towards that. Now I know. I feel kinda spacial!
June 15, 2011 at 6:41 am |
I’m really surprised to see all these people here. I was just researching about it right now and learned the term clubbed thumbs. I’m 29 and I didn’t know that there was any one else out there who had thumbs like mine except me and my mon and grand maa…
June 17, 2011 at 2:45 pm |
my new girlfriend has ‘lollipop’ thumbs as i have just read them referred to. i couldn’t help but wonder if they where heritable but after reading half these posts i don’t really care. They are kinda special!
June 18, 2011 at 3:19 pm |
witam jeśli jest ktoś z Polski piszcie tirek1@o2.pl czekam:)
June 20, 2011 at 8:19 am |
Im 13 years old and both of my thumbs are “clubbed”. I have always been very self conscious about my hands ever since people started pointing them out. I have been teased about them non-stop about them so i started hiding my thumbs by either folding them in my palm and my hand or pulling my hoodie sleeve or (long sleeve) shirt sleeve down to cover them. I thought i was the only one who had these thumbs but to know that there are so many other people makes me feel a lot better. i need your opinion, i think that having acrylic (fake) nails makes my thumbs look a little longer and more feminine but do you think the same about yours? please give me some feed back so i know lol. thanks 🙂
June 20, 2011 at 2:20 pm |
Hi Kayybear,
Welcome! First of all, we are all unique & special! God wanted us all to have these thumbs! I have learned to live with them, & I too was teased as a child! Both my girls 13 & 11 do not have them, so there is a good chance when you grow up & get married your kids might not inherite them! I too have acrylic over my own nails which I do. Yes they make our thumbs look a little longer & more feminine! I keep mine thumbs squared & short, this way the nail doesn’t get in my way! I do my own nails & have been for over 14 yrs. Always remember, we are special, we have a site to talk about our thumbs & if anyone says anything about them, just blow it off! Hope I answered your question, take care!
June 22, 2011 at 2:07 pm |
I am now 37 years of age. I too had difficulty growing up in school with my thumbs. The most common questions were: “What happen to your thumbs?”, “Did you smash your thums?”, and “Oh My Goodness, your thumbs!”. I learned to love my thumbs and realized that I was only one of 3% of the population that had these thumbs. It makes me and you very special people. What I’m trying to say is, “Fake nails are going to hide the true beauty and may not make you feel any better until you accept how very special that you are.” This is the best advise that I can give you. Good luck and know that you are very special.
June 22, 2011 at 2:36 pm |
I am 52 now and i can tell you that even my closest people & friends didnt notice my thumbs, only a couple of people(as a matter of 2!!! really!!!) in my entire life noticed them and after all who gives a shit if anyone doesnt like my thumbs?! I am special, different from all the others/ regular people with regular thumbs and i am proud of it! and when I found out that only puur blood royals have them I am even prouder as I am really of royal descent! so you might are, so stop worrying and be happy about your special thumbs, simple people dont have them, do they?! only we have 😉
June 22, 2011 at 2:40 pm |
I am 35 and have 2 clubbed thumbs but never really ever noticed mine til I met my mate as she has 2 clubbed thumbs also so was really shocked but never the mick taken out me tho cuz of them so thats good I guess,
June 22, 2011 at 10:18 pm |
i am 40 and thought i was unique with my ‘cute’ thumbs but is happy to see so many people out there who have club thumbs… one o my children has one .. thumbs up to everyone one out there!!!
June 22, 2011 at 10:56 pm |
Randy says
Apache and Italian, I have both thumbs short and fat, my daughter has them too. I’d like to know where they came from? Let see those shrot thumbs up.
June 24, 2011 at 8:54 am |
I’m fourteen and I have clubbed thumbs, although I never picked/bit my nails. I thought it was genetic, but neither my mother nor my father have clubbed thumbs. I’m not too embarrassed by them because none of my friends notice, but one annoying thing is that I’m really prone to warts (I’m thinking of taking medication) and there’s one on my thumb right now.
June 24, 2011 at 8:54 am |
Also, I’ve noticed a lot of my male friends have clubbed thumbs. Is it more common in guys?
June 24, 2011 at 3:37 pm |
hey clubbed thumbs friends! 😀 i am a 16 year old girl from Norway, and i have 2 clubbed thumbs. my dad, aunt and great grandmother have them too, and my second cousin have 1, all on my dad’s side of the family. i have never really been embarrassed of them, but as a kid i used to think that they were ugly.. but they’re not, they are a part of me and you have to accept who you are (: i wouldn’t have changed them if a could!
June 27, 2011 at 2:18 am |
Lewis: really hates himself, but is too ashamed to just admitt it; so he attacks others because he is weak in side, too weak to find the strength to look at himself.
June 27, 2011 at 2:20 am |
By the way I have Two lovely Clubbed Thumbs!!!! :0
July 4, 2011 at 3:01 am |
Well hey there, quite an interesting site. I am 50 years old, have 2 very clubbed thumbs, two feet that my large toe is shorter and the second and third toes “were” webbed, my pinky fingers are both hands do not have a first joint so I cannot ball a fist and I was born with a severly lazy eye 🙂 My father was military so it wasn’t until 3rd grade my lazy eye was corrected so now I am legally blind in that eye and cannot see in 3-D (sucks) with all the technology out now. When I was growing up I lived in Hawaii as my father was stationed at Pearl Harbor during the Vietnam war so with the climate we mostly wore sandles. I am here to tell you I was so ridiculed as a child it was unbelievable. My parents had my toes seperated which further scarred my body as I had skin graphs to put the skine between the toes that were seperated. These operations were done at two different times by two different doctors. The first military doctor actually butchered me and the scar on my side buttocks looks like someone took a meet slicer to me.
It was tough growing up but one thing I have learned is about the nature of humans themselves. It took many years for me to gain confidence in myself but I am here to tell you this…I am an absolute drop dead gourgeous FOX!! I have worked with the public for 30 years in banking using my hands.
My experiences taught me love, tolerance and to look for the beaity in everything. I hold my head hi. I would change my body for anything because it has taught me soooo very much.
Now a little something about my nature, I was told early in my childhood by my music teacher that my thumbs were a sign of a good natured person; I believe this but one thing I will say about myself is I am headstrong, determined and when I am right I will be the only one standing in a crowd of opposition. I don’t care for rude people, am slow to be tempered but when I am…and trust me it takes alot to push my buttons, I will give you my opinion.
Rude people suck and those that have things to say about someones differences only says many things of the individual commenting. Lack of character and obviously many issues of their own.
So please do not be ashamed of the way GOD made you, he made us all in his image and he loves you…and I do to.
You are beautiful 🙂
July 4, 2011 at 3:07 am |
Sorry me again, that was I wouldn’t change my body for anything!!!!
LOL,
July 9, 2011 at 4:55 am |
Hi ! I’m from India and i’ve seen fat thums only in our caste . My both thumbs are like that , i think its largely found among europoid . wonder how it reached so far !
July 17, 2011 at 2:17 am |
i am 100% finnish american and i have a club on my right hand. I was always proud of it and would whack people in the head with it when they mouthed off. i cant remember anyone else in my family having 1 tho. bipolar does run on my fathers side also
July 17, 2011 at 10:32 am |
Hi Capri,
I am a 50 yr old woman with one club thumb. Hated it always.
But my cousin was born with all fingers and toes webbed, some fused together with other problems…I always felt my thumb was somehow connected to his situation and counted myself fortunate.
His life has been very difficult ….as a kid was teased…he struggled with learning problems etc….God bless him…a gentle soul.
There is a website called “Leonardo’s hands” researching that Leonardo da Vinci had webbed fingers on one hand..google it.
I am loving this website…did not realize that my thumb is not unique!! Megan Fox and all you out there!!! It all boils down to self acceptance and acceptance of others…life would be so much better if we could realize that we are all precious…
You formed my inmost being;
You knit me in my mother’s womb.
I praise you so wonderfully you made me.
Wonderful are your works…….Psalm 139:13-14
Thumbs up to you all!!! love, Mary
July 20, 2011 at 11:41 pm |
Hi Everyone!
I can’t stop smiling! =) I’m 14 and have 2 wonderful club thumbs. No one else in my family has them. I personally show them off like “Be jealous, I’m unique”! but mine don’t look like the picture. They are super skinny under the knuckle and then really REALLY wide at the knuckle… Are there two kinds? I love my ‘toethumbs’ or ‘cartoon thumbs’ and hope everyone can learn to appreciate the way God made them, because the only reason people make fun of them is because they are envious. 😉
BTW: Idk if this is normal but I have a lot of trouble bending my thumbs, I’ve figured out how to manuver over the years obviously, but does anyone else have my pain? 😉
July 21, 2011 at 8:31 pm |
Hey I’m 16 and recently figured out that other people have the same thumbs as I do 😀 When I was a kid I asked “How do I get my thumbs to look normal” and was always told to stop sucking my thumb… Never worked haha. Anywho I noticed that if I let my thumb nails to grow out longer, people don’t notice them as much 🙂 I feel a lot more comfortable showing my hands now!
July 25, 2011 at 1:19 am |
hey, I am soooo shocked that there is a website for people like me!! I have to say that I was very happy to see that other people went through what I do. 🙂 A lot of my friends tease me about my thumbs and in the beginning I laughed and though it was fine, but now Im starting to really get upset and annoyed about it. My grandpa actually has my thumbs, but I didn’t know that there was actually a scientific name for it! When I read about it and found out the name, I was actually kind of happy. Now, whenever anyone says something about my thumbs, I just say “Hey be quiet, I have BDD!!”
July 26, 2011 at 6:12 am |
Hey everyone! Oh my goodness! i was reading some of this an i was like wow im not the only one! haha anyways, Im in high school and both of my thumbs are short. my friends think its really cool, but they also like to crack jokes, like calling me stubs. but i dont really mind anymore. knowing Megan Fox has thumbs like us makes us like 2000times cooler! lol My older cousin has one short thumb and one long thumb. My great grandfather had both of them short! An im also missing 2 knuckles on each of my hands. My index and middle finger are a little longer than my pinkie and ring finger so its kinda weird. For those of you that get called names an everything remember, that tats how you were made, its you. they crack jokes, just laugh it off Cause once they see it doesnt bother you they’ll stop. tust me:) be yourself(:
July 26, 2011 at 8:45 pm |
Lewis is a douchebag who is ruining an otherwise perfect world!!! Jerk offs like him are the ones who should be slaughtered!!!
July 30, 2011 at 2:56 am |
I Arabic from Iraq I see people from medal east have Clubbed Thumbs me I gated from my mother
July 30, 2011 at 6:14 pm |
Lol, i too have two of these thumbs.(;
i thought it normal, until my best friend pointed it out. Luckily i am a jokey person, so when people are like ‘hey u have really weird thumbs’ im like ‘IKR! lol *laughs* watch:’ *bends them back*
;D!!!
August 1, 2011 at 9:43 am |
This is a great site Cheers to the thumb!! If it makes anyone feel better mine is normal and I just find it down right strange. I solute you with honor and pride.:)
August 5, 2011 at 12:30 am |
wow. its seems like many people have my thumbs. and yet whenever people see my thumbs they freak out.
i was researching them, and noticed that sometimes they can happen when a child is young and i always had this memory of my thumbs getting wider, but i put it aside, because it sounds so ridiculous. anyway, God gave me these thumbs, and if anyone has a problem with them they can deal with him.
i have met three people with my same thumb. its weird though how all of us can literally have the SAME thumb and were not even related haha.
August 5, 2011 at 12:42 am |
Question: can we get our nails done????
August 9, 2011 at 6:45 pm |
I have a pretty severe “hammer thumb” but only on my left hand. My fingers in general are not too pretty. On my left hand my index finger is the longest finger. That I have never seen before. Has anyone ever seen that? My fingers taper down in size with my index finger being the longest. I also have unusually short baby fingers.
August 9, 2011 at 6:48 pm |
My daughter also has hammer thumbs on both hands. It is obviously passed on genetically. I know a guy who has a hammer thumb, but his daughter doesn’t have it. I thought it was a dominant trait. Anyone know anything about this?
August 10, 2011 at 3:59 pm |
I have clubbed thumbs on both of my hands. I never realized there were so many of us out there! Let alone someone like Megan Fox, that made me chuckle. But it’s nothing to be ashamed of, although growing up it can be a struggle because most likely your friends didn’t have the same “problem” –But as you grow older you realize it’s the way you were made and there’s absolutely nothing you can do about it.
August 11, 2011 at 4:02 pm |
My name Kyle im 26 until now know one has ever mentioned my clubbed thumb. One day recently a co-worker at my new job started making fun of it and calling me toe thumb. I dont know what to think about the whole thing he pointed out to another guy who called me a freek when i showed it to him.
August 11, 2011 at 4:09 pm |
@Kyle, Hey Kyle I have 2 clubbed thumbs but would ignore the comments as they havent nowt better 2 do if they make fun of ur thumbs, just remember we are all unique with our thumbs
August 13, 2011 at 2:13 am |
I never realized so many people have thumbs like mine. I have one on my left hand. Does anyone else have pain or discomfort in the thumb? My short thumb gets cold faster and hurts when its cold. It also just aches sometimes and I’m not sure why.
August 15, 2011 at 6:03 am |
wow, i always knew what i had was “club thumbs”, but i never knew there was a site devoted to all us thumb challenged people out there lol.
both mine are clubed, and they are also both hitchhikers thumbs, meaning they bend back at the last knuckle farther then most people. idk if these normally appear together, cause ive never met anyone else with club thumbs.
im half irish, an the rest is german, french, an english. an i know im decended from english royalty back from the 16th century. but the royalty is on my moms side, an hers are normal.
my dad has kind of a “half club thumb” if u will, cause its not as short as mine, but not as long as a normal one. but EVERYONE on my dads side has the hitchhikers thumb even without the having a club thumb.
August 18, 2011 at 11:51 pm |
never lost a thumb war
August 19, 2011 at 4:32 pm |
I wonder why I got these weird thumbs when I was a children, so I keep hiding them from people. Until a year ago, I just found that they are clubbed thumbs and now am so proud to have them. I have two clubbed thumbs and the only one have clubbed thumbs in my family and relatives. I’m Chinese female from Malaysia. I wish one day will meet someone who has clubbed thumb too.
August 19, 2011 at 7:22 pm |
I am 31 and have hid my thumbs my whole life. My family always made fun of them, and my mother would tell me to cover my hands when we were taking pictures. My mother also told me that is was a sign that I would be crazy. I grew up fearing the day that my thumbs would take control and I would turn mad. I was watching TMZ the other day and they started talking about Megan Fox’s ” E.T. Thumbs” and I felt shame. How crazy is that? I really would like to figure out where they came from. It is so nice to know that there are other people out there with my thumbs.
August 21, 2011 at 6:20 pm |
I am amazed at this website, my whole life I have had one “clubbed” thumb and have always been extremely self conscious about it. I never knew why and I would love to see more research in this area. It has always seemed to be harder and stronger than my other thumb. I am not really sure if anyone else in my family has them, as we are Polish-Ukrainian on my fathers side and all the males seem to have chubbier fingers and thumbs anyway. This is extremely interesting.
August 30, 2011 at 1:15 pm |
my right thumb is clubbed and shorter then my left thumb!!! i used to hate it but now its my party trick!
September 1, 2011 at 9:43 pm |
It’s really a surprise to see the thumbs in the picture above which look exactly identical to mine.Thank you for holding people with special thumbs together and giving us a chance to share our common ground. Wish to meet my “thumb-sakes” someday.
September 8, 2011 at 7:07 pm |
Amazing to find so many other people with the stubby thumbs I inherited from my Grandmother. Thumbs up to all of us!
September 11, 2011 at 7:04 pm |
I wasn’t able to finish all of the posts, but from what I was able to read I can see I’m not the only one with this mutation…Darn!! Well any who I am proud of my thumbs I suppose, but what about clubbed toe?
Is it the same because I noticed that my right toe is shorter than my left much like my left thumb is shorter (and wider) than my right!!! maybe i’m not bipolar but they are 2 polar opposites! ha!! get it?
September 11, 2011 at 7:07 pm |
Oh! and yet again an oddity from me is that I have been the first in my family to show the mutation so hmm….I wonder any guesses as to why that might be!!! Oh and pardon the corny joke above ;P
September 18, 2011 at 10:09 am |
Hi! I’m from greece and io also have clubbes thumbs and i love them! No one in my family have those fingers !
September 25, 2011 at 12:35 am |
Re-reading all of these posts – and realizing how these thumbs link us to people all over the world helps remind us that we are ONE race – the human race – far more alike than we are different. Our thumbs are just thumbs and they occur in every nation – They are not signs of mental illness, superiority or inferiority. They are just thumbs. While we all have had to learn ways to compensate for the length of our thumbs, it is not a difference that has prevented us from getting an education – or a job – or being loved.
September 25, 2011 at 12:47 am |
Wow until today (and I’m 50), I have never heard of anyone else having my funny left thumb. I used to suck it when I was little and was told I had stopped it from growing all the way because I sucked it until I was 10! Now I know that it wasn’t my fault. I’m English for centuries with a wee bit of Scottish thrown in. Ancient ancestry is Viking and Saxon and Roman (going by last names). So that covers the Italian and English and German that people have mentioned on this site. As far as I know, no one else in my family has it but maybe they kept it hidden like me. I always tuck it away so people don’t see that I used to be a thumb sucker. Now I know I’m not alone, I feel so much better about it. I’m so glad I found this site.
September 25, 2011 at 12:48 am |
Oh and of course the Viking bit also covers the Scandinavians!
September 28, 2011 at 4:27 am |
Yea! I have one of each and found out when I was 7. My mom didnt believe me until I showed her. She laughed sooo hard then showed me her thumbs. She has both clubbed. My dad has both “regular”, and I was blessed with one of each. My older brother has both, im the middle and has one of each, my younger brother has my dad’s thumbs. We are 100% Italian, my dad was born in Italy and my moms parents are 100% too. I love them! I was told once that having one of each is a perfect DNA split of 50% your mom and 50% your dad. I wonder……any evidence found surrounding the royalty thing?
September 30, 2011 at 11:14 am |
wow this is so interesting , well I´m a double cubbler , I´m from central America (Honduras) ive met 3 people with this thumb , but they are arab descendants to be more specific from palestine , in my case I am a spanish , portuguese descendant my dad also have them. My uncle´s name is RAUL ALVAREZ SARRIA , so if there is anyone with these last names and a cubbled thumb, we are sure family related 🙂
September 30, 2011 at 11:23 am |
clubbed**
October 1, 2011 at 10:22 am |
ever felt like it means something? LOL.
i have clubbed thumbs too! 🙂 and i was always proud of it cuz it’s different from every1 else, and people get amused by it! 🙂
July 10, 2012 at 5:14 pm |
hey it does mean something it means we are cool even though we are different
October 1, 2011 at 10:31 am |
I am a Nepalese girl, 20, double clubber too! I have 2 brothers and 1 sister. Only I have the clubbed thumbs and I got it from our dad!
October 1, 2011 at 11:22 pm |
This is so amazing i never thought there could be this many people with clubbed thumbs. I think it is fantastic that someone has gone and made a website about it! I too have clubbed thumbs and have been teased one really good one that i got was thubelina but once i told them to stop they have and only my best friends and i ever laugh about them now. I am told that my great nanna emily had clubbed thumbs so that is where i must have inherited them from. I do find them embarressing at times but i also find that it is great that WE ARE DIFFERENT and dont have all the same thumbs. What if our thumbs are the right ones and theirs are weird?
October 2, 2011 at 12:35 pm |
I have “normal” thumbs and ” club thumbs” don’t run In my family, but my Fiance has big great ones! And I love them! They run I’n his mums family she is Aussie.
I used to have a close girl friend when I was a kid, she had them and we nick named them ” super thumbs”. Pretending they had some supernatural power.
When I met my Fiance the first thing he actually mentioned was a joke about a toe finger transplant, he showed me his thumbs and I cracked up laughing! I said oh my gosh, Some one else I’n this world has super thumbs!
To be honest I hope my children get them, they are adorable. So unique 🙂 all of his siblings and the next generation have them!
October 3, 2011 at 10:08 pm |
one of my biggest pet peeves ever is this weird deformity seriously it makes me vomit. A girl at my old lunch table back in high school had it. I should have sawed that tumor off of her hand while I had the chance, to stop the spread of the disease! It is disturbing and the creepiest thing I have had the inconvenient misfortune of laying my eyes off. I am going to start the ogre holocaust- a mission to go around cutting off all the disgusting, fat, toe thumbs in the country. The world will be a much more beautiful place. YOU WILL THANK ME! I thank me already!!
October 10, 2011 at 8:55 pm |
Are you actually being serious? Disease? Are you an idiot? Do you really think if most people with clubbed thumbs could choose they would want them? I’ve gone my whole life being tormented over something I can’t control, and it’s people like you that have drove me to the edge of suicide before. I honestly can’t believe what you just wrote… Ugh, idiot.
October 24, 2011 at 5:13 pm
It’s amazing how ignorant people are. I don’t see what’s wrong with them at all. It’s not like they’re sprouting hairs and pussing up all over the place, they’re just thumbs, and they work as well as normal ones.
April 15, 2012 at 2:47 pm |
hey genevieve yuo want to cut off my thumb try to. If you think for one second the world would be a beter place your kiidding yourself. Even if you got the government to issue a law I wouldn’t because I like my thumb and I’m not gonna let osme stupid person like you take it away. C-tie and Seph you are awesome in fact everyone with short thumbs is awesome . Genevieve that “more beutiful place” you were talking about … keep dreaming cause it ain’t gonna happen!
April 15, 2012 at 3:00 pm |
hey bitch i cant believe that you posted that when my little sister evelyn showed me this i so just wanted to shove my foot up your ass r u for reals there is nothing wrong with short thumbs they look like regular thumbs just smaller like baby one and the fact that you actualy posted that make me sick you a discrace of a human being and if you ever post anything like that again and my sister shows it to me i will kick you little white ass to the moon and i hope that all of your children have short thumbs read this and realize what a bitch you are.
October 6, 2011 at 4:38 am |
genevieve
Why the hell would you even say something like that. Your nothing better than a prissy ass bitch. Do you have any idea how hard it is for people to deal with stuff like this. It might be something you can easily make fun of, but people actually have to live with it. You better watch what you gata say cus it only takes one remark to send someone over the edge. Would you still be laughing if a person reading this decided to commit suicide? Don’t say “its whatever” either cus its not; you have no idea what any of these people are going through in their life. But i guess you’d be happy right? why stop at cutting off the thumb; lets just get rid of the entire person.
October 11, 2011 at 11:47 am |
C-tie,
I cannot believe you would even think of saying things like this! Why on earth are you on this site! You have no business here if you are not one of us! We are unique! So go away & leave us alone!
October 12, 2011 at 4:43 pm |
Wow I didn’t know there were so many people like me! God I hope this forum doesn’t make my DATA Plan go over on my phone.lol I have 2 clubbed thumbs and my biological mother has 1. I was about 8 years old when I found out I was different. I was at church one day and I was playing with my thumbs because they are double jointed. my friend with sitting next to me and he noticed me playing with my thumbs and staired in disbelief. He got his moms attention to show her how “weird” my thumbs were. I had thought they were talking about the double jointedness of my thumbs… but she advised him to “be nice” I didn’t realize he was making fun of my thumbs themselves. Later that night my Mother showed me her thumb and explained that they are different than everyone elses.
Later in life I had a daughter at the age of 20. And no she did not have clubbed thumbs. but at the age of 4 month old she was developing liver disease. They did not know why she why she was suffering from liver disease so they thought it was genealogical. So they took a genealogical sample from her and tested it. It turns out she had a mutation in her JAG1 GENE. They thought this has to do with her failing liver. They tested my wife and I and I have the JAG1 mutation and pass it to her. So not only did I have weird thumbs now but now I thought I was killing my daughter. I sure felt like a deformed mutated freak
October 21, 2011 at 2:03 pm |
hey, im 15 and i have a clubbed thumb( or toe thumb) on my left hand and my right thumb is regular… ive always wanted to know what it meant because noone in my family has it, and i didnt realize it till i was 10 and since then ive been self consious about it..
October 21, 2011 at 10:30 pm |
I have one clubbed thumb and my dad has both his clubbed and so did his mum. My mum always told me it was because I suck my thumb as did my dad when he was younger. It is getting worse though and shortening further. Is there any corrective surgery out there cos I hate. ??Has anyone had this done
October 24, 2011 at 5:12 pm |
I just stumbled across this page and found it kinda funny to read other people’s comments and stories. I have two clubbed thumbs, and like a lot of people on here, I’m real self conscious about them. I generally tuck my thumbs into my palms and I don’t use my hands for much. It sucks having to wear any type of glove, too, especially the transparent ones. I’m studying to be a Veterinarian and it is going to suck having to ALWAYS wear them!
October 24, 2011 at 10:11 pm |
Hello all :]
Since I was a child, my thumbs always stood out to me, and I always thought they were the cutest things. I was proud to have them, and never at any time embarrassed. I never knew they were a deformity until, as the years passed, I realized nobody I knew had these clubbed thumbs. I looked it up, and voila, it’s a mutation. Honestly, that made me feel even more special. I was never picked on for my thumbs; I always bragged about them before others even noticed them. All my friends think they’re cute. I’m so excited that the mutation is a dominant gene… My children will share this adorable trait? Yes please :]
However, it is interesting that nobody in my family has these thumbs, even tracing back to the greats. I am the first. Where did they come from? My mother and I believe that I mutated spontaneously on my own. Isn’t that coincidental? They are symmetrical, and I don’t have it in my toes like most others do. Also, I’m not bipolar 😛 as far as I know! I’m only 17, but I show no symptoms.
I’ve only known about the mutation for two years, though I’ve noticed I was different my whole life. But I’m proud, and I think everyone else should be as well. It makes you different, unique, and it’s a shame how some people call something so special a “flaw.” It’s insulting how the media torments Megan Fox. She’s gorgeous, and her adorable toe thumbs only add to it. So don’t get surgery to fix it; you’ll just be betraying your individuality.
:]
October 27, 2011 at 12:48 am |
I’m 13 years old and me and my 17 year old sister have always had them. I heard that it could have been from royal decent or something. And since we’re half Lebanese (Mother’s side) I guess it could be possible considering Lebanon’s history. Not a lot of people at my school know I have them because I tend to hide my thumbs. I’d sort of curl them into my palms or avoid ever showing them. They look really weird compared to my other fingers which are long and thin. I’m really self-conscience about my thumbs since this other boy in my grade has them and his friends make fun of them. No one makes fun of mine, if they ever do see it I just tell them ya it’s weird and laugh along with myself but if it gets too serious I’d just tell them to back off (but that never happened thank god) If you’re a girl and you have them just grow your nails out they start to look really cute. I was wondering if anyone knew if surgery on them was possible? I don’t want to seem shallow and fake and all but it’s just that I don’t want to get made fun of or bullied for having them.
November 3, 2011 at 1:08 pm |
Wow! I too, have fat thumbs that I used to keep folded up in my hands so no one could see them. I am now 57 and don’t hide them anymore…but are always on my mind when working with my hands around people. (I work @ jewlery dept. @ Walmart, so am always changing watch batteries, and can feel when someone is “staring” at my toe thumbs. Well, I guess I can relax because they’re special. So next time someone asks why thumbs are fat, I can tell them they’re special haha. Really glad I found this site
December 1, 2011 at 7:30 pm |
Hi Kathy i have the same thumbs and couldn’t help to reply to what you wrote that you use to fold your thumbs in your hand i use to do the same thing i’m 29 and still find myself doing it:)
November 3, 2011 at 1:17 pm |
…also I have a sister that has one club and one “normal” thumb. Was told that I had an aunt with 2 also. I remember when my 2 girls were born, I looked to see if they had “normal” thumbs, and yep they did.
…and this goes way back, but I remember my mom telling me when I’d go to punch my brother (brother sister fights), she told me not to keep my thumbs inside my fist or I could break them. darn thumbs. Am I too old to be proud of them now?
November 7, 2011 at 2:23 am |
Genetic abnormality observed as clubbed thumbed man in case of in case of Dr.Henry Meyer who had high abnormal deviation of brain line going up and cutting through heart line. The trial of Dr. Henry Meyer, accused of killing Gustav Baum fey poison, with antimony and arsenic was finally begun yesterday before Recorder Smyth, after ten days consumed.Dr.Meyer was regularly graduated as Homeopathic physician in Chicago in 1898 In getting a jury. Assistant District Attorney McIntyre opened the case for the people as soon as court was called to order. Two writers of sensational detective stories were in attendance yesterday at the murder trial of Dr. Henry C.W. Meyer to gather material for their peculiar romances, and from present indications they will be well rewarded for their trouble. A more remarkable story of crime and its ferreting out has never been told in any courtroom.
With the help of Ludwig Brandt an agent for Mutual benefit life insurance association .Meyer was the medical examiner of this association and because of some fraudulent applications both were in jail during 1890 which ended with conspiracy and murder of Brandt. In fact Meyer married his own wife to Brandt for such a conspiracy.
November 7, 2011 at 2:29 am |
Citation: Thumb radiation by spiral squeezing may compress and shorten and the gap may be reduced during any cancerous growth which may be an indication requiring scanning says Sankaravelayudhan Nandakumar,oxford Astrogeneticist ,Hubble research space science scholar. The spiral compression and expansion in thumb vortex requiring an interesting spin quantized hall’s cyclic transformation hologram for an urgent investigation.
November 18, 2011 at 1:54 am |
i am 23 and i am so emabarrased to eat infront of new people, i m glad that i m not by mself but i have a group of friends who has the same stories as i do 🙂
November 19, 2011 at 5:30 pm |
one of my best friends has clubbed thumbs
i call them Timmie & Arthur
im so jealous, they’r so cute 😀
sent her this link let’s see what she does
November 25, 2011 at 2:56 am |
I’m 19 and have been aware of my thumbs since I was really young.
I’m Scottish/Norwegian descent and the only one in in family. I have no problem with them! I like them even, had a few nasty remarks over the years, but it just doesn’t bother me. It makes me sad seeing all the comments saying that they’re so embarrassed and want to hide them!
November 25, 2011 at 5:10 pm |
I have one on my left hand. I’m still pretty insecure about it sometimes, but honestly people really have to be checking you out to notice it. So if your worried about it being noticed try to think of it as an oppurtunity to know someone must be really interested in you if they are taking the time to study the details of your body.
November 25, 2011 at 5:19 pm |
Lol @ Lewis. Internet Trolls are some of the lowest creatures on the planet. Go back under your bridge troll.
November 26, 2011 at 10:30 am |
i have two clubbed thumbs and i didn’t notice it that long ago.I only just found out i had them .no one in my family have my thumbs and i have no idea whre i got them from .i really hate my thumbs and hide them all the time i really wish i could do something to make them normal like everyone else .if you any way you can please tell me!!!
November 26, 2011 at 10:32 am |
such a cool website for us all
November 26, 2011 at 10:36 am |
Lily, we are your family we are your people love who you are ! Embrace that you are different. know that how you think when you are young is not how you will think 20,30 years from now
November 27, 2011 at 5:56 pm |
I ALSO HAVE BOTH THUMBS LIKE THIS..I NOTICED THEM WHEN I WAS ABOUT 15YRS OLD..I AM MALTESE / ITALIAN BACKGROUND. I HAVE ONE SISTER AND THREE BROTHERS, NO JUST I GOT THE CLUB THUMBS IN MY FAMILY..I HAVE TWO CHILDREN WHO BOTH HAVE BEAUTIFUL HANDS..I HATE MY THUMBS I HAVE ALWAYS HID THEM, I AM VERY EMBARRASSED OF MY HANDS..FAKE NAILS MAKE THEM LOOK A LITTLE BETTER, BUT NAILS NEED TO BE KEPT SHORT AND PALE NAIL POLISH APPLIED..I ALSO HAVE CLUBBED BIG TOES WHICH I ALSO HATE..AND MY LEFT EYE TURNS IN-WARDS: I HAD EYE SURGERY AT THE AGE OF 21YRS, BUT IT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM,,EVERYTHING IS GENETIC..I HAVE HATED MY LIFE AND SELF FOR SO MANY YEARS, I AM NOW 55YRS OLD..I FEEL SORRY FOR PEOPLE BORN WITH PHYSICAL DEFECTS..
November 28, 2011 at 12:46 pm |
I was talking to my cousin on Saturday night at a family party. Both of her thumbs are like this. My right thumb is like this. I think it’s awesome that there are people out there with them. I’m happy to have found this website. Even Megan Fox has one…
November 29, 2011 at 5:17 pm |
Hello i have two clubbed thumbs im ninteen now i noticed my thumbs were diffrent in third grade when we had too do finger prints. My uncle has thumbs like mine i think only four of my friends seen my thummbs im very self conscious i dont like showing them at all i hide them as much as possible but i still paint them n stuff lol i was just woundering hhow can i over see such a small feature my b.f knows i have them but i dont know what to say because i dont know why there like this?? Can anyone give me advice i have a three uear old bby and it looks like she has them too.
November 29, 2011 at 6:25 pm |
And i think its very rude that ppl get on this site and have nothing but negative things to say you guys are losers like andrea what kind of friend are you seriously you must be a real bitch you and scotty are made for eachother we might have a tiny flaw but you guys are just ugly people all around And mustbe really lame to google something you dont even have
December 1, 2011 at 5:36 am |
I’m Mexican and I have two clubbed thumbs.
December 1, 2011 at 7:23 pm |
Hello my name is Stacy and i have read all of your stories on here i myself have two clubbed thumbs my son has both thumbs as well and my daughter only has her right thumb clubbed and i can relate to all of you. My grandfather had these thumbs as well as his mother which is my great grandmother.As a child i was embarrass of my thumbs and was always teased. Till this day i hide my thumbs as much as possible but i know that i shouldn’t because my grandfather use to tell me that we are special and although he is not here anymore i do believe that we who carry the trait of clubbed thumbs are very unique and special people. Nice hearing your stories it makes me feel great knowing that we aren’t alone. 🙂
December 1, 2011 at 7:26 pm |
Be Free People, Be Free
December 3, 2011 at 5:25 pm |
Hi everyone! I have two clubbed thumbs as well! I’m of Finnish/Estonian heritage. My right thumb is longer than my left and they’re both slightly crooked. The top joint shifts sideways pretty dramatically so they’ve become my party trick. I didn’t realize they were unusual until I broke my elbow when I was I kid and two doctors at the emergency room thought I’d broken my thumbs. I’m so proud of my thumbs!
December 4, 2011 at 7:13 am |
Hi Everyone –
My name is Anastacia and I’m 20. I have two ‘clubbed thumbs’ and I never knew other people had them except for Meagan Fox and even hers are different than mine. Cause mine are like super chubby and my nail is like 2cm wide and like 1/2cm in height. I’m the only one in my family with them. But unlike most of the people on this site I’m not of European heritage, I’m actually Mexican and so is my entire family so idk about the whole royalty bit. Also I wanted to say that i read some of the comments on here jacked douchebags and wow! I never got made fun of when I was younger or even now, most people just notice and then move. i;ve never had anyone make a rude comment about my thumbs.
December 6, 2011 at 1:13 pm |
phew glad im not the only one with them, my nanna has them too, but iv never seen another person with ‘clubed thumbs’ before. i have always wondered if there was a plastic surgery or something i can have done to fix them. i have had jokes made behind my back about them before. I live in australia with soem polish/german heritage… could that be where they orginate maybe??
December 9, 2011 at 1:45 am |
This is incredible! I am 29 and have both thumbs “clubbed”. I prefer “murder’s thumb” because it doesn’t sound as retarded. I am a mutt (4th Gen American) but am white and mostly European descent. Ie, Italian, French, Czech, German, Polish, Irish/Scottish. I was made fun of as a kid, and do win thumb wars. I am also a very reasonable person but have a strand of crazy that can come out when provoked. Someone needs to make a facebook group about this! I would but tech and time are two things I know nothing about. I looked out there and the only page is a ‘disease’ page. This isn’t a disease people! Let’s unite!
December 19, 2011 at 12:01 pm |
Clubbed thumbs unite ehh
December 13, 2011 at 11:22 pm |
Hi, im 19 from st.helens. I have also got clubbed thumbs on both of my hands, until reading this i thought i was the only one with them. I used to always ask my mum if you could get ‘Thumb reductions’ to make them thinner lol. I hate them, but im getting used to them a little bit. One time i went for tips put on my nails and the woman said to the other woman ”i dont know if we have tips big enough for her thumbs” which made me feel embarrassed but luckily they did. I gets tips put on quite a lot now and find that because my nail is nice when tips are on it makes me thumb look thinner. My friend always calls me ‘toe thumbs’ i dont take it to heart because i know shes only joking. Now I have seen this blog i feel a lot better about it. Thank-you guys x
December 14, 2011 at 3:22 am |
Glad I found this site. I’m from Indonesia and clubbed thumb is not very common here. So, far I only know three people who have the same thumbs, my brother, my grandpa and I. I used to hide my thumbs and if anyone sees them, they always want to know what happened, I mean I felt like an alien because I’m not like everyone else. Now I know that I’m not the only one. Thanks for making this blog. It makes me feel better.
What if there’s a gathering for the people who have clubbed thumbs, and make a charity action?
I don’t know who you are, but after reading the blog and the comments, I feel like we’re all connected.
December 15, 2011 at 3:10 am |
I just found out on the US show “Body of Proof” what it was that no doctor could ever explain to me; what, exactly, was the issue with what I call my “weird thumb”. I hate that I can’t have a manicure or false nails; the only way I could do it for my wedding was to do my own nails and they mostly fell off during the ceremony! I’m also wondering; does anyone else with clubbed thumb have a problem with uneven/unnatural nail growth? My thumb nail comes in three distinct sections that grow at different rates, and frequently break with little to no warning and many times into the quick. Ouch!
December 19, 2011 at 11:58 am |
Mine grows normal a bit slow id say
December 15, 2011 at 3:43 pm |
I am a 39 y/o female and have clubbed thumbs on both hands, I think my 7 y/o daughter has them too. My thumbs ends where my fingers start. Don’t know of any other family members that have them, possibly one of my Grandfathers did but they both passed away when I was about 2 y/o so I never really knew them that well.
Jennifer, I get my nails done…manicures & artificial nails, they just dig through that little box of theirs and find one that fits. My thumb nails grow naturally, usually it is my other ones that will break just due to being dry or working around the house.
I do have another problem that I don’t think anyone else has yet mentioned though…my thumbs sometimes “lock-up” at the joint and then crack. Not sure if that makes sense…not sure how else to explain it. It doesn’t really hurt, it is just annoying and kind of grose when you hear it.
For people that say that sucking your thumb or biting your nails causes clubbed thumbs, I would say, “just not true.” I did both of those things, but my daughter does not. I don’t think it has anything to do with your nationality, it may however be inheirited. I never really thought much about it and nobody ever really said anything to me. Was not really ever brought up until someone well known (Megan Fox) was identified as having them.
To all the rude people that looked up or just “came across” this site, which I believe was made for people with clubbed tumbs to share…I guess you have nothing else better to do, donate some of your free time to volunteering and making this world a better place rather than putting others down. Every person has something that others may see as a flaw. Are everyones earlobes the same? Hair? Eyes? Freckles? I see it as making each one of us different, unique, & beautiful!
December 22, 2011 at 2:25 pm |
I got the same “loch up” sometimes!! 🙂
January 20, 2012 at 4:34 am |
Wow! I am 61 yrs old female and have two club thumbs and the I the lock up join problem in both thumbs first and second joints. I am also double jointed in the second joints, which looks really weird when I make my thumbs move back and forth. I too, thought I was the only one that had fat thumbs throughout my school years. Didn’t seen anoth person with them till I was in my 30’s. I am 50% Swedish-father’s side and German, Scottish on my mothers side with A- blood type. I hardly fit in with the majority of my fellow “Club Thumbers”. But I am happy to know that we are intelligent, creative and really have good sense of humor. My biggest complaint is that my nails are paper thin and ten to crack from the top down. Fake nails are okay, but I am to busy having fun to deal with that anymore. At least they work!
December 19, 2011 at 5:15 am |
Hahaha… I have these wonderful unique thumbs as well and when anyone laughed at them my response was ” we all have defects I have my thumbs and you have your face”…
December 19, 2011 at 11:55 am |
Wow this sucks anything else about that i have to find out im 19 both thumbs are clubbed, wish i had a friend with clubbed thumbs. That will make me happy 🙂
December 27, 2011 at 1:47 am |
I know exactly how you feel. People think used to think that I’m weird. But then, I explained to them that it’s genetic. But, still, they think I’m weird.
January 21, 2012 at 1:13 am |
when i read the comments i found that is only me is an arabian !!!!! and this dosent make any sense ! and what i want to say that we are one family and we are “unique”….. yaaa> and by the way im egyption and proud :d
December 21, 2011 at 10:23 pm |
I’m 51 years old and in the medical profession and never heard of “clubbed thumb” until a couple of weeks ago. I have always hated my clubbed thumb-I only have one-I found it embarassing and always tried to hide it…good thing it’s my nondominant hand. Now I find it’s genetic and there are so many others like me-it puts a smile on my face. I am 1/2 Italian. As far as I know there is nobody else in my extended family with a clubbed thumb. More power to us!!!
December 22, 2011 at 2:22 pm |
Hi I just love this web! For such a long time I thought I was a freak! kids laughed of it, saying it was like a turtle head (!!) and i always pressed them or hide them, putted plasters and felt relieved in winter when I had to use gloves….. Now im 30 and i dont even want to paint my nails to not make them noticeble…. anyway I think after reading all these comments I will start to embrace it.. thanks! x
December 22, 2011 at 2:27 pm |
oh! and another thing I hate to do sometimes is texting in my phone in front of people! or using the calculator! :)x
December 26, 2011 at 12:28 pm |
it’s great to have this website for someone like us the clubbed thumb 😀 it reminds us that we are not walking alone. hahah. both of my thumbs are clubbed and i’m Malaysian 18. well, sometimes its pretty embarrassing to have this thumb. my friends and family says it’s cute and weird. and they always laugh at it. i never pass by anyone with this type of thumb before, maybe it’s because its 1 in a thousand. HAHA. anyways, cheers to the same thumb people!
December 26, 2011 at 12:30 pm |
and one more thing! touchscreen is just a big trouble to me! screw it! 😦
December 27, 2011 at 1:42 am |
I hate touchscreen too! Maybe that’s because my thumbs are too big for it.
January 9, 2012 at 6:11 am |
Try typing with my thumb!! XD it’s Shaped like a D and takes up almost half my iPod keyboard!
Ps I am TheSponge and I am of Hispanic background eventually going into French and most likely more European backgrounds
December 27, 2011 at 1:38 am |
I too have “club Thumb” on both hands. I inherited from my father who has club thumb only on his one hand. I am terribly embarrassed of them, I always hide them specially when I am outside in public areas because I feel that people will pass rude comments. Anyone please help me how I can overcome this whole “embarrassing phase” that I am in. I have never had anyone pass rude comments except this one friend who somehow noticed them. Ever since she keeps laughing at them, it freaking infuriates me. She also has one weird fungus(ed) looking nail but I never say anything because I know that if I do she will feel bad.
Anyhooooo I know we are different, “unique” as I like to say. I was sooo happy when I learned that one of the most beautiful girls in the world Megan Fox has them and she doesn’t look like she is embarrassed of them. Wish I was like her (cool with my thumbs).
I also noticed like others have where some posts on the net are referring club thumb as physical deformity – that’s just bad. It’s not — right guys..
P.S I am of Asian ethnic background
December 29, 2011 at 1:29 am |
Maybe I should get more into with this sort of business.
December 29, 2011 at 3:01 pm |
Whoa! I’m 21 years old from Canada… I Too have clubbed thumbs! I literally did not know that this was really a thing! I thought I was the only one…. So great to know that there’s others in this world like me! does anyone know what causes it? Is it a gene…?
December 30, 2011 at 4:03 am |
I would never post on something like this but its interesting to me that everyone so far that posted is of European descent. I am Korean and have 2 clubbed thumbs and a clubbed middle finger. My maternal grandmother has clubbed thumbs and an uncle on my fathers side has clubbed thumbs as well. I don’t care about my thumbs anymore but my middle finger on my left hand bothers me because it’s so close to my ring finger that I would hopefully be showing off to everyone one day. There’s no cosmetic surgery for this, is there? (I sound so vain ha. )
December 31, 2011 at 7:31 pm |
Wow! Even though I know this mess is out of my league. Its still very cool.
January 2, 2012 at 1:37 am |
I’m the only one in my family with clubbed thumbs. I sometimes get comments that my thumbs are fat and wide.
And I’m belgian. :”)
January 2, 2012 at 12:28 pm |
I am 27 and have two clubbed thumbs. Not until recent years have I meet anyone else that also had clubbed thumbs. I started a new job and was really shocked when two of my fellow workmates also has them. I always Knew my thumbs where different growing up but I was lucky and noone really cared…..in fact everyone loved them (they became kind of a party trick). I have also heard they are known as “witches thumbs”. In the days if you had these thumbs everyone would believe you to be a witch and your village would stone you to death. Not a nice story but just another to add to the list of ones I heard. Now at 27 I am curious as to why I have them? I have German and English background
January 3, 2012 at 11:27 pm |
I am a 18 years old girl from Norway with 2 clubbed thumbs. 4 people in my family has them aswell. People were commenting about my thumbs, and I just found out that it is called BDD. I feel special with my thumbs 🙂
January 4, 2012 at 9:25 am |
We are special!!
January 6, 2012 at 3:52 am |
Hello..I am a 35 yr-old woman and I was born with dual club thumbs. I don’t ever remember a time when I felt embarrassed about my thumbs. Certainly, I always knew they were different but I’ve always been okay with it. I’ve never had any comments about them….just curious questions. I’m sure that there are many people who have made rude and inappropriate comments about my thumbs behind my back but I don’t care. That is their business and it doesn’t change the person I am. I am proud of who I am and that includes my thumbs but I must say that I am certainly happy to know that there are so many of us in the world. None of you should be ashamed…I am proud to share this trait with all of you.
January 6, 2012 at 7:52 pm |
I have 2 clubbed thumbs and have only just recently found out that it’s genetic although I always knew they were different. I am the only one in my family that i know of to have them. I am 15 now and have always been self-conscious of them ever since around the age of 9; I have always tucked them in the palm of my hands. Since starting secondary school I became even more conscious until I found some other people at my school with the same thumbs. I think the fact Megan Fox has the same on one thumb made it a little easier too due to who she is. However, lately, when I have finally started to become satisfied with them, a few people who didn’t know about them have realised them and have started making comments. I know it’s just banter and it happens to a lot of people and I can take that, it’s just it has made me very insecure once again and feel as if I constantly have to hide them as I did before. I know it will blow over soon but reading the comments on here have really changed my attitude towards them and have taught me that I’m not the only one but still am quite unique in a sense to have clubbed thumbs. I once again feel a little happier about them but in the back of my mind I know that I am not content with them and wish I had normal thumbs like the majority.
January 9, 2012 at 6:04 am |
I have a weird thumb, I don’t know if it counts as one of these toe thumbs but it’s shaped as a “D” and its stubby compared to my other normal thumb. It’s webbed and a part of the nail literally NEVER grows and when my hand grows, my skin rips around the never-growing nail ( painless for the most part ) and I’ve been looking for answers since I was 10. It’s been three years and I’m learning to accept it. Sure. My life won’t ever be “normal” but I really can’t and or wouldn’t have it another way.
January 9, 2012 at 11:17 am |
its amazing to know im not alone.! ive done nothing but hide it all my life, im not ashamed anymore now.! 😀 xx
January 9, 2012 at 1:02 pm |
I have 2 clubbed thumbs and from Korean heritage, 15. My friend’s mum says that acording to korean tradiotion, the elders love it so it is a good thing to have. She says that people with them are very lucky and won’t end up on the streets and starving. All my life I have never been teased or bullied about my thumb and always thought they looked ugly. But now that I’ve heard it is a good thing to have it , I don’t mind it. My auntie had it also, but it grew into a natural shape as she grew. I also heard that it may mean a sign of royalty???? Anyways I’m glad I’m not he only one with clubbed thumbs
January 10, 2012 at 9:04 am |
this is great i to have a pair of clubbed thumbs, i am 16 years old now. I don’t think i noticed my thumbs until i was 13 or so when somebody pointed them out to me. I to have had many people laugh at me. until recently i though it was just weird and i hid my thumbs in my hands all day but inevitably people still noticed. Not to long ago i did a few Google searches on clubbed thumbs and discovered, as we all have, it is not as weird as i thought. but it is still a pain to explain this when ever some catches a glimpse of my thumbs and goes “oh can i see you thumbs”, i mean what are you supposed to say?
My mother has bipolar disorder but no clubbed thumbs. I am wondering if there is some sort of connection? perhaps something to do with the gene. who knows.
January 11, 2012 at 4:14 am |
I am 28 and both of my thumbs are short and fat. In school I always got made fun of for this so I hid them, now they are a conversation starter and I love them. I love being different. I have only met three other people like this but mine are for sure the worst. It’s wierd how everyone notices them but not a single doc has ever said anything. I am the only one in my family that has them other than my 9 yr old. I always wonder how I got them and why………
January 13, 2012 at 10:35 pm |
I’m 54 and only just discovered that my stubby left thumb is genetic, I just thought it had been damaged when I was young. Someone with the same condition pointed it out and said it was a sign of being descended from the French royal family ha ha ! in addition it is supposedly the sign of a really strong will. I;m of Scottish & Irish descent & my grandmother’s maiden name was Fox (no French that I know of unfortunately). Great to know that there are so many other people with same condition.
January 14, 2012 at 6:19 pm |
I’m 23 and have two clubbed thumbs, Morton’s Toe, and silver/gray eyes. I’m also a native american and there is a story of when my ancestors were born we were first able to shapeshift into animals to help the great creator build his world, angels my grandmother would later confirm. She said that we would have wings great enough to soar with creation and view everyone from the sky, legs that would run with the wind, and hands that could raise mountains to the ground. I like the story because it makes me realize how unique I am, and that there is a reason I have these little genetic traits. My grandmother believed I am a direct decendant from the orginal “helpers” because I’m the only one in my Family with these traits. Unique…
January 18, 2012 at 4:13 pm |
It’s really nice to know there are many people out there who have thumbs that are similar to mine. I thought I was the only one as a kid.. This site on Facebook is a cool one for all of us: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Clubbed-Thumbs-Unite/112300183309?sk=wall
January 18, 2012 at 6:38 pm |
I have two hammer thumbs and also I am on fb, and I have a friend with two thumbs the same also
January 18, 2012 at 7:37 pm |
I can’t believe that there is a page dedicated to this. I am in my thirties and I have one club thumb. I have spent my whole life hiding it. I was led to believe that I had this from sucking my thumb as a child and that I had in fact done this to myself. This has led me to be obsessive about my own child sucking his thumb. My siblings mocked me as a child and even now as an adult my thumb is a constant source of amusement. Yesterday someone I work with was watching me texting on my phone, noticed my thumb and said it to me. I was mortified until she held up her hands and pointed out her two thumbs which were exactly the same as mine. I thought I was the only one with this and I am delighted to find that there are so many of us out there. I will no longer be hiding my thumb. Club thumbs of the world unite 🙂
January 20, 2012 at 4:44 am |
Growing up I was told it came from Scottish royalty.
January 21, 2012 at 12:40 am |
hay guys… am one of you and am suffring from the same thing from the day i start to relaized that defect in my both tumbes and im 20 years.. am the only one in my family how has the tumbls clubbed they are so fat and so weird !! but what make my sad that i had never met any one how has the same thing… but know guys and after i read your comments i realized that we are realy diffrent and it realy special but i have question? there is any surgery i can do it to be???
January 21, 2012 at 1:21 am |
when i read the comments i found out that am the only arabian guy how has the tumbs clubbed !!!!! so am so “unique” 😀 … yaaa.. by the way am egyption…. but i live in dubai
January 23, 2012 at 12:18 am |
I have clubbed thumbs too, on both hands. My father is the 3rd child and I am a 3rd child; it is common in my family for the 3rd child to have 2 of them…. I am Croatian and Italian, I dont know if that would have anything to do with it either….
January 23, 2012 at 12:27 am |
Interesting! I am also the 3rd child and the only one with royal thumbs (I have two.).
January 23, 2012 at 12:37 am |
Im very concious about my thumbs when im around a large group of people i try to hide them sometimes it hurts when people say rude stuff about my thumbs but eventually i get over it hopefully i can get over me being not confident because of my thumbs
January 24, 2012 at 12:32 am |
I have club thumbs on both hands. Ive been called baseballclub thumbs when i was younger. It sucked and I always tried to hide them. You should see the look they give me when I get my nails done. They immediately grab them and say “oh!” like its such a big shot. Im 24 now and I can honestly say Ive only met 3-4 women with it. No men yet though. I couldnt believe megan fox had them. I model so Im always trying to find a way to hide them. I heard of a lady who went on a first date with a guy. The date when perfect, but he didnt wanna go out again because “she kept talking with her hands and he just couldnt stop looking at her thumbs!!!” how awful. My last name is La’Marr…My fam says its from French, but Im african american/american indian so idk. Its nice to see others have something in common.
January 24, 2012 at 3:18 am |
I’m now over 60 – and was a teacher for 40 years. I talk with my hands, and have heard my share of foolish comments. Saana Latham shares our thumbs too, and look how absolutely beautiful she is! I share your cultural heritage – but this is a trait that crosses the globe. I’ve learned to be grateful for two strong hands – but still tuck my thumbs into my palms if someone is taking a picture – so I can’t claim to be vanity free 😉
January 24, 2012 at 6:13 pm |
I have two thumbs like this! I’ve often wondered if any other people have them. I’d like to know more about them that’s for sure.
January 24, 2012 at 11:29 pm |
This is so weird that others have the same thing, except only one of my thumbs are like this. I have chubby fingers though, but not that chubby, but only one of my thumb is like that, its short and the bone is bigger. I never noticed it untill last year and im 13, so I dont understand. I used to hate them but I realized that nobody else I know has a weird thumb, so it makes me unique. I will show people and be like, ” look at my thumb,haha” or they will notice and they’ll be like, “DUDE, thats weird…..” and I used to get all mad over it, but now im like, “I KNOW RIGHT!!” ahha. Has anyone else here ever had people make jokes like “You can only hitch-hike one way, or on one side of the road” or ” Haha, thumbs up Kierston” Hahahaha♥ I just laugh along:D
January 27, 2012 at 12:17 am |
Both my daughters have one clubbed thumb, each on their dominant hand (one is right handed, one is left handed). One sucked her thumb, one didn’t. We have no Italian or Indian in the family, and to my knowledge, no one else in the family has them.
January 27, 2012 at 4:13 am |
I’m thirteen and i have two clubs. 😁 if you wanna call them that. I never really noticed them until one of my friends moms yelled at me for “biting my thumb nails too short.” so from then on people either thought it was weird, amazing, funny or cute. I used to believe that it was because i sucked my thumb so much. But i actually got it from my dad’s side. And from what we know is purely Romanian. But than again my grandpa on my mom’s side is Austrian so who knows – i might have austrian thumbs! 😁✨ i feel very unique now… And only this summer did i realize that there was nothing wrong with me. 😉💛
January 27, 2012 at 1:13 pm |
i’m 32 years old. my parents always told me that my “toe thumb” was due to me sucking my thumb as a baby. i was very certain not to let any of my 3 children suck their thumbs as to not end up with the embarrasment that i have lived with. the other a day a girl at my work tells me that i actually have a genetic disorder which shared with megan fox. my husband lovingly makes fun of thumb. he absolutely adores megan fox and i couldn’t wait to tell him that the woman of his dreams has “toe thumbs”. he was dumb founded. Loved it!!!
February 7, 2012 at 1:00 pm |
Why call it a disorder? It’s just a recessive gene. Millions of people have it. It’s like blue eyes or blonde hair. And those recessive genes are sought after.
January 31, 2012 at 8:38 am |
I found out I had a toe thumb or clubbed thumb or BDD, whatever you call it about 5 or 6 years ago. Which is pretty ironic since its pretty noticeable and that I only have one. My left thumb is dworfed out while my right one is completely normal. I felt kinda embarrassed about it. I used to hide it from my friends and people I met. But, it’s hard to hide it forever. Soon they found out and pretty much laughed at it, I laughed with them because it’s funny looking, it’s hard not to. But, they liked it, they thought it was cool and cute. So, for all of you that also have clubbed thumbs. Don’t worry, your not alone. People won’t think it’s gross. Just show them and tell them, don’t keep it a secret. Make up your own name for your thumb or thumbs. Like mines “sexy thumb.” it might be dumb but I don’t care. I have a weird thumb! I admit it! Fuck off!
February 1, 2012 at 12:49 am |
Im 14 and have 2 clubbed thumbs, I never really noticed my thumbs were any different before now! I dont mind them though, I like having a feature thats different, no matter how weird people on here say they look 🙂
February 1, 2012 at 4:17 am |
I always thought I got my thumb caught in a car door when I was little. No one else has one in my family. I also had trouble finding a light weight bowling ball that fit my thumb as a kid on a leauge. My whole life people say what happened to your thumb? I always was self concious about it.
March 5, 2012 at 9:08 pm |
omg i have the same problem with the bowling ball. like even when i went to get a ball made they guy looked weridly at my thumb lol
February 2, 2012 at 3:33 am |
I am from NJ, USA. Both of my thumbs are clubbed and extremely wide, along with I have wide thumb-toes as well. My boyfriend, also from NJ, USA also has 2 clubbed thumbs, along with his identical twin brother. My boyfriend and his brother are not in the least bit self-conscious about their thumbs, however I am extremely. I have been doing research about it and am wanting to know if anyone has had any sort or cosmetic corrective surgery or has known anyone who has. Please keep in mind that I personally hate my thumbs, however I am not judgmental to or about anyone else about how they feel. I am just looking for some answers as to how I can physically correct this versus just attending psychotherapy for it. Thank you all.
February 5, 2012 at 1:25 am |
I am 13 years old. I found out yesterday what ‘short’ thumbs were called.
I used to be very self conscience about my thumbs, I would get teased about them.
But then people kinda realized that I couldn’t anything about it. So they just quit, it doesn’t bother me very much that I’m unique. I’m also left handed. That doesn’t bother me either. Just glad to see I’m not alone in having clubbed thumbs 🙂
February 7, 2012 at 12:58 pm |
I have two clubbed thumbs and was also made fun of as a child because of them through my teenage years. I got them from my grandmother (who did not know her heritage), none of her 5 children got them. I got them (skipped one generation) and one of her great-grandchildren (skipped two generations) from one of my aunts. However, interestingly, my daughter got them from me (next generation). I guess it’s just a recessive gene just like any other, i.e. blue eyes, blonde hair. However, it did upset me for a moment when I read some of the message board postings on other sites making negative comments about Megan Fox’s thumbs. Oh well, I’m beautiful to God and was made perfectly in his eyes so I let it go.
February 8, 2012 at 4:48 pm |
I agree with many, if you do not have a club thumb, get off here, idiot. I have 2. Yes some said I have toe thumbs, I didn’t like it when I was younger. I am wiser and more mature, so anyone who has anything negative to say about our uniqueness is a moron and needs to grow up. My mom told me it was because I sucked my thumb, well, I only sucked my right one, what happen to the left? lol. When I was 15, we moved. I lived next door to a girl who ended up being my best friend. She had the same thumbs! Then I was not so self conscious of them. Weird thing is, I was at work this morning, and for some weird reason I thought, hmm… I wonder if there is some kind of meaning behind them. And that is what brought me to this web site! I’m impressed by the thumbers here! TWO THUMBS UP FOR US. ;o) Terri T. in IL.
February 9, 2012 at 6:31 pm |
you tell em Terry, as I have two club thumbs also but I thought it was due to sucking my thumb but only used to suck my right thumb so 2 end up with both is strange but its good know we aint all alone thumbs up 2 all with this unique thumbs
Lorna in UK
February 12, 2012 at 6:52 am |
Hi im 11 years old and i was born with 2 clubbed thumbs and ive always been embarresd because people at school even family members sometimes make jokes at my thumbs im the only one yet so far to have clubbed thumbs and i have people saying rude things such as my thumbs look like kfc’sdrumsticks =[ and my cousins can get fake nails but i cant because my thumbs are too big
February 15, 2012 at 5:08 am |
Hahaa.. You can still get fake nails.. I do all the time you just have to get the fattest nail and file it down to fit your thumb(:
February 20, 2012 at 10:36 am |
Hi I’m 11 too and I have clubbed thumbs too. My family members think that they look weird do my advice to u is to be inspired by Megan fox because she has clubbed thumbs too and she is still beautiful.
February 12, 2012 at 7:36 am |
@Micah, I wouldnt worry what people say as they clearly dont understand that we are special as to have such unique thumbs, I had clubbed thumbs from about the same age as you, but only realised over 5 years ago when I met my mate who also has the same thumbs and also remember Megan Fox has a club thumb, so keep ur chin up and ignore the comments from ur friends and family as thats just plain rude
February 13, 2012 at 1:14 pm |
I have two clubbed thumbs, and never felt bad about it. People who make fun of others because they are different, they should look at themselves and realized they are the ones who have a problem.
Be proud of yourself as a person.We all get old. Age is not merciful to any of us. What is valuable is our dignity and how we live our life. Be good and kind.
February 14, 2012 at 12:39 am |
Okay, this is pretty cool! I’m 14 and just found out that other people have these crazy thumbs a few weeks ago. Both of my thumbs are clubbed. So in a class I have we had a thumb wretling contest (just my luck huh!) and we had to measure it and everything and write it up on the board! So embarrassing! But I just tried to ignore it when I was thumb wrestling, but I couldn’t help but feel hurt when u saw one of my friend’s face. 😦 just thought I’d share a story 😀 but other than my thumbs I am pretty confident
February 15, 2012 at 5:06 am |
I am 14 years old I live in the USA I have been teased alot about my ‘Toe Thumbs’ I would have never searched for answers until my friends started calling me toe thumb so I searched it and I found all these things about it.!(: I have never been embaressed of my thumbs. They are part of what make me unique.! But a lot of my cousins and aunts and even my grandma have ‘Toe Thumbs’ We all have them on both hands too.!
February 15, 2012 at 12:39 pm |
I have a clubbed thumb. On my left hand, I did not noticed it, till I was a little older, and this guy so called friend, noticed it and started making jokes about it..then I realize it and started hiding it.. to this day I still try to conceal it.. Because in this world we live in, you are judge by appearance and not what’s Inside you!! And thats very sad….
February 17, 2012 at 11:05 pm |
OMG im so glad i found this!! i dont think i know anyone with clubbed thumbs!! I only have one, which kinda freaks people out…I apparently got mine from my great grandmother who had two of them. People also used to tease me when i was younger and to this day all my friends still call it my “toe thumb”.. i just laugh it off cause i love my lil clubby! teehee! club thumbs make us special! oh and i am a 20 year old from a small rural town in the USA!!!
February 20, 2012 at 10:32 am |
I have clubbed thumbs and at school I hide them alot because a lot of people teese me about and at least now i know im not the only one.I am 12 and I was wondering is it rare to have theese thumbs?
April 15, 2012 at 11:32 am |
Megan Fox has it, but it isn’t that common. She’s beautiful and she also struggled with image issues when she was a young girl in school. We all want to be like everyone else and “blend in” or stick out for something extremely positive. But, you will find out later that your bradydactyly is what makes you unique and therefore, so special! Don’t forget that.
February 20, 2012 at 5:56 pm |
Hi Angela. From what I have read, they are rare. Also hereditary. We are unique also! ;o) Smile.
February 20, 2012 at 11:33 pm |
Hello, i am wondering if i could get fake nails with my stubby thumbs! i’m too embarassed to ask the nail places and i was wondering if any of you could answer this for me.
February 26, 2012 at 3:56 am |
ya u can
March 2, 2012 at 4:19 am |
I have acrylic nails and they work perfectly fine on our thumbs!
I inherited them from my grandma on my mom’s side and also was lucky enough to get one toe–the left one. I’ve been far more self conscious about my toe than my thumbs, but still sometimes find myself tucking my thumbs under my index finger to keep them ‘out of sight’ if you know what I mean. As I get older (I’m 48), I find that I’m not as bothered by them and know a few people that have them. My grandma always called them baker’s thumbs because they work great to make a perfect pinched edge on a pie 🙂 I ❤ my gramma for making me feel better about them when I was little 🙂
February 21, 2012 at 5:16 am |
I have been getting mine done for about 9 years. Never had any problem and my thumbs are very wide. No one has noticed my short, fat thumbs since I have them:)
February 25, 2012 at 4:45 am |
I have clubbed thumbs on both hands. Someone mentioned above about the correlation between clubbed thumbs and bipolar disorder, which is interested because I am bipolar.
I never knew until today that there was a name for my funny little thumbs. I’ve never been made fun of or teased about them or anything like that, but I’ve always known they were a bit different.
When I met my birth-father in 2008 (I’m adopted) I was happily surprised to find out he has clubbed thumbs as well.
February 26, 2012 at 4:03 am |
umm… UGLY? Why are you calling our thumbs ugly? That’s kind of rude, don’t you think. How about reading some of these posts, then you will know why ‘your friends’ have our thumbs. I can’t imagine ‘your friends’ would like it too much if they knew you called their thumbs UGLY. Jeez. Grow up some. Terri.
February 26, 2012 at 4:25 am |
I get the responses in my email, for some reason the comment ISa left back on 2-6-11 showed up, and the above comment was meant for them. Not realizing it was a year ago. lol. I still feel the same way, but I wouldn’t of commented on it being it was over a year ago. Just felt like explaining this. ;o)
THUMBS UP!
February 27, 2012 at 8:43 pm |
Hello! I am 27 and have 2 clubbed thumbs. I pretty much hate them, but I am learning to live with them. I’m of German/Scottish descent. I am an incredibly artistic person, but not so much bipolar. I have met quite a few people with these, so glad I’m not the only one!
March 3, 2012 at 12:13 pm |
Hi! Found out last night whilst watching Body of Proof about Club Thumb. I have a right club thumb and my dad has 2 club thumbs! Love my thumb! Never had any problems but feel for you guys that have had small minded thick people giving you grief! Embrace the club thumb!!
March 4, 2012 at 5:09 pm |
I love reading all these comments! I have two clubbed thumbs, but growing up I never knew there was a name for it much less that it is actually inherited. My thumbs are very similar to the pic up top, if not a little shorter, but one is more round than the other. As most of these comments state I too have been made fun of for it. I have heard every name for it (no thumbs, nubs, midgit thumbs, murderer’s thumb…etc.), and I was very self consious about them, however I have learned that there is nothing I can do about it so I should embrace the fact that I am different rather than be ashamed of them. Neither of my parents have brachydactyly, and as far as I know neither do my grandparents, aunts, or uncles, so i’m not too sure were I inherited it from, but it would be very interesting to find out!
March 5, 2012 at 3:01 pm |
This is a cool site!! Take a look at my site:) http://www.toethumb.com
Thanks,
Ken
March 5, 2012 at 9:06 pm |
hi i have to clubbed thumbs.when i was little i had no idea there was a name for them. about 2 weeks ago my friend was making a comment about them how megan fox had the same one. at 1st i thought she was joking so when i went home i looked it up. i found out the names of my thumbs. and since finding out i have to say i feel more cofident in myself. now out of no where i talk to people who have clubbed thumbs jsut like me. like the girl at the bank i go to noticed my thumbs n we talked for 10 mins about our thumbs lol.
March 5, 2012 at 11:59 pm |
Haha same thing happened to me! I work in a grocery store and last week this random lady came up to me and was like I have the same thumbs as you, and I just started cracking up! She told me about Megan Fox’s and I too went home to look it up and thats how I found out what it was called! It’s funny how long I went without ever thinking to look up why my thumbs are like this, but it has helped make me feel more comfortable with people seeing them.
March 6, 2012 at 2:28 pm |
Both of my thumbs are “clubbed”. I’m 20 yo, and a couple a years ago a girl in my class noticed they are different. Until then, I didn’t really notice they are. And people didn’t really seem shocked or disgusted. They thought it was funny. I’ve never been embarrassed of them, nor I ever will. And when people talk about some deformities they have (and everyone has one), I show them my thumbs, and it just cracks them up. I also made up a story how I got my thumbs cut off in an accident, and I had a dead guys toes attached. At first they are shocked, then they realize they how stupid they looked XD.
As for my heritage.. I noticed my uncle has them also. So I guess I got them from him. I find them interesting, and a conversation starter. If you don’t have a problem with something on your body, and it doesn’t do you harm in any way, then don’t look at it as a deformity or a genetic mistake.. look at it as a good a unique thing that few have. Be proud of it!
March 7, 2012 at 1:28 am |
Wow, I was just browsing the web to figure out if clubbed thumbs are more susceptible to arthritis, and I found this fantastic website! I’m really enjoying reading all the comments here. I was always painfully aware of my abnormal thumbs, even though no one but my family really noticed, and tried to make them as inconspicuous as possible and avoided manicures as someone else mentioned. My husband thinks they’re cute though! I just hate trying to find kitchen gloves that fit, because basically none of them fit. Fortunately, I can wear a size small, but the thumbs in those are still way too long and flap around while I’m washing dishes! I even have a hard time with my ergonomic keyboard because I have to stretch my small thumbs so far to hit the optimal spot on the darn spacebar! Anyway, I’m in my 50s and recently have been noticing that my thumbs ache at night in the middle joint. Does anybody know if our clubbed thumbs are more prone to arthritis?
March 7, 2012 at 10:44 am |
Wendy ,I think that we are more susceptible to clicky joints .
March 7, 2012 at 8:09 pm |
i love my thumbs i think they’re cute. i have never had any one be mean to me about them. i mean a friend calls me toe thumb which i find quite funny. most of you seem embarrassed, i can’t understand why. in my lifetime it has never bothered me at all.
March 11, 2012 at 1:11 am |
My family and I all have “clubbed” thumbs and we have recently realized that if you push down on them they click when you straighten them again. We wanted to know if other people experience the same thing.
March 11, 2012 at 3:26 am |
yep…Mine click too!! LOL…
March 11, 2012 at 8:38 am |
ive been told my thumbs are ugly my whole life, but ive never been embarrassed of them, i dont care about what people think, because they make me feel unique compared to everyone else. and if someone asked me what my favourite part of my body is, id say my thumbs because of that very reason. so be proud stubby thumbed people! they make us unique and dont listen to those people who say theyre ugly, because they make us that little bit more beautiful (:
March 12, 2012 at 7:38 pm |
I have two “clubbed thumbs” I’m 22 im the only person in my family with them and the only person I have ever met with them! Even though I know I am a very attractive female they still embarrass me!!
March 14, 2012 at 4:39 am |
I can’t believe there are so many ‘clubbers’ out there. I didn’t even realise they had a name until I saw an article pointing out Megan Fox’s! The photos gave me goosebumps–my late grandmother had a clubbed thumb on her left and I have the only other one known in our family on my right! She was the only other person I’ve ever seen with one. My dad always told me it was for short rides!
Cheers!
March 14, 2012 at 6:32 pm |
i dunno if their a facebook group but if there isnt we should make one. n have everyone here join n so we can become friends and share our stories.
March 15, 2012 at 4:19 am |
That sounds like a great idea! Someone will have to do it who has more computer savvy than I do!
March 15, 2012 at 8:25 pm |
@rachel and wendy, I am on facebook and have two clubbed thumbs also there is a group on facebook but the more groups the merrier as I could set the group up
March 17, 2012 at 11:44 pm |
heyy!! both my thumbs are clubbed, i just found out other people had them besides me… my grandpa has them and he’s Polish. some ppl tease me about it at school but i let it go because honestly my thumbs are kinda strange!! a lot of ppl want to know if it’s hard to text with them. lol… it’s actually easy i can text without looking!! i had no idea other ppl had clubbed thumbs… this is so kewl!!
March 18, 2012 at 9:14 am |
Both of my thumbs are clubbed, or toe thumbs as I like to call them. My father has them as well and they do not bother me. I have never met anyone that was grossed out about them, most people are fascinated and want to know more about them.
March 18, 2012 at 8:09 pm |
ive never really paid much attention to my thumbs until somebody said something my freshman year in high school. ever since then i hide them, always wearing longsleeves so i can stick my thumbs inside when i grab something. even my gf of 4 years still stares at my hands like WTF?? im totally ashamed by them, and they are pretty disgusting. i sit there and stare at them like why did this happen to me? is there something wrong with me? theres nothing special about them, and i consider myself a freak because of them, and ill never feel “normal”.
but atleast i should feel somewhat thankful that im not too ugly, or fat or stupid or anything, atleast i can hide my thumbs.
April 15, 2012 at 2:32 pm |
you should try to tell any body who say something what it is and that might make them understand.I wouldn’t hide them.
March 19, 2012 at 6:47 am |
Hello !
I actually don’t have clubbed thumb but my fiance does and I love it its’s pretty cool. I didnt know anything about clubbed thumbs till i met my fiance. I noticed his thumbs were different then mine but i never had the risk to ask why his thumbs were different and i didnt mind at all. But recently i thought i should google and find out more about it and i did. I think its AWESOME people who have clubbed thumbs you guys shouldnt feel embarrased or self concsious about it; the most horrible thing in life is peoples tongue that they use to poisen peoples hearts with; not realizing that people are not made of rocks and have hearts as well that can be damaged and no one in this world has the right to hurt anyone in any way; if theirs any one to judge someone that would be God who created every person incredibly beautiful. Once again I love clubbed thumbs and i think its beautiful :):):):):)
March 20, 2012 at 12:15 am |
Oh my goodness !’
Honestly today I can now
throw two thumbs up because
I found out there’s more like me (:
Even the most beautiful girl megain fox
It was funny yesterday my dad pointed out on
The transformers movie I cried his like hey she’s part of our family * Sanchez ❤ * my grandmas side has thumbs like that & now even my 7 month old bby brother has them (:
Yayy I found people like me . Love you all <3'
March 20, 2012 at 12:26 am |
I’m from Newfoundland, Canada! I’m 18 years old and my right thumb is clubbed! It wasn’t until recently that I discovered that it actually had a name. I also discovered that Megan Fox has a clubbed thumb as well!
March 20, 2012 at 5:25 am |
hello, i am 20 years old and i have a clubb thumb on my left hand. My parents said i had them the same untill one day my whole nail got cutt off! some how. They took me to the docs and ever since that day i never had it the same anymore. To this point im still very emberest to show anyone! but it sure makes me feel better that theres other people out there that have them to!! i dont feel so horrible no more!! but…… its still very hard to get comfortable enough to show it and not be emberest:( uuuhhhh it makes everything so difficult.
March 20, 2012 at 11:21 pm |
Very well said Diana!
March 21, 2012 at 8:57 am |
Thanks Terri, it all came from my heart, I don’t usually comment or reply to anything on the web but reading some of the nasty things said about clubbed thumbs made me mad; there’s nothing wrong with having clubbed thumbs its NATURAL.I understand those people too who are disgusted or can’t stand to see it but that doesn’t give them the right to put anyone down. They can simple keep the comments to themselves and avoid it and not be over dramatic about it. Some people just don’t understand life and the meaning of it; so they don’t know how to live it. On the other hand I don’t like judging people so ill stop here and I wont go any further.
March 21, 2012 at 10:08 am |
Again, well said. You weren’t judging anyone, just commenting on what someone said, someone not very bright, lol. Have a great day!
March 21, 2012 at 10:13 am |
🙂 I guess you can put it that way; it’s night here I’m suppose to be asleep.
March 22, 2012 at 12:44 pm |
Hey All,
I have 2 clubbed thumbs i was ALWAYS emberessed by my thumbs as a kid even now at 20. MY thumbs really do look like 2 big toes i get asked if my toes where taken from my feet and placed onto my hands as thumbs for god knows what reason i dont know. I dont know very much about clubbed thumbs and from what i am aware of i am the ONLY one in my family who has them and yes i am a little short tempered. If you have any information or just want to discuess clubbed thumbs furthur please email me at coral_0307@hotmail.com
March 27, 2012 at 1:41 pm |
i was hoping that some body in this group can help me, i have what my GP has told me to be a very gross case of finger clubbing, i dont just have clubbing on my thumbs, but all my finger and toes, it is a extreamly gross case of clubbing, i have had all my internal organs examined but no cause has been found, my parent have said that i develped the condition in 1995 aged 5 years at the time, im now 27 and and im concerned about my health to an extent where i want some answers, is there any one out there who can help me ? i would take a picture and put it up, but im embarassed and feel uncomfortable as doctors are baffled and confused and i dont like it when one doctor calls another doctor to take a look so on and so on untill there are 12 people around me all wanting to see my hands and feet, yet none can give me a straight forward answer. The look i see on their faces is extreamly worrying and it feels as if they are hiding some thing from me. I can say that i have these symptoms 1 – nail pitting 2- nail clubbing 3 – terrys nails 4 – beau’s lines on all my nails both hands and feet, also on my feet i have signs of yellow nail syndrome. I hope that some one can point me n the right direction towards some one who can help me and give me the answers i seek.
April 1, 2012 at 3:21 am |
addyuk – Hi. I’m age 60, female, and have two club thumbs, and my other fingernails are fairly short/stubby. My toenails are also very stubby. I never asked a doctor about them. I’ve been to a podiatrist and he said nothing about it. (I went for an unrelated reason.) My stubby fingernails have never caused me any problems, although I was embarrassed about them (especially my club thumbs) during my teenage years and into my 20s. I had nice boyfriends, and now have a wonderful husband. My children didn’t inherit club thumbs from me. No one ever seemed to care about it. Only two people ever asked me about my thumbs. One person once said my tiny toenails were cute. That’s it. I have no medical knowledge about any of this, but my guess is that you don’t have to worry too much. Please ask your doctor what he’s concerned about, and maybe he will set your mind at ease. Tell him you’re worried and you’d like him to tell you what his concerns are. I wish I knew more and could ease your worries. Maybe someone else will know more about this. I’ll ask around and see if I can find any more information for you. I do think all will be OK, though!
March 31, 2012 at 8:21 pm |
I have two “clubbed” thumbs. My aunt has them as well. It has affected me tremendously. I am more shy around people and came up with new ways to do basically anything involving my thumbs. I hold eating and writing utensils differently, learned to go bowling and not use my thumb, hand a cashier money differently, and found a way to tuck them away when I’m around people. I’ve Ben considered surgery to avoid feeling out of place. A lot of my friends have never noticed it unless they have and are sweet enough to just know I’m different and not question it. I saw Megan fox in transformers and her thumb caught my attention. Kinda nice knowing even famous people can have this trait. I’m still shy about my thumbs but now at 26 I’m learning to not care so much. This site really helped. THANKS EVERYONE!!
April 1, 2012 at 6:46 pm |
I have two clubbed thumbs as well!. No one else in my family has that i know of and it does make me self conscious when im at schoo because im only 15. I never really noticed them when i was younger not until i got to secondary when i was about 11 when people use to shout strange thumbs..or small thumbs. It did put me down a lot on how i felt but i just continued to carry on with life. I thought it was just me who had this as even my mum messes around with me about them but also she takes it a bit too far sometimes. But i can remember at dinner once i was on my phone and people were saying how do you use your phone with those massive thumbs!. Ive now realised theres nothing i can do!. so ive statrted growing to grow my nails ,as they never grew cos i always use to snap them, just so they look a bit better! I am just so happy that other people are like me!
April 2, 2012 at 7:57 pm |
I’ve 2 short thumbs as well!….(and Morton’s toe…perhaps they are related?)! I don’t think anyone else in my family has them. I’m 23 and have gotten my fair share of ridicule for them. I try to make it positive and say, “they are my video game thumbs…low torque, minimal drag…perfect for joysticks!” My mates get a kick out of them for the most part. I must admit, I was a bit nervous about getting an iPhone (any phone with a touch screen really), because typing is bloody difficult.
For anyone dealing with teasing, just let it go in one ear and out the other. People just poke fun in order to get a reaction, if you don’t let it phase you, then they are just wasting their breath. Besides, i’d rather have my fat thumbs teased than the gap in my front teeth or my dandruffy/bushy eyebrows. Cheers
April 5, 2012 at 5:44 am |
I love my toe thumb and it turns people on
April 11, 2012 at 2:25 am |
hi,the first time i realize i had fat thumbs i was like Omg eww but then all my friends asked why i had them like that and i said i used to cut my nails a lot when i was small.My friends didnt say anything because they dont judge me (: some of my friends say that my thumbs are cute and i just smile
April 12, 2012 at 12:51 am |
i have two “clubbed” thumbs as well. I am very insecure about what people might say. but i shouldn’t because that’s who i am. if you think about this clearly your going to live with these thumbs for the rest of your life. you might as well just live it up and forget what anyone has to say. everyone has defects. were just as normal as everyone else is.
April 12, 2012 at 8:48 pm |
Defect why a defect maybe we are the normal and everyone else has gorilla thumbs just sayin
April 13, 2012 at 1:15 am |
My daughter is almost 24 and someone saw her today and commented on her thumbs and told her it was genetic!!! I am in shock. I always believed that it was because she sucked her thumbs from when she was in the womb!!!! How can this be!!!!
I don’t care as long as she is alright but how can it be that I took her for how many physicals throughout her life and NO DOCTOR
EVER PICKED UP ON THIS OR THOUGHT TO BRING IT TO MY ATTENTION. ARE YOU KIDDING ME. Murder’s Thumb??? REALLY!!!!!
Did anyone else find out late in life
April 13, 2012 at 1:55 am |
hi im 21. n i also know i had different thumbs but doctors never told me tht my thumbs were clubbed or anything. i think its cool that i have different thumbs.
April 15, 2012 at 11:27 am |
I have bradydactyly on my left thumb. I have made 1360 on both SAT and GRE and usually, standardized tests are doable. When I was a child, I have a hard time in school because I never got more than 4 hrs of sleep (I got up very early to see my mom leave for work, help out with necessary chores until late at night) and I have never considered myself smarter than others because I never had the opportunity or the ideal, conducive environment to learn properly. When I went to college, I struggled with math/science, although I was gifted in math/science in middle school/junior high and I was accelerated beyond my peers. Having natural affinity for the arts (I taught myself piano, flute and played for church congregation for 5 yrs) and have won numerous art competitions in early days of my life (until high school senior year when most art activity slowed), I have never considered myself a “math and science person”. Increasing though, I find that I am capable of wearing different hats and if I put enough effort into it, it is possible to immerse in logical coursework and succeed.
I used to think bradydactyly was some “defect”, but now in my adulthood, I think it makes me unique. I also have low 2D:4D ratio of digits in both my hands. That would indicate a possible adrogenization in the prenatal environment. I’m okay with that because I have especially fine-tuned musical proclivities and the ability to distinuish pitches well. I also find that it contributes to the use of both sides of my brain fairly evenly, as indicated by my SAT and GRE scores (relatively even scores). I am grateful that I have these unique parts to me. Yes, I have been teased about it but it only affected me until it let me affect me. Now, I am just myself and accepting of all my foibles, weaknesses, strengths, etc…Everything is a part of what makes me unique and who I am including my BDD.
April 15, 2012 at 11:35 am |
O, the “murderer’s thumb” is such nonsense! That is why I despise junk science, pseudoscience, palmistry, and the like.
How many murderers or serial killers had bradydactyly or “clubbed thumb”? NONE
How many productive, kind, compassionate people with bradydactyly? THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS ALL OVER THE GLOBE! HA! There you go!
April 15, 2012 at 2:22 pm |
I have hated people who call
April 15, 2012 at 2:25 pm |
my thumb stupid ugly or accuse me of fakeing . some people said that it was my perents fault but that was befor my mom became a lunch lady and bus driver
April 16, 2012 at 4:26 am |
I seen the name Barker the other day, on Ancestry.com.au in the Baker Family, there wouldn’t be a connection there would there be? as I also have Clubbed Thumbs!
April 15, 2012 at 6:55 pm |
Some People on this site are so mean! If you have the condition some people’s posts are offensive!!! I am 13 and I noticed i was different in 2nd grade. Both of my thumbs are identical but they are still short ‘n’ stubby. People laugh at my thumbs, but if they dont like it, dont look! Embrace your differences, and think of it as a way of not “flocking” with the turkeys who have normal thumbs. There are a million other americans out there, dont take it personal 🙂
May 1, 2012 at 12:49 am |
Can those of u clubbed thumbers like this page on Facebook. Its finnick odair from the hunger games thanks 🙂 http://www.facebook.com/ikeeluwithmytrident
April 16, 2012 at 4:11 am |
Well it’s nice to see i’m not the only one who has as i only just found out they are called clubbed thumbs, we are all unique 🙂
April 16, 2012 at 8:36 am |
You’re making your thumbs more noticeble by hiding them. I had them all my life and I never had any problems, People who make fun of things like that don’t deserve to be your friends. Make sure you understand the genetics that make your thumbs shorter. It can make a good piece of conversation. It is nothing wrong with you, be proud of yourself for what you are internally. Beauty and physical perfection don’t last, we all grow old. People will remember you for your accomplishments and spiritual values. That is what is important.
April 16, 2012 at 2:57 pm |
My My. I can not believe the people on here. For one, the morons that say how stupid, dumb and ugly our thumbs are. But to sit here and call someone names? Come on. Grow up. All of you. And that your going to find them and ‘beat them up’? Wow. I say don’t give these morons fuel to go on. I don’t necessarily think my thumbs are awesome, or cute. But I’ve learned not to care, or hide them anymore. Just sayin. People don’t have to be so mean. On either side.
May 1, 2012 at 12:45 am |
Agreed, 100000000%
April 17, 2012 at 12:57 am |
I was born in tn with two clubbed thumbs. Didn’t notice anything was different about them until I was in high school. People can be so mean about it but I’m over it. Being 25 now I just laugh and make jokes about me being a good hitch hiker:). I have an Indian back ground and would like to learn more.
April 17, 2012 at 5:10 pm |
I found out that my thumb had a name I usually call it thhumbzilla!
April 21, 2012 at 2:47 am |
Hi!! Im 58 and have 2 club thumbs, My brother has one. All my life I have hidden my thumbs from people. Good 2 know Im not alone.
April 21, 2012 at 7:30 am |
Hi, i am Miranda, 41 year old and owner of two club thumbs. My sister has them as well. Like most club thumb people, I have been very embarressed of them as well. I am an upholsterer and alot of times customers see me work and as well see my thumbs, I always make a joke about them eventhough I always wished I did not have them. In the past, even my best friends did not know I had them, I was very good at hidding them. It’s such a “small” problem compared to other people who have much worse fysical problems. I am getting more comfertable with it now. I love looking at hands, and have noticed that mainly woman have club thumbs, we all share the same embarresment. I never let my nails grow, as I think it makes them look worse, and never wear nailpolish. It is comferting to know that I am not the only one, and when I see somebody with the same “problem”, we share our stories and have a laugh about it. Life is really to short to be worrying about this, but still, i do. I hope that some day I am completly over this embarresment, It was nice to read all the stories. I cant believe there is a forum to talk about this 🙂
April 27, 2012 at 11:54 pm |
Hey, my thumbs are clubbed but I find that it helps me to catch a rugby ball! Yes, it’s a bit annoying trying to text on a Blackberry but hey! Can’t do a thing!
April 27, 2012 at 11:54 pm |
Hey, my thumbs are clubbed but I find that it helps me to catch a rugby ball! Yes, it’s a bit annoying trying to text on a Blackberry but hey! Can’t do a thing about it!
April 29, 2012 at 2:59 am |
My right thumb is stubbed, the left thumb a “partial” stub: not as stubby as the right, but not normal length/shape. I’ve never considered them attractive – like many here, I grew up “tucking” them under my fingers. As far as I know, no one else in my family had them. Have 5 kids, 8 grands, 3 great-grands – all with normal thumbs. However, I’ve odd middle toes, as does one daughter, and one of her daughters, and apparently toe oddities are not unusual in people with clubbed thumbs. Something no others have mentioned is that the clubbed thumbs make pushing in thumb tacks a breeze, and also, the shortened, somewhat thicker nail is a very handy tool – I use it for scraping stuff, and as a screwdriver, as well. Many years ago – late 1950s – a doctor told me it is [or, was] included in government birth defect statistics. He also said it was – at that time – called “strangler’s thumb”; not because of violent temper, but because the stubbiness of it fits very efficiently into the hollow spot on the front of a person’s neck, and because the shortness of the thumb means it is stronger than a normal-length digit. Short, sturdy, and efficient! I’ve read that clubbed thumbs are more often seen in artistic people. Being an artist, I find that prospect interesting. I wonder, also, whether the feature is more likely in right or left handed people. Lefty, here.
April 29, 2012 at 9:37 pm |
my right thumb is clubbed and is quite a bit shorter then my left. The left is as bad but it is also small and skinnier. It is difficult to text but you get used to it after a while.
April 30, 2012 at 1:39 am |
Lol. Like Kenny said, texting is tough, that is for sure. A little bit easier if you have a longer nail on our little fatties! lol.
May 1, 2012 at 12:34 am |
I really didn’t know that so many people have thumbs like me! I am 13 and I have clubbed thumbs on both hands. I used to be embarrassed about them until my best friend noticed them and told me that they were really cute.
May 1, 2012 at 12:50 am |
I also have short pinkies. I don’t know if that might be related..?
May 1, 2012 at 1:16 am |
I do too…
May 2, 2012 at 7:05 am |
Never thought they had a name! until now I was the only person I know who had clubbed thumbs. People usually laugh at them, they think they are funny. I’ve never been embarrased of them, actually I like them, they are like my trademark among my friends. So, never feel sorry for them or try to hide them, once you accept them you will find out they are pretty cool xD
May 3, 2012 at 5:00 am |
you will agree with me…
we use the remote control, like
Charlie Sheen does in “TAAHM”
May 3, 2012 at 9:23 am |
This site is wonderful! I am a 39 year old woman with ‘odd’ thumbs and have been horribly self conscious about them all my life. Even my own family take the micky out of my weird funky thumbs, which is the worst thing. I am obsessed with looking at people’s hands and seeth with jealousy if their thumbs are ‘normal’ and pretty straight and also in proportion to their fingers and hands. I don’t do myself any favours as I bite my thumb nails, which makes them look even more stubby. Like many others who have posted comments, I find it difficult to do certain things – for example hold a heavy book – without my hands aching. I still can’t quite bring myself to love my thumbs, but may well be able to get there now I know I am not alone. BTW, I have a strong temper which can flare up at the drop of a hat and have often wondered if I might be bi-polar…I have two kids, and neither of them seems to have this. I can’t remember my grandparents having clubbed hands, nor do my parents. My sister has perfect hands…cow….:o) !
May 4, 2012 at 12:16 am |
Hi Wendy. I had to LOL at you sisters perfect hands, (cow) that was funny! It is better knowing were not alone. I’m 48 and no one in my fam has them. I remember my dad having fat fingers, as do I, but I just figured it was from cracking my knuckles! And my mom always told me my thumbs were like this cuz I sucked my thumb. (but only my right thumb!) UNTIL I WAS 10 !!!! lol. I’m short tempered as well. Wow, I just had a scary thought, what if we all here had a reunion type get together LOL. All of us short thumbed, short tempered peeps in one room! WooHoo! Tell your sister I’m going to smack her perfect thumbs with a hammer. LOL. Just kiddin! ;o) Take care… Terri
May 4, 2012 at 12:09 am |
Thank you, Raini Mae, for agreeing! lol. ;o) (Did you read what the ‘PERSON’ actually said that made me say all that) And I’m on my way to like your page on FB! :o) Terri
May 4, 2012 at 12:51 am |
Thanks 🙂 it really means alot. If you look on Facebook there are pages and groups all related to clubbed thumbs 🙂
May 4, 2012 at 2:14 am |
Oh wow. Really? I didn’t realize that! I will def check that out, but tomorrow! Or over the weekend! Gotta be up at 4:30, duty calls. lol. Thank you for the info!
May 7, 2012 at 8:24 pm |
I am only 15 and just discovered that my “fat thumb” is in fact a clubbed thumb. I just felt like saying that I am proud to have BDD.
May 9, 2012 at 1:52 am |
Wow this Is an amazing website, I’ve read a few comments and It makes me feel better, I put on acrylics to cover my right thumb because I’m so embarrassed of it, but after discovering this site I feel a sense of relief it brought tears to my eyes to know Im not the only one with a clubbed thumb. Thank you so much! 🙂
May 9, 2012 at 1:54 am |
Wow this Is an amazing website, I’ve read a few comments and It makes me feel better, I put on acrylics to cover my right thumb because I’m so embarrassed of it, but after discovering this site I feel a sense of relief it brought tears to my eyes to know Im not the only one with a clubbed thumb. Thank you so much! 🙂
May 10, 2012 at 3:01 am |
I have two clubbed thumbs and am also of French heritage on both sides of my family. As far as I know, I am the only one with them. I always hid them when I was younger when I realized that other people had different thumbs than I. I was pointed out for having different shaped-thumbs from everyone else. However, I have learned to deal with it, however, and I am a very proficient typer and clarinetist.
May 10, 2012 at 3:06 pm |
Rude….
May 10, 2012 at 3:11 pm |
I have two stubby thumbs. My whole life my sister teased me about them and for years I’d think that if I ever had plastic surgery that is where I’d have it. Then I had a son with stubby thumbs. I didn’t want him to EVER feel bad about them so I told him we were special because we belonged to the “stubby thumb” club. He is now almost 17 and has never been teased or felt bad about them. I recently met someone who also had them and he said they are a sign of a lucky person. When I thought about it, my son and I are both extremely lucky. So I’m going with it. We are special and we are lucky. Plus I can text really fast because of them!!!!! It’s like all things in life, it’s what you make of it. If you want to be sad and embarrassed about them you can be, I chose to look at them as an asset!!!!! Live on fellow stubby thumb club members!!!!!
May 13, 2012 at 9:00 pm |
I’ve never won a game of thumb wrestling. My thumbs are to short I suppose. hahaha. I am the only one in my family that has the short stubby thumbs. If it’s hereditary, I have no idea where they came from. I used to hide them, and I can’t ever get a professional nail job done. I got fake nails put on once and they didn’t have anything that fit my wide thumbs. So that was a bit embarrassing. The nails looked horrible since they didn’t fit right.
May 14, 2012 at 12:56 am |
I’ve been getting my nails done for 8 years, and mine are very wide. Go to a different place.
May 15, 2012 at 11:45 pm |
i have never met anyone with a thumb like mine!
May 18, 2012 at 9:47 pm |
Hi , I’m 16 years old & I’m from Monroe Washington , I have clubbed thumbs , I used to be embarrassed cause I thought I was the only one , a lot of people tell me their cute (:
May 21, 2012 at 5:12 am |
i am 12 and i have two clubbed people make fun of me and i didn’t notice i had different thumbs until i was in 4 grade. I have a native american background and would like to know why this is? My great aunt has this on ALL her figures wich i find strange..
May 22, 2012 at 9:53 am |
I’m not alone!!!!!
I always realised I had a fatter thumb on my left hand, but it wasn’t until in my late teens I noticed it was shorter that the right one, by quite a bit too. Then it made a brilliant party trick in the pub!!
One of the reasons I’m quite pleased I have discovered this, is because my mum blamed the fact I bit my nails, although I did always try to point out, how come it didn’t affect my other digits?
Having read up a little bit, I’ve discovered it can be linked to your thyroid – and I take thyroxine, because I have thyroid problems – this again is genetic.
I don’t know if any of my ancestors had shorter thumbs, I am from England, 36 and female, none of my children have short thumbs. I never got teased at school, but then, I’ve met a lot of people who’ve lost a finger and not noticed until they’ve told me.
I haven’t met anyone else with little thumbs, but then I don’t go out looking. Guess the only thing it stopped me from doing was becoming a hand model, never felt like i’d missed out on bowling, because it is boring anyway!!!
May 28, 2012 at 3:38 am |
I never noticed I had clubbed thumbs until my friend told me they were “cute and fat” tha was maybe last year. Ever since then Ihave always wondered about my thumbs… like maybe is it hereditary? nobody else in my family has it… K come from Italian descent by the way… also, I have only ever met 1 other person with the thumbs and that was my 7th grade teacher (:
May 28, 2012 at 5:14 am |
I don’t have clubbed thumbs but my fiancé has one; never talks about it; seems ashamed of it. It’s not a big deal to me, love him no matter what. He is 100% Italian and bipolar as well but still not sure if the clubbed thumb has anything to do with bipolar disorder. Any studies been done? Very interesting reading all this. I was on a quest to find the disorder in which Italians have a predisposition for but ran across this site instead. I have noticed more clubbed thumbs since meeting him but had no idea how prevalent it is. Very cool guys! Thumbs up!!! LOL
May 28, 2012 at 9:55 pm |
I have a club thumb, am 70 years old and only heard about it last night on “Body of Proof”. Nice to have a name, have never been teased about it in my life, and dont think anyone other than a manicurist has noticed it. My paternal grandfather had it and he was of German descent, noone else in a very large family.
In the grand scheme of things hard to think of it in anyway serious though
May 29, 2012 at 8:26 pm |
I have a clubbed thumb on my left hand. I sometimes get comments on it but mostly people just find it interesting. I found out about this as a younger kid and im a teen now and people dont really care. I do have trouble at salons and sometimes shaking hands with people they note that I have a strage thumb. Then when people saw Megan Fox had them too. I was like well at least im not weird haha and also I used to think I had cut off my thumb or been in an accident as child … until i heard what really was and so if we are all related to royalty then thats kinda weird cause there are millions of “royal” peoplethen and can someone please explain how this is passed down and whats the whole history and why it makes us related to royalty? Thanks!
June 1, 2012 at 10:02 pm |
I have searched for many years on this condition, And finally I know what its called. I DON’T have hammer thumbs, but a hammer or clubbed index finger. Yes, you heard right. My right index finger is clubbed & my left finger is normal. I love getting my nails done ,but hate that my index fingers look different. I’ve seen several people with their thumbs like this, but never on another finger. Its my special finger lol.
June 4, 2012 at 6:12 pm |
Finally! After 25 years of having “odd” thumbs, I have an answer as to why, AND there are others out there like me! I’ve never minded too much. Just thought it’d be nice to have normal fingernails. LOL. Hello, fellow club-thumbers. 🙂
June 4, 2012 at 7:49 pm |
Wow I never really knew this was a common thing! I’m 19 and I have a clubbed thumb on my left hand and today I found out Liam Neeson has it as well 🙂 I used to think it was a little odd but a few years ago I went to a nail salon to get acrylics and the guy doing my nails said he had another customer with the same thumb! Finally I was able to get nails that actually fit my thumb because this guy had figured out a way to do it 🙂 Hello to all the other clubbed thumbers out there!
June 13, 2012 at 2:38 am |
I “had” a shorty thumb on my left hand and a regular on my right. I say “had” because it had a run-in with a table-saw over the weekend, so now it’s even shorter. Skin graft surgery in the AM to clean up the mess. It’ll be interesting to see the end result!
June 20, 2012 at 6:14 pm |
I am so glad that I found out Meghan Fox has clubbed thumbs. I think it is cool!!! My daughter has clubbed thumbs and is known for giving a “thumbs UP” in photos! She is embarrassed sometimes about it, but it is part of what makes her unique! and I have heard it means there is Royalty in your bloodline, and she is definately my little princess!! I thought it was so neat when she came to me and showed me Meghan Fox’s photo!!
June 25, 2012 at 3:04 am |
hi, i have clubbed thumbs too, im 13. everyone including my parents tease me constantly, everyone calls them toes. for christmas my aunt got me toe socks and cut them short and said they were gloves for me. my friends and everyone makes fun of them, and they think they will grow out, but they havent. i cant text, because its too hard.im so relieved to know its a birth defect and lots of people have the same problem. can someone help me on a solution to this? im tired of getting asked why my thumbs look funny.
July 9, 2012 at 1:37 pm |
You’re stuck with them, sorry! But you’re not alone, tell these people to stop teasing you. Eventually they will realise it’s not funny, I’m 15 and I thought I would grow out of it but you don’t its just a birth defect like how some people have bigger noses or different sized hands. You’re not the only one, embrace them!
June 27, 2012 at 8:43 am |
a psychic in the french quarter in new orleans told me I had a ‘murderer’s thumb’; scared me. What does murderer have to do with anything?
My mother (the narcissist) used to tell me that I slammed that finger in a car door and that she saw it happen; well, I never remembered that so I starting googling at age 45 and here is what I found. all of you…..makes me so happy.
June 27, 2012 at 11:18 am |
“Murderer’s thumb” – also known as “strangler’s thumb”, which is how a doctor, 50+ years ago, described it to me about mine. He said it was called that because it fit so nicely into the hollow of a person’s throat – to crush their windpipe [strangle them]. Lovely, eh?
July 9, 2012 at 1:33 pm |
I have 2 clubbed thumbs! This is really cool to find a whole bunch of people with them! I used to really hate them as people used to tease me but I kinda like them because I always win thumb wrestle competitions 🙂
July 20, 2012 at 4:12 pm |
I am 54 and have two clubbed thumbs. The base of both thumbs are much narrower than normal so it makes the club (or spoon as I’ve heard it called) look even larger. I’ve been embarrassed by my thumbs for the majority of my life and as a child no one teased me because I always hid them within the palm of my hand so they wouldn’t be noticed. I’m also missing the knuckle at the base of my little finger. Does anyone have this? My hands are so small I have to purchase children’s gloves. I am the only one in my family that has these thumbs. My nephew carries the cystic fibrosis gene and had to go to the Mayo Clinic for experiemental treatment and the doctors there asked him if anyone in the family had these clubbed thumbs and when he told him yes, they said that it shows the person is a carrier of the cystic fibrosis gene. It doesn’t mean you have it or that your children will have it, because you have to have two CF genes combined to cause it they said, but has anyone heard this too?
July 20, 2012 at 4:23 pm |
After reading some of the other threads I, too, have these weird short stubby toes (and little feet) that I still get teased about and like so many others I have difficulty texting unless I keep some length of nail on my “clubbers”. Wow, I feel so much better after all these decades knowing how many other people are out there just like me with unique thumbs (and toes??)
July 20, 2012 at 10:55 pm |
Taylor,
I was interested to hear about the relation between clubbed thumbs and CF. I had a cousin with CF that passed away (about 5 yrs ago) at age 40 from the disease. I have 5 siblings (I am the oldest) and 26 cousins. Other than my cousin that had CF, my youngest brother was born with a genetic disease called Algelles Syndrome. I am the only one I know of that has clubbed thumbs in the family, not sure if either of my grandfathers did, they died when I was very young.
However, my hands are not small, they are larger than my husbands. He is also shorter than me. 😉 I think my big toe is also slightly clubbed, just seems to be a bit fater than the rest.
Jodi
July 21, 2012 at 8:11 am |
57 years old and the owner of two Clubbed Thumbs. Always wondered where they came from as they are unique in our family. Interesting to read that so many have had the same slight discomfort about them being shown in public, but then when one is a guitarist, they tend to HAVE to be seen LOL.
Personally, I have always taken the view that if they cause anyone a problem, then it is their problem, not mine.
I acknowledge it must be more worrying for the Ladies and you have my sympathies, but we are still able to do just about anything aren’t we? The comment about using a Blackberry made me laugh out loud, but I have always texted using my fingers anyway.
Hey….. We are special.
Rob
July 21, 2012 at 6:14 pm |
I don’t know how long my thumbs have been like this. But looking at baby photos of me I can deffinatley say I didn’t have clubbed thumbs then. Now I am 13, i will be 14 in August but no-one at school has really noticed my thumbs are different and none of them have teased me about it. However, i find it extremely difficult to text and that what really annoys me cos i cant talk to my friends via text that often.
July 27, 2012 at 4:44 am |
I absoultly love my thumbs and always have! Its something diffrent, which is always fun. Sure, I’ll never own a blackberry with these babys and reaching certain cords on the piano is impossible, but who cares, I love my fat and short thumbs:)
July 31, 2012 at 9:11 pm |
hey, everybody my name is cheyenne but i go by kim my last name is white im 15 years old and i have no idea how i got clubbed thumbs but ive always told myself im glad that i do bc i was diff. from everybody else and thats what i love so much about it bc if anything i would hate being like everybody else i love being something diff. it makes me happy and when i found out thats they were called clubbed thumbs i started doing alot of research and i found out its proven that the people with clubbed thumbs are more likely to end up being something big wether it being a model or actor/actress, or singer/dancer and ive always thought ive had a great voice and i can dance really good also i was always chosen in my acting classes for everything bc i was something diff. i brought emotion and happiness an im happy to be who i am and for all of you with clubbed thumbs im sure you are fantastic and one of those things(: well i bet you are well idk but hope you liked what i had to say(:
July 31, 2012 at 10:16 pm |
I am 52 and just recently found out that other people also have fat thumbs. My Dad and My Aunt had them, but I thought it a family trait. Now my granddaughter has them. I have gotten used to them over the years, but I would rather have normal thumbs
August 5, 2012 at 4:42 am |
Omg I felt better about myself just after reading this. But honestly I’ve been bullied a lot cause of my thumbs :(. It makes me sad and it makes me look at them like a monstrosity. I get mad when people make fun of them, I never know what to say to them, can anyone help me?
August 8, 2012 at 4:38 am |
I say don’t react to whomever bullies you, or give them the satisfaction of knowing that they can get a reaction out of you, that just eggs them on. When people ask you about them, just smile and tell them they’re just a little shorter and a little rounder 🙂
August 14, 2012 at 11:23 am |
I (15) have had BDD for years (obviously) and haven’t even realised what it was until a few days ago when I decided to look it up. I’m thrilled to know its genetic not just me. My sister (22) also has it, but she only has one whereas both of mine are clubbed. She’s always said to me that she has it because she sucked her thumb and that I was just deformed which scared me, then when I heard about Megan Fox I decided to look it up. I’m glad I can go and tell her she’s wrong. For anyone that doesn’t have BDD its nothing to worry about, it doesn’t effect anything I do its just weird to people that don’t have it, but honestly, when I look at people with normal thumbs I think that’s weird because I am so used to my own. There’s nothing to worry about if your worried about your kids getting it or if your planning on having kids, Its totally normal. Hope this has helped anyone.
August 16, 2012 at 3:39 pm |
Wow I’m 12 and my mom told me I sucked my thumb too much. I don’t feel like I have a deformed thumb anymore :3 Thanks for making this site!
August 25, 2012 at 8:15 pm |
My entire life I have had clubbed thumbs. I was often made fun of, people saying my thumbs were hit with a hammer when I misbehaved as a punishment, even by my own father about them. I am 20 yrs old and 4’11”. I assumed short people had them. One day while in college a girl with one clubbed thumb noticed mine while I was holding my plate. She was so fascinated that we both had them, and she was much taller than I. She told me a few things she had learned about them. It was interesting to hear that they are known as the “murderer’s” thumbs, etc!
August 27, 2012 at 1:40 pm |
I don’t know if I belong here, but I do have another kind of thumb deformity. Both my thumbs look like they are broadened, i mean if you wanna see my thumbs, find a picture of a normal thumb and broaden it by 50% with photoshop, and that’s what they look like. My father and my mother’s younger brother have this deformity too (my mother doesn’t, but maybe she carries this gene. what odds that two people with this gene met and married are!). Does anyone know the scientific term of this deformity? I’ve been thinking of plastic surgery because I’m really fed up with staying alert to hide them when there’s somebody around me, but I worry there might be sequela, that’ll be disastrous because thumbs are the most useful fingers
September 3, 2012 at 5:10 pm |
I have this and never knew it was a condition but idc my friends think they’re cute and i go for a manicure every few weeks
September 3, 2012 at 9:37 pm |
Wow! So many people here with lil’ thumbs like me =). Only found out that it was an actual condition a couple of months back! Was nice to put it down to something finally (now that I’m 20). It’s so reassuring to find that there’s so many of us! Lots of comments to read through too =), I like my thumbs they’re special ^-^ x
September 13, 2012 at 1:09 am |
hehe I live in Greece, and I am 33 years old. Untill now I felt a bit embaressed about my clumbed thumbs. My sister and my father has the same thumbs. I also realized that the six brothers of my father also has this type of thumbs. I believe that has something to do with my DNA or something :P. Well I am really happy that other people are like me. 😀
September 14, 2012 at 1:52 pm |
Its there a big chance that my children have a clubbed tum?
September 19, 2012 at 9:53 pm |
Im 34 I have two club thumbs. Some of what I’ve read as traits individuals have along with these thumbs may apply to me. I have a ferocious temper, a few loose screws but wouldn’t go to say bi polar although I do have bouts of depression. I have Danish, Italian and English roots. They’ve never been an issue other then light teasing and one dumb bitch I dated that said my hands were creepy. My wife thinks they’re sexy which I think is crazy but I’m not complaining. I was also born with good looks and a big dick so screw anyone that likes to knit pick “imperfections”. ;-)the term murderers thumbs makes them sound awesome but I’d rather use them to stick in a nice ass while doing a hotty doggy style. POP!
September 20, 2012 at 2:59 am |
Really disgusting comment. Your behavior has nothing to do with your thumbs. Let’s try to be decent and make constructive comments.
September 20, 2012 at 6:46 am |
@malena I totally agree about ur comment that was disgusting from the person above you
September 21, 2012 at 5:56 am |
I have just one clubbed thumb, the right one. I am of Italian heritage but never knew my biological father so I can only assume it is from his side as none of my half siblings have them. I was teased horribly all through school not just for the clubbed thumb but also because my thumbs don’t match. I am 37 and have long ago quit worrying about the difference. My daughter is 14 and disappointed that she does not have one because she says it makes me special. It does. So if you get teased try to remember they are just pointing out your differences because they are insecure about theirs. Embrass your uniqueness.
September 24, 2012 at 8:12 pm |
Both my thumbs are clubbed and it was only when I was about 11 that I realised that my thumbs were different! I found out when someone told me my friends were bitching about them…….. My mum has them too so yeah but I wish they would go away.
October 6, 2012 at 2:49 am |
When I was a young teenager I used to be worried if somebody saw my thumbs. Now I think its funny when people see them and I will joke right along with em. True story…I can just about win anyone in thumb wrestling. Royal thumbs show charactor!!!….And anyone with them knows that we have lots of charactor….Maybe partly due to having to stand up for ourself against not as cool people….Truth is we were born with charactor. The story I have heard several times is that people with stubby or royal thumbs are supposed to be successful. Im sure this is true….My greatest acomplishment is that I have 5 awesome kids all appearing to be going in the right direction most of the time. I am a psyche nurse, love my job and learn from people all the time that are less fortunate than me….Just have to add… I was so exited to find this page its like Im a part of this big family of stubby thumb people…Rock on Stubby thumb people!
October 11, 2012 at 2:49 pm |
I have 2 clubbed thumbs which I got teased about as a kid and it really hurts…you never forget that even when you are older…I am 44 now and like to keep my nails and hands nice but sometimes am embarressed if I go to a salon and the girl struggles to find a nail tip wide enough….but when she does it makes the world of difference to the appearance…..they actually look normal and nice. I too try and hide mine where possible because people can be so cruel and hurtful… but now I just try and laugh it off and think about those poor people who cannot hide their imperfections and are subject to mockery every day of their life and they just stand tall and deal with it because they and we (fellow club thumbers) are better people for doing so. I think its better to have unusual thumbs than an ugly personality
October 18, 2012 at 2:44 am |
This site makes me laugh (in a oh my word…. I am not alone type way)! I LOVE my little thumb! Always have,,,, I thought it was funny and made me unique. My boyfriend in high school called my thumb “Stumpy!” And… when we would get back together from breaking up… he would laughingly say…. “I missed stumpy not you!” Anyway… I am 30 and a teacher and every year… i introduce myself and give my students a unusual fact about myself and ask them to do to the same. I always tell them about my “toe-thumb” as I have always called it. They think it is hysterical! Anyway, I had a son 7 months ago and the first thing I asked was, “Does he have my thumb?”… I read it happens more often in girls… so maybe if I have a daughter she would have one. I HATE that many of you were made fun of because of your thumb. I wouldn’t wish that upon anyone. Glad to know there are more people out there with little thumbs… I only have one. Cheers to clubbed thumbs!
October 21, 2012 at 6:07 pm |
…so…i see many of y’all think it’s funny. Well this stub thumber’s life was far from funny. My life was tragic, and extremely so. I constantly, to this day, kept things bottled up and feeling explosive (the controlled kind of explosive), that’s how much i have on my plate. I desperately need stem cells to heal my body. But nothing I need ever is attained. So I thought, hey, finally if i meet a bunch of fellow stub thumbers, maybe I’ll find a group who have similar abnormally manipulated luck like me. (metaphysically manipulated) Instead, what do I find? A bunch of frivolous chatterers, who’d probably scoff at the idea of bad luck – perhaps even metaphysics in general.
December 2, 2012 at 11:51 pm |
That is awesome to show your thumb to everyone…I was teased as a child… “thumbs up Shelly”, and would do a turtle clench the minute someone brought attention to them… Now I like them and love the uniqueness… I was the first thing I looked for when my daughter was born too…she didn’t get them, and neither did my 4 siblings…I don’t know of anyone in my family with them…yet!!
October 21, 2012 at 11:07 am |
I do have clubbed thumbs too :-))
I am 37 and I’ve just discovered it’s something studied with a scientific name and everything else… by looking at a silly page “top 10 Hollywood stars physical defects”, realizing Megan Fox’s right thumb was like mine (both left and right for me, at least I’m symmetrical lol)
Thumbs up from Italy 🙂
October 21, 2012 at 5:37 pm |
Speak of silly, I’ve gone thru alot of the above posts, and embarrassed to consider how many of my fellow stub-thumbers are merely into silly chatter, instead of even ONE of them having researched re: Dr.Goodman’s research, as I did decades ago, way before the Net existed. (see my other posts on this blog) I even visited his lab at Tel Hashomer, only to be turned off by a huge amount of pics he used to take of physically malformed people. It boggled the mind.
Why is hardly anyone serious and to-the-point anymore? What’s with all this buzz buzz static. Finding anything briefly worded and concise is harder than finding a needle in haystack. After reading this blog’s respondents I’ve become skeptical about the attribute of stub thumbers bottling everything up. My nature is so very different than the posters on here, that I don’t know if it’s laughable or tragic.
October 23, 2012 at 3:19 am |
It has taken me until tonite….49 years to realize that after 47 years of hiding my thumbs in clenched fists was due to a genetic disorder and that one of my 5 siblings has them too. Wow…we are unique and to be celebrated… woo hoo
October 23, 2012 at 4:28 am |
I honestly don’t remember when I became aware of both my clubbed thumbs. They are embarrassing to me and it doesn’t help that I have long skinny fingers. I always have my nails done and keep the nail on both my thumbs longer than the rest to blend them in. They’re actually not that noticable unless someone is really studying your hands or something. So they’s a tip for you ladies. I’m a nail tech and do nails for a living. It’s been five years and to be honest some of my longest clients have NEVER noticed. When I mention it, they give me this crazy look, like “what’s wrong with them?” In fact, and I promise you this, that me out of all the girls that I work with, get the most compliments on my hands.LOL crazy huh I’m not bragging, there is something to be said about this. I feel un-normal. I notice other peoples pretty normal thumbs. I feel like mine don’t match me, they were a mistake or a punishment. Maybe I’m too vain, I don’t know. BC I know there are idiots like some of the ones above talking crap, that would get knocked out if they said some crap like that to me or was making fun of anyone for anything. People that put other people down, are so insecure about themselfs that they need to put others down to make themselves look better. But you don’t you’re just an idiot. Or some immature dumb ass that’s prob horrendous yourself.
I wish there was some type of cure. I know I have bigger problems and should be grateful to even HAVE a thumb but when I think of meeting a new guy, I’m always afraid of the topic or being rejected. I don’t know….=/
October 23, 2012 at 5:00 pm |
I am 13 years. I’m from the netherlands and I thought I was the only living person with two clubbed thumbs
But now I discovered that others have it too. Guys at school say things like: “You have only one phalange!” Because they say that because of my thumb size.
October 23, 2012 at 5:01 pm |
I am 13 years old. I’m from the netherlands and I thought I was the only living person with two clubbed thumbs
But now I discovered that others have it too. Guys at school say things like: “You have only one phalange!” They say that because of my thumb size.
November 9, 2012 at 1:36 am |
I have BDD thumbs and fingers and a pretty interesting career considering this condition is generally referred to as a handicap: I’m a classical pianist!!! I’ve played piano since I was 2 yrs old and my parents certainly never told me I couldn’t play! Now, it is my career and I’m very thankful that I didn’t let all the teasing and gawking stop me. Competition judges have asked me, on several different occasions, to come down from the stage and present my hands to them at the judging table…so they could observe my freakish hands. (Super Classy huh?!) Anyway, I never thought anyone would want to put a wedding ring on these weirdly shaped hands. Yet, I met the man of my dreams and the ring he bought me (7 yrs ago) is lovely and petite. He said, “I didn’t want you to have a big-gawdy-doodad on your hand that would impede the amazing music your hands create. Your hands are magical.” It is hard to be physically different than the majority but I’m grateful for the people in my life that aren’t shallow and really don’t give a damn about what my hands looks like. Rock on, fat-thumb-folks!!
November 11, 2012 at 5:24 pm |
IM 51 AND YES I STILL HIDE MY THUMBS EVERYDAY . I HATE THEM I WISH THERE WAS A WAY TO FIX THEM ..MY MOTHER HAD THEM BUT OUT OF 12 KIDS IM THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS THEM.
November 17, 2012 at 1:51 pm |
I’m a 17 year old Korean girl and I feel as though Asians don’t have clubbed thumbs. it sucks having clubbed thumbs… I don’t think I’ll ever get over them. It’s even worse because I’m a model and my body is long and lean and then I have these fat, stumpy thumbs. My mom always tells me it’s better than having a fat, stumpy body, but why can’t I just have long and lean fingers like my body!
It sucks trying to hide them during photo shoots and during runway shows, I just can’t hide them! I always feel like I don’t get some jobs because of my thumbs.
I get teased a lot in high school and it’s my achilles heel. It’s something I think about everyday – trying to constantly hide them and avoid people seeing them.
Maybe God gave me these thumbs because if I didn’t have something to be insecure about, I might be a complete horrible and vain person. Haha. I don’t know.
I love reading all these comments because I’m not alone and I can relate to everyone being insecure about them. And for those who embrace this uniqueness, I admire you all so much. I truly wish I can be like you all and just accept my thumbs.
To accept them seems like such a long journey to get to. I don’t know if I ever will. I just live my life, day by day, finding ways to hide them. I just hate them so much I want to cry when I think about them and see them!!! 😥
December 8, 2012 at 2:24 pm |
Laura… Asians have the highest incidence of BBD.
You’ve chosen a profession that celebrates and puts beauty under a microscope and then makes big giant posters of what it finds for the world to see. Expect to be examined and revealed. But don’t hate your thumbs or or much less yourself for it.
Your thumbs are cool. And you might just be one of the Sissy Hankshaws out there. Read Tom Robbins’, “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues”.
November 19, 2012 at 6:37 pm |
I have to of them .and that ok because god made them .
November 20, 2012 at 6:09 pm |
I have two “toe” thumbs and I never sucked my thumbs. I also have second and third toes longer than my big toe. Never sucked them either. I could not care less what anyone else thinks or says about my digits. The only problem I have with thumbs is gloves. I have long fingers so when that part fits, my thumbs never fill up the thumb parts…lol
I’m an O’Sullivan tho not a Pellegrino….: )
November 26, 2012 at 5:42 pm |
I have the same on both hands and it was BRUTAL as a child. My mother always tried to make me feel better about it, but I was teased by my older sister, a babysitter and other kids in school. My true friends, looking back, are the ones who never said a word. They loved me with all my perceived “faults”.
As an adult I’ve encountered others and, while still embarrassed to talk about it openly, I don’t feel so alone anymore. Old habits die hard I guess. So, nice that someone started this page despite the nasties who are on.
I say we all get together and go for lunch and manicures!
Live well and love yourselves, everyone!
November 26, 2012 at 5:52 pm |
PS – I can identify with those who are musicians, models or in the public eye in any way. I was once asked at an audition for a commercial to hold up my hands so the director could see what they looked like. I knew I was no hand model, but complied. It was painful, knowing that they were probably whispering, “OK, not this one.” I have long, thin fingers and the thumbs simply don’t…FIT! I’ve played instruments that I could hide behind and would love to take piano as an adult but can’t stand the thought of anyone staring at my hands. So..I play on my own. Now that it’s winter I cover up with gloves—the one thing I do look forward to.
In any event…we are who we are. There is such pressure to be “perfect”, yet..who is to say what that is?
Thanks for letting me vent a bit here, I’ll work on putting myself out there more and hope the rest of you do, too! The more that the world sees this unique feature as “normal”, the better off future generations will have it!
November 27, 2012 at 3:34 pm |
im a filipina ,35 years old and been bullied till my college years due to my weird looking thumbs.
December 2, 2012 at 3:16 am |
I think it’s interesting that someone said this is a genetic “trait” as people are saying their nationality ancestries are from a variety of places. I am alot Celtic, (Irish, English, Scottish and Welsh, plus Swiss from my mom plus a little Sioux Indian.) It makes me wonder where this trait ‘originated’ ?
I’ve always thought my thumbs look like toes…lol
My feet/ toes are also a little unique too. My second and third toe are longer than my big toe. Wonder if that goes along with the thumbs…..: )
It’s much healthier and also ‘true’ to just know that we are not ‘abnormal…we are UNIQUE. The intelligent ones….; )
December 3, 2012 at 3:45 am |
LOL! Are you kidding me? I was looking at my thumbs and a light bulb went off to Google ‘Why do I have weird thumbs?’. This is so stinking cool! My mother use to tell me it was because I sucked my thumb to much. I was picked on because of my thumbs but now everyone thinks they are cute. To be honest I love both of my thumbs. They are unique and I wouldn’t be Shannon with out them. I play a mean game of thumb war! LMBO! I am sure you all do too! Hey thumb brothers and sister! 😉
December 4, 2012 at 8:53 pm |
I 61 and have 2 identical “toe” thumbs. I remember in kindergarten my Mom told me they were caused by thumbsucking as a motivator for me to stop sucking my thumb at bedtime. I eventually realized my Dad had the same thumbs but i didnt realize there was a name for it until Meagan Fox’s mean publicity.
I recently saw a photo of my Nana ( Dad’s) mom holding me as a baby and it was amazing to see she had the same thumbs! On her side there are English and French ancestors on her husbands side Irish only. One of my sisters has one on right hand and one index finger that is her longest finger. One of my sons has two like me. I remember having difficulty bowling because 8 couldn’t find a ball that my thumb wouldn’t get stuck in and texting with my thumbs is out. i’m justt thankful I have thumbs. There are people whoe have had thumbs amputated in accudents and been grateful for surgery that allowed a big toe to grafted on. I think we should not be ashamed of them at all because they do make us special. Cruel comments usually come from insecurity and help me realize the the type of person I never want to be.
December 8, 2012 at 2:11 pm |
I have spent my life both hiding my thumbs at times and holding them out for the world to see. Depends on the situation, but as I get older I don’t harbor the issues. Wish I felt as a young person how I now feel about them.
What I’ve learned over 49 years with my toe thumbs, and as I scan all the various posts on this site is, if you’re embarrassed and self-loathe because of them, your thumbs are not the problem. If you get angry or upset when people look at them curiously, or react as though they are disgusted, your thumbs are not the problem. If you hide them in your pockets, or inside your fist or behind your belt loops, your thumbs are not the problem. If you can only think of wishing you were born differently and you want to fix your thumbs, then fix yourself, because you are the problem. 99% of the people you meet don’t even know your thumbs are different.
It’s not an easy thing to have such an odd physical trait and remain completely unaffected. However, think of it this way:
Many people suffer real maladies. Yours is just a non-typical trait.
Your thumbs are what they are, so you might as well look at the good in them. I’m 5’9″ and I can palm a basketball, crack a walnut in my hand, give a great massage, pick a needle off the floor.
Look around, you aren’t the only one. I have met many, many other people with special thumbs. We smile and bond immediately.
When people see you smile, give the thumbs up and be proud of them, it is inevitably, if not immediately, disarming.
Quality people you meet don’t give a damn anyway.
December 10, 2012 at 2:38 am |
Holy shit there’s an army of us I hope my thumbs are the only thing I got from my father if you read this dad f$@& you ive hated your thumbs but at the same time now i know that its not just you and me and by the way if your reading this congratulations for learning how to read and write I’m sorry we had to meet this way but hey the thumbs arnt that bad there’s alot alot alot alot worse things you have. don’t worry about me I’m fine your son Chris 😃
December 10, 2012 at 4:29 am |
Please don’t place any comments if you cannot express yourself in a decent way.
December 10, 2012 at 11:13 pm |
MY great grand parents are from India and my mothers family are american indian and i have the clubbed thumb gene. It wasnt until a few months ago that i even knew it was a something that other ppl had as well. Don’t know much but it would be great to learn more.
December 14, 2012 at 4:21 pm |
one of my thumbs are ‘clubbed’ and i went doctors quite late because i realised it aged 11 but i went doctors when i was 13!
its not inherited its really because when i was little i used to suck my thumb like mad and that’s why!
December 19, 2012 at 6:33 am |
I am a 21 year old female and i live in North Carolina, USA. I grow up thinking the my thumbs were just something that ran in my family. My grandfather’s brother has one ”clubbed thumb” and one “regular” thumb but he is the only person I know personally with a thumb like mine. My family never thought it was truly different that i have two clubbed thumbs therefor I never did either. Until I was at the doctor’s for my skin, and he started looking at my thumbs, from there the appointment became longer then it was suppose too. I am just starting to learn about Brachydactyly type D. At this point all I know is that is extremely rare for someone to have two “clubbed thumbs” and can be a sign of something much deep, or just clubbed thumbs.
In school other children would say I had “toe” thumbs and after more children started looking a saying things. I started not to let anyone see my “toe” thumbs. Until I started wearing rings on my thumbs, but even then it wasn’t easy to find rings big enough to get over the end of my thumbs. I have to have a size 9 ring to fit over my left thumb and a size 10 ring to fit over my right thumb, and those are not exactly easy sizes to find in girls rings.
The more I can learn about Brachydactyly type D the better! I want to be as educated as possible.
December 19, 2012 at 9:22 am |
@teacup21 I have two clubbed thumbs but not aware of anyone in my family having them so it seems its just me, my mum used to think it was because I sucked my thumb as a child but I only noticed my thumbs when I met my mate who also has two clubbed thumbs
December 20, 2012 at 3:41 am |
Met a girl today with short thumbs. I though it was erotic and sexy.
She was pretty. But i loved her thumbs.
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December 22, 2012 at 10:34 am |
Born in England with English Irish Scottish background, and being a very sensitive introverted kind of personality growing up, (overly sensitive) my stubby thumbs caused me great shame and pain. It has taken me many years to accept them, though probably never will because they are not normal 😦 However, I do remember my brother putting a funny spin on how they looked, especially when I held them together, he called them two Chinamen, and that softened the whole situation considerably.
December 22, 2012 at 2:16 pm |
Terrible sorry you have to endure pain and feel different because of your thumbs. I never had that problem. I was never considered them a problem. If anybody make fun of them, I just felt sorry for their lack of knowledge and poor upbringing. Your are value for what you are as person not only for your looks. Be proud of yourself and be happy. We all age and all is left is what we have accomplished in life. Happy Holidays.
December 30, 2012 at 12:59 am |
I have 4 children 2 boys and 2 girls , the 2 older children r a boy and a girl and there thumbs r normal , then my other girl has only a tiny bit of clubbed thumbs , But my youngest child who is a little boy has fall on clubbed thumbs on both hands, my husband and I thought it was a birth defect, We also don’t no anyone else from both sides of the family with this , So did it come from a couple of generations back I wonder x
January 2, 2013 at 1:52 pm |
It makes me chuckle that here they have been referred to as “wee thumbs”. First time I heard that. My right thumb is a wee thumb lol. Every now and then I will notice that there are other people that have them. When I was riding the train two weeks ago I noticed a woman who had both her thumbs like this. I actually love that they are called murderers thumbs because its true that I know I wouldn’t be afraid to kill someone if I had to, as if it were as natural as breathing. Although I have an explosive temper, I’m very much in control of my emotions, trying to act with diplomacy most of the time.
When people notice and ask me I don’t refer to them as murderers thumbs because then it’ll be obvious that I’m pea cocking lol. Instead, I tell them that other people have them and that there is information about them online, in hopes that they will find out themselves that they are referred to as murderers thumbs (hee hee).
January 2, 2013 at 3:32 pm |
My mom used to say the bit re murderers thumbs but I just saw a kind of finger-toe. lol
In my mind “murderer” requires planning and plotting. However I think I could kill someone easily under the right circumstances.
But it would be ‘spontaneous’ not planned.
I am curious about other of us ‘thumb’ people 😀 having longer than normal toes. My big toe is shorter than both my second and third toe…how about you ???? Maybe all the length genes went to my second and third toes? hee heee : )
January 12, 2013 at 4:51 pm |
I also have two clubbed thumbs.. i. 14 years old and i am embarrased a round people. I hide my hands all the time. I didnt know so kany other people had thumbs just like ne. This sight has tauvht me to be ok with my thumbs:)
January 23, 2013 at 2:23 pm |
I like mine its small and stuff its name is Mr.stubby :p
January 23, 2013 at 6:23 pm |
Hi!!!! Im from Colombia. I also have 2 clubbed thumbs. I got them from my grandfather. I found out about this condition last week because I’ve been having trouble getting my fingerprints taken. I’m so glad I’m not alone on this. Hey!!! We are unique and that make us special!!!!
GO CLUBBED THUMBS!!!!
January 24, 2013 at 2:24 am |
Hi I am married to a man that has club thumbs. He inherited them from his mother. We have 2 kids a boy and a girl. They did not inherit club thumbs from my husband, but they both have clubbed big toes. I am curious to see if my grandchildren will have clubbed toes or thumbs.
January 24, 2013 at 2:28 am |
I’ll also add that I’m spanish/irish and my husband is Mexican. Both of the children resemble me.
January 24, 2013 at 3:16 pm |
Hey guys! MY name is Stephan and I am 20 years old with both of my thumbs clubbed! Lol. I literally hate them because I have been told I am gorgeous and I don’t like when people see a flaw on me. I am learning to accept it tho because there is nothing I can do and this is how God wants me. To those who dontundersyand its not my job to make you so I am currently learning to cope and be happy with hem and not letting them get in the way of me living. I am Filipino, Spanis, Chinese and Italian.
January 27, 2013 at 4:20 pm |
lmaoo seriously ? this whole time I thought my family and I were the only people in the world w/ these type of big fat thumbs lol ah what a relief to know im not the only one 🙂 in the past years up until now I have always been made fun of because of my little chubby thumbs as people call them.. I always try to hide them but Im just getting sick and tired of it specially because I want to be a nail tech .. I love painting nails and im very good in making unique designs but im just concerned about my thumbs 😦 I feel like idk I just hate them but ehh there nothing I can do about it .. im mexican & some people in my family have them too .
January 30, 2013 at 8:34 pm |
I have a clubbed thumb well i think so because it looks the same , but does anyone have problems like they have to click it back into place??
February 1, 2013 at 6:34 pm |
i have two “clubbed thumbs” and i’m in the process of applying for college…i was wondering if there are any scholarships for this condition??? if there are, can you please put the link in my ask box on tumblr (unicornfromspace.tumblr.com) Thanks fellow freaky thumbed people! 🙂
February 1, 2013 at 6:53 pm |
@ Shannon Davenport…You have made me laugh this morning.
See? > LOL …proof!
I don’t think having chubby thumbs qualifies as a genuine handicap worthy of a scholarship but wouldn’t it be great if it did? : D
February 8, 2013 at 5:29 am |
I am 24 years old ( Irish and Italian heritage). Both of my thumbs are clubbed. I have to agree with most of you that I was somewhat embarrassed of them as a child. They were pointed out to me in the first grade by a classmate. However, they truly are unique and although I may not qualify as a hand model… They are thumbs, no big deal! At least Im lucky to have all ten fingers 🙂
February 9, 2013 at 4:19 am |
Took me 37 years to find out why my thumbs
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February 9, 2013 at 9:57 pm |
No one ever bothered me about my thumbs and so I only thought about them when trying to do a manicure and paint my nails… and noticed they were not all that graceful…lol
It seems like now days there is more discrimination against whatever is not considered “perfect” or whatever. Younger and younger girls are obsessed with how they look. Not who they are inside.
February 14, 2013 at 8:21 pm |
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February 14, 2013 at 8:22 pm |
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February 18, 2013 at 9:47 pm |
I have 2. As did my mother. One of my 3 sisters has 1 but a “normal” thumb on the other hand. Growing up I was teased but it never upset me. I actually considered my thumbs “normal” and everyone else’s “strange” – I mean their’s look like fingers to me! I can break boards with my thumb. I was good at marbles, lousy at bowling (had to use a ball much larger than I wanted).and my wife thinks they’re “cute.” My mom used to grow her nails a bit longer to make it less obvious, because she tired of people asking.
March 23, 2013 at 2:36 am |
i have two clubbed thumbs and im kinda ashamed…..ever since i was a little girl people teased me about my thumbs i was at the point of breking down.People called my thumbs toe thumbs and it really hurt me. Also my biggest dream was becoming a pianoist but people kept telling me that i shouldnt due to my small thumbs. Im just glad im not the only one with clubbed thumbs..it actually makes me smile reading all these comments about other peoples thumbs. It makes me feel im not the only one..
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April 30, 2013 at 1:06 am |
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April 30, 2013 at 6:12 pm |
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May 16, 2013 at 4:37 am |
i am so self concious about my thumbs. i am 100% italian and moved to newport beach 2 years ago. i hate them so much. i am the only one in my family to have them. i just geled my nails and in my thumbs it looks horrible i just want to cut them off. im 14 and thats my biggest insecurite. ugh.. but i cant do anything about it. so i gotta live with them. why cant my thumbs just be normal. people always make comments on them and i just want to cry everytime. i hate it.
May 21, 2013 at 10:59 am |
Hi all fellow stubby thumbers. I have just discovered this has a name. wow. Also from reading these comments there seems to be quite a few who are B+. Both myself, with two short thumbs, and my sister, with one of each, are B+. Coming from English, Scottish, Spanish descent. Be proud of our toe thumbs lol. cheers to all
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June 27, 2013 at 12:01 am |
FINALLY MY PEOPLE! Im 12 years old and try so hard to hide my one clubed thumb and only show my normal one I useually just tuck it under my fingers like a casual light fist. Yet still im the only one i know that has two diffrent thumbs though iv done a good job hidding it my mom just found out about 2 weeks ago that I even had it (I know weird she didnt know) so I thought it was just a weird genetic mutation I still think it kinda is but I cant complain I mean it made me obbsess about my nails and now their just perfect even though my left thumb is shorter than the right I geuss I can live with it.
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July 1, 2013 at 12:56 am |
I am a 58 young female with clubbed thumbs. Have been embarrassed with them for my entire life. I also have short stubby fingers so I don’t have “nice” hands… My brothers (all older) told me when I was little that they hit my thumbs with hammers and that is why they were wide and fat…. nobody else in my family has them and thankfully my three kids did not inherit them. I can relate to one poster that said she was embarrassed to get a manicure… feel the same way. Even tried to get nail tips at one time but there was nothing that would fit my thumb so the nail tech had to fashion me on with filler and such. Rather embarrassing. When I was a kid I would write with the thumb tucked into my hand around the pencil. probably why I have terrible handwriting… never learned to hold the pencil right…. I don’t do that now but I think the finesse of writing I missed out on.
July 9, 2013 at 3:59 pm |
Hi,
I’m 14 years old, i’m from the Netherlands and i have clubbed thumbs on both of my hands and i’m happy with them! My father have them to. My friends think they funny 🙂 and i’m glade that there is a site/blog with people who have them to 🙂 i really like that!! Feel free to ask!! x
July 21, 2013 at 5:13 pm |
I’m 52 and i have both thumbs hammered but i always loved my thumbs the nails look cute when they grow. I also thought at one point that i was the only one with thumbs like mine. lol
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July 30, 2013 at 12:27 am |
I’m tara, I’m a 15 year old girl who lives in Cornwall. I’ve got two clubbed thumbs, but I thought I was the only one who had them. I get laughed at and taken the mick out of me very regularly at school, so I tend to try and hid them by curling them up or putting my hands in my pockets. I do the same in photos too, as I’m very self consious about my thumbs. This is the first time I’ve ever thought about researching my ‘strange’ thumbs, and I’m so glad that I’ve found this website. I had no idea that there was so many of us with clubbed thumbs, and after reading various comments I’ve finally realised that its okay to be different, and that I’m not the only one who gets laughed at and tries to hide them 🙂 This has really boosted my confidence, and I’m not going to be ashamed anymore, I’m proud and I feel ‘unique’. Its just really weird, as I’m the only one in my family who has clubbed thumbs, I’d like to find a bit more about this, please give me information 🙂
August 6, 2013 at 1:49 pm |
– My clubbed thumb’s always shy…it hide under the other fingers, I guess he feels safe there, I usually never pressure it to come out, only when we are alone…it comes out and play…how cute!
– We Clubbed Thumb people, should have our special DAY! celebrate it every year and enter Guinness World Record Book of the most gathered Clubbed Thumb people…huh would be cute and fun just like our thumbs isn’t?
August 17, 2013 at 8:41 pm |
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my hands that show off my thumb.
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September 7, 2013 at 7:27 pm |
Your club thumbs teach you to be tough and resilient after you get through years of teasing about them!
They are also linked, I feel, to higher intelligence and sensitivity, as well as creative ability. You feel more deeply about things, and analyze situations in a creative way.
They are not a defect, but a sign of higher potential. You will learn to love them.
September 17, 2013 at 2:04 pm |
I am so glad I found this site – My daughter has the club thumbs – and has always worried about them – I didn’t know her father very well – only that he was a musician – I only discovered about the thumbs from a show on tv – I have never thought much about them one way or another – as I wasn’t aware of any others with the same – I thought it must be unique to my daughter or some random trait she inherited from her biodad. I’m sure she will smile and laugh and feel really pleased with being able to share her feeling with so many others about her ‘club’ thumbs.
October 3, 2013 at 5:28 pm |
Both of my thumbs are clubbed idk know why my niece has them , we weren’t sure if her mom was our sister but noticed her daughter had my thumbs lol
October 6, 2013 at 10:30 pm |
Wow, I would never in a million years have imagined that there were so many of us, good to know that I’m not alone! I have two identical clubbed thumbs that I’ve inherited from my grandma. I’ve been heavily teased as a child, and have therefore never really learned to be comfortrable with them. I’m now 22, and I’m considering surgery… It’s getting too tiring to hide them and laugh it away when for example I am to show somebody something on my phone and so on… I know that it is stupid, but it kills my confidence when it comes to boys and such. Have any of you done this surgery?
October 14, 2013 at 7:50 pm |
I have just one clubbed thumb on my left hand & it really bugs me since it looks like really uglyy 😛 My friends have asked about it before, they’re just like “woah what happened to your thumb?”. Usually I just say “Um i don’t know…” and move on. Luckily my right thumb isn’t like that since I’m a righty I can use that thumb/hand for most things while i keep my left thumb hidden. It kinda sucks because I;ve gotten used to hiding my hands in the sleeves of whatever shirt I’m wearing..or I close my hand into a fist but with my thumb inside it. In general I just try to keep it hidden so I don’t have to answer people’s questions. Neither of my parents have this and they’re literally the only ones who mke fun of me about it. I’m lucky no one at school has really noticed except a few people.
January 16, 2014 at 9:09 pm |
Why would you be so embarrassed? Its only thumbs. I have one as well, i think its awesome! I show every date I go on and everyone in my life thinks its awesome. We laugh about it. Dont worry so much!
November 3, 2013 at 12:12 pm |
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November 5, 2013 at 3:46 am |
I’m 16 years old and have two toe thumbs. Growing up, I’ve been extremely self-conscious of them. I am constantly trying to hide them. As a piano player, I’m worried it affects my playing. I’ve been teased about it, and am afraid people will think im weird or deformed. I wish SO badly I could be confident about them.
Also, I’ve had joint issues in my thumbs. Every once and awhile the joint gets “locked” and I’m forced to pop it back. Does anyone else have that experience?
January 21, 2014 at 5:40 pm |
Yes, every once in a while mine get locked.
November 19, 2013 at 1:21 am |
Hi~ I want to know if the thumb thing is exclusevely hereditary. I have this on both of my hands.
December 10, 2013 at 1:34 am |
Hi! It’s amazing to find other people who have this! I have two toe thumbs and remember being constantly told how freaky they, and therfore I, was. What makes it so much worse is I’ve inherited my mum’s tiny hands so they stand out even more! And just to add the last finishing touches, I’m also missing both my knuckles in my pinky fingers on each hand! I have no idea what was going when I was forming in my mummy’s tummy! My feet, however, are absolutely fine, in fact they look more normal than most and are quite honestly my favourite feature, the irony right! But I have to say I’m pretty glad it’s all balanced and equal and my hands look the same, I have really bad OCD and the uneveness would have driven me insane! Silver linings methinks… =D
December 25, 2013 at 2:12 am |
I’m 55, and a few weeks ago my daughter sent me a link to a scientific article about “club thumbs”, “toe thumbs”, whatever. Until I read it I actually thought I was unique. I joked with friends that I was a freak of nature. It’s reassuring to read others’ stories. I’m not ashamed of my thumbs at my age- though I was self conscious when younger- I’m just interested in the whole genetic thing. Club thumbs rule!
December 19, 2013 at 11:03 am |
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December 19, 2013 at 1:16 pm |
Yo pete yeh ur clapped innit ur thumbs dont mean shit jus cus u aint in r thum crew dont mean u have to h8 innit man just dip
December 28, 2013 at 9:52 pm |
Wow. I am 51 and have been embarrassed by my thumbs forever. I am always looking for others with hands like mine but havent seen anyone. I also have fat fingers and clubbed big twos. I never wear sandles and hide my hands as much as possible. It is nice to know I am not alone. I was just researching surgery when I found this site. I have been asked what happened and feel people staring all the time. My husbands ex calls them sausages and did this a lot when the kids were younger. Thankfully my daughter did not get them. Someone suggested a few years ago I do acrylic nails and I feel like it makes a difference. I’m glad I can come here when I get down
July 29, 2014 at 3:08 pm |
I’m the same exact way to embarrassed to wear sandals and to embarrassed to show my hands and feet I have a bf and its so awkward when he hold my hand bcuz he always grabs my thumb and I just pull my hand away it sucks I honestly hate it and id wish this never happened to me or to anyone.. is this genetic bcuz I would want me children(in the future) to have this it’s too embarrassing 😦 is there a cure ?
August 6, 2014 at 11:00 am
my 3 children all have normal thumbs and no one on either of my parents side have it as far as 3 generations that i can trace.
January 7, 2014 at 1:56 am |
Oh my god! This is so amazing! I always thought I was the only one! My friends always made fun of them, jokingly, and I was constantly looking for someone else. This is so great!
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January 21, 2014 at 5:37 pm |
I’m 18 and my “clubbed thumbs” have been bothering me since I was just a young child. I still hide them when i’m talking to people because I feel like it’s the first thing they notice. My weird thumbs. But after I found out (admittedly) that Megan Fox has the same thing, I didn’t feel so bad about it anymore. Mind you this was 2 years ago when I found out I wasn’t a freak (I wasn’t the only one). Still though, it makes me a tad insecure. I’ve lost dates because of my thumbs. Pretty stupid, although I feel like I can never get a manicure, I’ll always have to use gloves. Etc. Then I found this, didn’t feel so bad. (Again) Thanks. It was a lot of help.
August 6, 2014 at 11:08 am |
if person doesnt date you because of thumbs…they are not a person worthy to date you. someone special loves you for the inside of you and values who you are…not because of your thumbs, eyes or any part …if they love you for your heart and if each of you inpire each other to be the best you are..and become even better as a person…is who is a good friend. thank God i have become more confident knowing what matters from His Word and what is important. i wish i had sound advice when i was younger…this is awesome to have opportunity to encourage one another
January 31, 2014 at 12:31 am |
Interesting! I’ve read a little bit about having toe thumbs, I have two. Just know that many people have them, not from nail biting nor sucking them nor incest! I have looked into my bloodline and have talked with my parents about habits from my childhood. I was obsessed with a pacifier, never my thumbs and have never bitten my nails other than to fix a snag. My grandmother has one toe thumb, my mother has two, and my only sibling and I both have toe thumbs. My 3 children do not have them nor does my sisters child. All genetics:)
February 18, 2014 at 1:52 pm |
As wonderful as it is to come together with people of like digits, I’m afraid I still don’t fit into the clubbed thumb scene. As I only have one clubbed thumb on my left hand. I’m the only one in my family with this unique feature. My dad was adopted at birth, so the true origin of my lovely thumb (which really is lovely) is a complete mystery. When i was young i thought it was a burden, then it became a conversation starter and the jumping point of a great number of nicknames. Which weren’t ever mean spirited just belittling (like tater-tot.) I’m Glad to know that there is place where everyone with this special feature can come together and accept and love the unique beauty that we are found with. our thumbs are not what make us special, it is just a reminder. You all are great and I hope you have a wonderful life with your thumbs up all the way. 🙂
February 18, 2014 at 2:32 pm |
Asya, you certainly fit . I have 2 clubbed thumbs but one of my sisters has 1 of each like you. We can trace our thumb back four generations to France / Spain border.
February 18, 2014 at 9:01 pm |
How interesting, I wonder if there is a genealogical connection to that region in general. I suspect that my fathers birth parents are Mediterranean in decent. Food for thought I guess, thanks for the reply.
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March 2, 2014 at 11:34 am |
Im an indian. i have clubbed thumbs too. im very self conscious coz im the only one in my family who has it.
April 15, 2014 at 2:07 am |
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I am 27 years old and has always been self conscious about my thumbs. Everyone that I have shown them to was always amazed. I think it’s funny when they start comparing mine to theirs. I know several people that has it only on one hand. A few like mine being on both hands. It’s even more funny going to get my nails done and the person doing them starts laughing. It doesn’t bother me anymore I kinda like making people laugh. God made me just the way I am and I’m proud of that!!
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May 5, 2014 at 8:52 am |
Hi, I’m still at school but people often tease me because of my thumb. Its on my right hand and I’ve even tried to teach myself to use my left hand instead. Its become more prominent and my friends tell everyone about it whenever they can. They don’t mean it in a horrible way but its still upsetting when people call me disgusting or deformed. I’ve tried to work with that and chase them around with said thumb, watching them recoil in horror. Although that’s funny, I’m sick of it.
I’m also scared of the symptoms of BBD, on this medical letter thing it mentions the like of cancer and Cystic fibrosis.http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2001-02/982215500.Gb.r.html
May 7, 2014 at 10:53 pm |
I actually only have 1 clubbed thumb on my right hand, and the other is normal. So if I want to get a manicure I have to get 2 different sized nails on either hand. People don’t notice until I tell them, which I sometimes share and they just giggle. I was never self conscious about them, because I was never made fun of, and now my un identical thumbs are something im kinda proud of lol, it makes me unique!
June 4, 2014 at 1:05 am |
I was wondering what size nail manicure would fit clubbed thumbs because i have them on both hands.
June 4, 2014 at 11:46 am |
Hi, You can buy the “Broadway” or any fake nails, at CVS, etc… The biggest one fits well! I either file them down or cut & shape. I keep mine short, because they get in the way! Ha! I have them on both my thumbs as well! Hope this helps! Jackie
June 8, 2014 at 1:07 am |
I’m 19 and I have been self conscious about them throughout middle and high school. I used to wrap my fingers around them to keep people from seeing them. In college, I learned to live with them. One day, I learned my cousin (who is beautiful and popular) has them too and I accepted them and didn’t pay much attention to them afterwards. I can still be embarrassed about them when they’re brought up to me, but other than that, I don’t really care about hiding them anymore. They’re a part of me and, in a way, it makes me who I am.
July 1, 2014 at 2:08 pm |
Am 53 years old, female with both thumbs having BDD. Am of Chinese heritage, and no one in my family on either side has these thumbs. My maternal grandparents don’t have them, my parents don’t. On my father’s side…no relatives have them as far as I know and my grandma on dad’s side passed away early so dad has no recollection so can’t confirm it is genetic or was I just a freak…or so I thought for years. I was ecstatic this morning to find out that there are others with my situation having both thumbs clubbed. I was not even aware there was a name for this trait, until I was on an earlier website about “deformities of celebrities.” My mom just said I was special and that it has been said, that those who have these thumbs are highly intelligent. I did do extremely well in school, even graduating with honors, but did not have source of comparison to see if that is true, or it was my mom’s way of making her child feel better for being different in my mind and feeling ugly. Mom identified my thumbs as “snake head thumbs”, I guess they look like a cobra head, unfortunately as a young girl not liking snakes, (nor do I today), felt even worse for such an appalling association for my thumbs!! She said it was more important to have a beautiful soul, to be a person of integrity and honour, to improve my heart and mind as I mature and to make a difference in this world to help others too. Beauty is only skin deep and it is what is in the inside of a person. Mom did say that I thumb sucked out of the womb and for years and had an obstinate personality because mom tried so many things to break my thumb sucking, she even put hot pepper sauce on both my thumbs and whatever organic nasty thing she could deter me, but I persisted and did grow out of it by kindergarten. Thumb suckers are not popular in my years of elementary school, as we quickly learn in life! I was teased much by the class brat in elementary school for having fat thumbs. He would say I had toes for thumbs and did my toes look like fingers. I was born in Canada, raised in a WASP small town, and we experienced much prejudice for being Chinese. The only other “non white” person was a boy whose dad was a teacher in the same school. He was treated better than I was as a result. I was taunted by many classmates and even adults in the community. As a child, I was never taught about people’s outside…such as “color of skin.” I was color blind so to speak, but only saw differences by one’s character. IS that person kind or mean, good or bad, or whatever other character traits make up a person. Before I knew plastic surgeons or cosmetic surgery existed while a young child, I dreamt that someday, I would meet a doctor in the city outside of our small town who would have a special pencil sharpener that could sharpen my thumbs like I could do with my crayons and pencils. Dating life – I would be so self-conscious that I may be rejected for having ugly thumbs, being seen as a freak or carrying defective genes, so I would hide my thumbs, avoid holding hands if at all possible or not let my date look at my hands, especially the TOE thumbs. The boyfriends initially thought me prudish, altho I really was inspite of my thumbs. I did date great guys who liked my special thumbs and married one who thought my fat stubby thumbs gave great massages to his often stressed neck, I gave birth to three beautiful children, (2 boys and 1 girl), and each time at the hospital, I immediately and anxiously checked out their thumbs!! I never told my husband of this fear about birthing deformed children (or so I thought of myself al these years),but they all came into this world “normal”. I will see what happens in the next generation. Like other gals who have blogged, I too did not like getting manicures initially as I was afraid of being asked about my weird thumbs, so I would immediately comment to them to break the silence. I would not wish to bring attention to them, so I never put on bright colors, but subtle pinks or “natural skin tones”. Well, today, I can say that I am not alone!! THANKS TO YOU ALL FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES. I WILL READ EACH AND EVERY ONE LATER IN THE DAY. To say a boulder has been lifted off of me sounds weird…but that is what it feels like. Years of feeling like a freak and ashamed of being a genetic deformity and potentially propagating more like me. God says we are fearfully and wonderfully made. Each different and special. He loves us each and every one. Different and special. We are MORE special as being rare.
PS. Please forgive my many words….guess am experiencing a “freedom” after so many years and having online therapy. Thanks to all of you. Much love and blessings to you today and forever!!
July 1, 2014 at 2:37 pm |
I often joke about my thumbs today and say that there are other things that are nasty in life and these clubbed thumbs aren’t so bad. They can do a lot of things that “normal” thumbs can’t do as well. List them later. In meantime, I joke about and say I would be perfect if it wasn’t because of those thumbs…just to keep us humble and “real.” (ha ha). In reality and honestly, I say those thumbs helped me build character besides any of the so called sad childhood situations of prejudice were not meant to harm me, but to help me be better. TO seek what is real beauty about me and about others. To face situations with grace, integrity and be “above” the crowd of prejudice or hate or ridicule. Seeking others who care about us for good character and not what is the outside. Superficial people who look at outer beauty and perfection are not usually considered good qualities for real friends in the first place, but it is constant reminder on my hands, to be a person who stands out for what is truly valuable and what makes us special is not the outside but will we continually strive to be a people who are honest, good, upright, and all those other qualities that make a great person. Let us inspire others to do the same! Keep moving forward and may we connect again eternally.
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July 29, 2014 at 2:56 pm |
I guess I have this bcuz my thumbs look like this I’m about to be 17 and I am so embarrassed of my thumbss >.< it suckss honestly especially bcuz I'm a female and you see girls getting pedicures I dont get them bcuz I'm to embarrassed
August 6, 2014 at 10:56 am |
i am 53 female and used to be embarrassed dating to even hold hands…i thought i was tbe only one with such thumbs…in fact they are great for so many things and my mom said we are extra special and highly intelligent …is that true for you? i thought it was mom being nice but i actuslly did very well in school or maybe i just tried harder. i do pedicures and manicures and with a new manicurist ..simply say i have special thumbs to break the ice…i am so glad that there are others who can be bold and know we are special…not a freak but special. get those mani and pedicures…with no shame! am sure you are gorgeous, i used to joke saying i got those thumbs to keep me humble or i would be just too perfect..ha ha.
August 6, 2014 at 11:15 am |
ps i married a great guy who loves all of me including my thumbs that make me unique and special, have 3 kids all with regular thumbs…so they aren’t unique like you or me. ..but we love them lots too..ha ha
July 30, 2014 at 4:26 am |
I used to hate my thumbs and hid them. Now–I love them. We are special.
August 5, 2014 at 9:00 pm |
Hi there- I am 14 and I have two clubbed thumbs myself. I never realized it was a unique thing until this year. My sister told me “You have toe thumbs- you inherited them from Mom.” And since then I’ve been somewhat self conscious about it. My question is this, Does anyone else have trouble snapping their fingers? I’ve never been able to do it no matter how much I try, and I’m wondering if there’s any connection between that and my clubbed thumbs. Thanks!
August 6, 2014 at 10:48 am |
snapping fingers using thumb on either hand is no problem. your photo is identical to my thumbs….i would think it was my own photo
August 15, 2014 at 2:18 pm |
Both of my thumbs are this way and all of my friend think its hilarious that I have “midget” thumbs. I decided to do a little research and I found it traces back to European heritage. It was a result of many years of inbreeding. It also means that a growth plate or something didn’t develop and we have a weaker grip and drop things easily
August 20, 2014 at 4:31 pm |
I’m almost 14. A lot of my friends play thumb wars, arm wrestle, hand shakes, etc.. People don’t realize how much I try to hide my hands because of my thumbs. If I get in a relationship, I feel like the guy will judge me. This is my most insecurity thing that I feel should be changed. Some people have judged me for this and I hope I get advice in return because I feel so insecure 😔.
August 27, 2014 at 7:13 am |
Growing up, I hated my thumbs, I was made fun of because of them and always felt awkward. In High School, I used to walk around with my thumbs tucked in to my hands so people wouldn’t see them. One of my cousins used to tell me they were “so gross” and would make puking noises. It made me feel horrible about them. And then I realized she was just an uptight b!tch and I really didn’t care what she thought. LOL
They are hereditary in my family. My mom’s dad had two, his hands were HUGE. He was a pipe fitter and his hands were so strong. My mom’s youngest sister has one club thumb, the other I normal. She is the only one out of 7 kids in my mom’s family that has them. Our family is from Northern Italy, north east of Venice.
I am the only one with two matching “Grandpa thumbs” in my family out of 15 grandkids. It apparently skipped a generation. I now think of them as special, and every time I look at them they remind me of my Grandpa. I can’t wait to see if my kids or grandkids will have them!
Oh, and regarding thumb wars…. I can ALWAYS win since my thumbs are short. I can always get out of it! LOL 🙂
September 11, 2014 at 2:40 am |
My 9 year old son has clubbed thumbs. I read an article online about celebrity deformities and I realized it was a ‘thing’. I just thought my son had chubby hands, ha! He is of Mexican and native Indian decent. I am wondering if any other clubbies had or have problems with writing? He really struggles sometimes and I thought it is because he’s rushed or inpatient, but I’m wondering if the shortness of his thumbs has to do with it?
October 27, 2014 at 2:47 am |
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October 28, 2014 at 1:50 am |
when I was little, I was told that it was because i sucked my thumb and bit my nails. I tried to stop and my thumbs “never got fixed”. I have both of my thumbs clubbed. My grand mother told me that my grand father had them when i was like 5 , but i thought she was being nice. However, i asked my dad years later and he said yes. I’m Mexican from both my mom and dad’s side, but my dad’s side came from Europe. I infer that it is from Spain because we own a farm. Anyways it wasn’t until a meet a friend who also has them that i felt somewhat normal. I still think that they are ugly and hide them at times. I always hatted the game thumb wars because people always commented on my thumbs. In chemistry class we were doing a lab with that game and many people asked about them. No one was too rude so i wasn’t upset but i felt not normal. In my old school people asked if they were caused by down-syndrome because they look fat even though i clearly don’t have it. I do find my self being a little too aggressive and lacking self control. and I would actually like the royalty thumb theory to be true. However, not because of insets. Ewww.
October 28, 2014 at 11:02 pm |
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November 16, 2014 at 8:18 am |
I am English and have two clubbed thumbs too. My mum has them but they don’t seem to be as short as mine and my brothers. I have always hated them and hide my hands whenever possible. I was delighted when my daughter was born with normal, beautiful thumbs but now worry that if she has children they will inherit them. Do false nails make them look longer? I only ask because my daughter gets married next month and I would love for my hands to look nice.
December 1, 2014 at 6:16 am |
I also have 2 fun small thumbs. I love them my uncle has only one my aunt has two. That side of my family is swedish german French and Irish. I always wondered where the thumbs came from.
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January 10, 2015 at 4:21 am |
I’m Alicia and I’m 17. I’m from Florida but my family is from Ireland and some are Indian and a whole bunch of other stuff lol but I feel so much better knowing there are people out there like me<3 I used to hate when people would laugh and say "ew" or "jesus can you put those nubs away" I have even made a habit out of folding my paper up when I write so people don't see my thumbs when I'm writing. I don't like getting my nails done because the ladies laugh and try to take pictures and it's just humiliating. It brings me a lot of self confidence knowing I'm not the only one and I'm so happy other people know my struggle lmao:)
January 28, 2015 at 1:37 pm |
Lol! We are many of us in this club. I´m glad that i am not the only one!
February 17, 2015 at 8:44 am |
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February 24, 2015 at 4:10 am |
I have two stubby thumbs, I have struggled with bullying and teasing most of my 19 years of life. I now sub-consciously tuck my thumbs into my hands so that they are hidden when my hands are relaxed. As I’ve gotten older my self-consciousness has gone down some, but after so many years of teasing it is very hard to just be okay with them. My dad sorta has thumbs like me. Not as dramatically short, but his grandmother had thumbs like me. His side of the family is Croatian. I just wish I could text like a normal person hagaha it is so hard to type with one hand.
April 9, 2015 at 2:16 am |
I have one clubbed thumb which is on my left hand and on my right hand i have a normal thumb. My mom says that i never had this when I was baby but I never smashed my fingers in a car door. And I’ve never sucked my thumbs. I’ve tried explaining it to her and she’s finally understands. Everyone at school thinks it soo cool/weird at the same time.
May 7, 2015 at 4:38 am |
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June 27, 2015 at 9:57 am |
i am adesh . i am from india 18 years ild. both of my thumbs are clubbed…
August 7, 2015 at 1:56 pm |
My family and I noticed my clubbed thumb (I have it on my right side) When one of my sisters friends punched my thumb, my whole family was confused… I only have one… I noticed quite some years ago but I never decided to search them up, I do not like showing people my thumbs because I only have one, and my other thumb is bigger than my clubbed… But it is strange to think that both my thumbs feel the same when I touch stuff. I could never imagine have a “normal” thumb where my clubbed one is though.
August 9, 2015 at 8:35 am |
hi iam sarah iam19years old and iam from Algeria and i have tow clubbed thumbs first i didn’t care but soon as i went to middel school peaple started to bother me about them my grandmather had two clubbed thumbs too my familly saif that i got them from her well yesterday i found out that is really special to have such thumbs in fact some peaple say that the one with clubbed thumbs are lucky in life and who knows we could be a part of sth huge 🙂
August 19, 2015 at 1:18 pm |
I’m 14 years old and I have two clubbed thumbs, I didn’t actually notice them until I was around 8-10 years old and they never bothered me, until some boys in my class started making nasty comments about them, and even now I still get the odd comment, I even had someone laughing so hard they were crying with laughter when they saw my thumbs and at that point I bursted out with tears cause I’m very insecure about them, and so I did a bit of research to see what it actually was, and well I guess I found this site, a society of people who are different but the same…x
September 11, 2015 at 3:38 pm |
Both of my thumbs are clubbed, hammered, Brachydactylistic, toe, murderous, etc. I have been asked about them both rudely and timidly and haven’t minded either. We are unique- those of us fortunate enough to be graced with something special to set us apart from the masses. It is a far worse fate to go through life being common than to have something to make each of us special and memorable. Relish your wonderful thumbs, show them and be proud of them. With everything else that makes you one of a kind, your thumbs too make you beautiful!
January 8, 2016 at 3:47 am |
very true
October 24, 2015 at 2:53 am |
My thumbs are majestic from the great lord therefore God will feed me the strength to get me through this you are great as my thumbs
October 25, 2015 at 2:13 pm |
My left thumb is a club thumb andi myright fine I’m a little lost I had read a post missy Morrison has posted and talks about bipolar and I was diagnosed with bipolar rs ago I would love to find more out about my thumb it’s been on my mind for years why is it like this how did it happen
November 21, 2015 at 10:17 am |
I also hv
November 21, 2015 at 10:18 am |
I also hv. Club thumb
November 23, 2015 at 12:22 am |
I’m from Morocco, and i have two clubbed thumbs, i’m the only one in my family who have them, i don’t care what people say about my thumbs, they are special to me and i don’t mind their shape.
November 27, 2015 at 6:58 am |
Hi, My named is Salena Boykin and I have two clubbed thumbs. I am 15 years old. For me its hard to be the I my 87th schooler with hands like me. Whn I work with people its with the people that know i have them and don’t pick on me. Some people think I got them because I sick my thumb Whn I don’t I’ve had these since I was a baby and like its hard being different u know and its so good to do r out that I’m not the only one with these
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December 25, 2015 at 8:41 am |
Hi. My name is shreya. My right thumb is a club thumb. Many people tease me for this and i used to feel bad. But now i can say it is not a defect but it is a special thing for us.
January 8, 2016 at 3:44 am |
This website is so cool! I have two clubbed thumbs as well! Its so nice to read about others who have clubbed thumbs, but I was also disappointed to see so many people are or were embarrassed about their thumbs, because I’ve always been so proud of mine! I think that they are pretty cool, which is why I even have an instagram account for my thumbs
@clubbed_thumbs
I’m so proud to have clubbed thumbs!
February 21, 2016 at 2:11 am |
My friends always made fun of my thumbs but I am so glad to be about of this newly found world and amazing group of people. I have never a good texter and it has been challenging to overcome this but I am so glad I know why. This site explains so much.
February 24, 2016 at 5:55 am |
I am very self conscious about my self and I have a clubbed thumb only on my left hand and i want to know ways I can hide it ik I should feel special but when you are servirely bullied it’s kinda hard to be yourself
March 2, 2016 at 8:43 pm |
I just learned the other day that they’re called clubbed thumbs! I never knew that after all these years! Also called Potter’s Thumbs and among other names. I’ve always heard them called “Hammerhead Thumbs” which I like, so that what’s I call mine.
I think it’s a fun, unique trait, but I have felt self-conscious about it at times. I’ve had friends refer to my thumbs as “Darth Vader Thumbs”, “Cobra Thumbs” and “Big Toe Thumbs”. I like the Darth Vader descriptor. 🙂
March 31, 2016 at 5:02 am |
I’ve got one clubbed thumb. My thought process used to be, well my grandmother has them, and I love her, Megan Fox has them, so if I ever ran into her we’d have something on common. These days I don’t really give a shit. If you don’t like them… well fuck you.. you’re a shallow dick, and if you really have a problem with it then you’re a shallow asshole, so fuck off.
April 7, 2016 at 11:05 am |
I have two clubbed thumbs and I want to get fake nails. I don’t want to get tham professionally done because it costs to much but fake nails from the shop don’t fit. Does anyone have any affordable option
April 7, 2016 at 10:06 pm |
i use the store bought kiss ones, they always fit my thumbs
April 9, 2016 at 5:32 pm |
Guys, I’m 55. Long ago, I didn’t like my stubby thumbs, but they haven’t mattered a lick in life. They are part of who I am. My father had these thumbs, and he passed away 30 years ago. I remember him when I look at my thumbs. My 25 year old daughter has the same thumbs. She is beautiful inside and out. When I look at my thumbs, I think of her. My message to all of you out there is to LOVE YOURSELF. God made you beautiful!
April 15, 2016 at 3:37 pm |
Wow, cool website. I am a born and bred American hillbilly. My ancestry is Irish, English, and Scottish, and maybe Welsh. I have two thumbs like that photo. I actually got teased more for my red hair, so no body bothered about the thumbs lol. I just told them God ran out of thumbs and stuck a couple of big toes on there : ).
May 1, 2016 at 2:59 pm |
I have clubbed thumbs and I hate them, I would love to get my nails done except that I am too embarrassed and think it would probably look ridiculous. Can you get acrylics(fake nails) if you have clubbed thumbs? Do they look stupid or do they make them look a bit more normal?? My thumbs also get stiff and sore and I constantly have to click/pop the joint in them-is this just me?
May 2, 2016 at 12:15 am |
Yes, you can get a manicure & have tips put onto them. I have had my nails with both arylic & now with nexgen powder which is a gel powder but no UV lights. I have 2 clubbed thumbs. I always hid them when I was little & would always get teased in school. Now days, I just brush it off if anyone says anything to me. I tell them I’m unique! Hope this helps.
May 11, 2016 at 7:48 am |
I have 2 clubbed thumbs and so do both my sisters but I have never had any issues with them and almost everyone does not even notice them.
May 19, 2016 at 9:53 pm |
My left thumb looks identical. I had no idea that it was called club thumb.I never had any problems with it never got made fun of either.i’m just home sick with a bad cold and thought I’d look up why have a fat thumb LOL
May 19, 2016 at 11:52 pm |
I am a 32-year-old male married with two kids I am one quarter Sicilian. My sister and I are the only ones who have Club thumbs.I think he’s fat thumbs rock never had any problems with them
August 14, 2016 at 3:29 pm |
Hey, Im 16 and I have clubbed thumbs too! Ive always been sooo insecure about them. I’ve never met anyone with this condition, and I thought I was the only one that had them….not too long ago i found out that it was actually a generical deformity and that lots of people suffer from it too. Im glad i found this website, cuz I no longer feel alone 😊
September 5, 2016 at 2:52 am |
My right thumb is clubbed and has caused me to be self-conscience for most of my 68 years of life. I don’t know anyone in my family who has had them before me but I passed them to my daughter who has two clubbed thumbs, she is in her late thirties. They don’t seem to bother her like they do me. We are primarily Native-American and Mexican-American among other blood lines. We had a DNA test completed and we discovered Portuguese and Italian backgrounds as well. I mention this because I have read about a number of people who are Sicilian possessing clubbed thumbs and I am wondering if this might be the source.
September 16, 2016 at 3:02 pm |
I joined the US Marine Corp out of high school. This is when I first started wearing gloves and they didn’t fit my thumbs. I was also not able to turn the fire selector on the M-16 rifle or push the slide and magazine release on the 9 mil pistol. I didn’t let anyone know as I was glad to be a Marine.
March 20, 2017 at 12:23 pm |
I have these cycling gloves that I always have a hard time getting off my thumbs and never ever thought it had to do with my clubbed thumbs until just reading your post – lol. I have longer slender fingers, so I think my clubbed thumbs might be less pronounced because of that as I’ve never had problems with gloves or anything else like that in the past except for these cycling gloves (they’re tighter). I can also palm a basketball.
January 20, 2017 at 7:44 pm |
I have clubbed thumbs but until now i didn’t know what they were called. No one ever made fun of me for it and I’m glad about that. When painting my nails though, they make the perfect canvas. That’s a good thing but a bad thing is finding the right bowling ball at the bowling alley because some of the holes are too small. XD
March 22, 2017 at 11:56 am |
Haha that’s so funny, I’ve been saying that for years. I have clubbed thumbs but small hands!
January 28, 2017 at 3:40 am |
My grandson had pinky/ring finger webbing. He had surgery. But the pinky finger is malformed. Can it be corrected.
March 20, 2017 at 12:19 pm |
Good question – I have no idea. Talk to a doctor about it.
March 15, 2017 at 3:29 am |
I prefer to call them Fred Flintstone thumbs. I have two, my mom had one, and my daughter has one. I think they are great!
BTW- I never lose at thumb wrestling.
March 20, 2017 at 4:31 am |
17 here , I’m Mexican and I’ve never really thought about having 2 small thumbs. As a child, I just thought everyone had it until someone compared them to theirs about how small and fat my thumbs where. I just laughed and and thought lmao wtf and noticed that I was different. I don’t hide them or anything cause I don’t really care about it. People don’t notice unless I tell them to look at my thumb and start saying ommggg cute how are they so small and fat and I say genes prob. So I wouldn’t say people with small thumbs should hide them because people really don’t notice at all
March 20, 2017 at 12:18 pm |
I agree – people never notice them unless I point them out. 🙂
May 13, 2017 at 1:02 am |
I keep reading that it’s a genetic thing but could it be caused by sucking of the thumb or is it purely genetics?
May 13, 2017 at 1:28 am |
From what I’ve read, it a “deformity” from inbreading they did to keep their family lines pure.
May 13, 2017 at 1:56 am
It is just a genetic thing and it has nothing to do with inbreeding. I just had my DNA done by National Geographic and 23&Me. I have a very diverse genetic background, from Central & Western Europe, American Indian, Southern Europe, and Northern Africa. Stop worrying, I actually don’t care much about my two thumbs being that way. No many people even notice. Be proud of yourself, pay more attention at your inner beauty and your intellectual capacity.
May 14, 2017 at 8:12 pm |
I have always found my thumb (Thumper) funny and just laughed off anyone who tried to bully me about it, in fact my school friends (from age 11, I am now 52!) say that I used to charge people 2pence to look at Thumper, and 10p to suck him! I cannot remember this, or believe anyone would have paid me to suck my thumb but 2 of my school friends swear it is true! He made me a champion hitch-hiker and my only issue is that he doesn’t look too good with nailvarnish on so I don’t wear it very often. I have told people ocasion that he is my toe and they have believed me. Be proud to be part of such a small club (pun intended!) and thumbs up – your ‘like’ is bigger and better than most other peoples.
June 22, 2017 at 4:18 pm |
Just realized there’s a name for my type of thumbs. Clubbed?? not flattering sounding. But my maternal grand mother and my mother had them as well as an aunt and uncle. Proved I wasn’t adopted? We are Polish heritage.
August 1, 2017 at 8:17 pm |
I have 1 clubbed thumb on my right hand and my left thumb is pretty normal for the most part. My mom and dad both had 1 on each hand, so me being their 6th kid I ended up getting 1 being the last child, kind of weird. I always thought it was some sort of defect of my mom being 36 years old when she had me. We are related to the Queen of England and are German, so English and German. I also used to suck on my right thumb for years when I was a toddler so it may have come from that as well, but realistically, I think I inherited it from my parents.
I did have a few good friends notice it while growing up and they would point it out from time to time, Hey show so n so your thumbs cause they’re weird, etc. By the time I got into High School I just wouldn’t really care to even show anyone so they didn’t bring it up ever. It came up like once a year then n I rarely cared to show anyone or bring it up. One friend in Jr. High asked me if I saved my nail clippings in a jar? Cause supposedly he would do that if he had a fat thumb, omg, what ever brosef! LOL.
I even made up stories of how my thumb got smashed by a hammer when I was younger or even ran over for a car tire, lol. I just usually changed the subject rather quickly. I even took a pair of vice grips and tried to squish it back into a normal shaped thumb, didn’t do anything but mess up my knuckle, lol.
It was embarrassing for the most part but I learned to live with it. I actually ended up being the “hot guy” in my HS and group of friends so it rarely came up after that, most girls that I dated n saw it, didn’t seem to care much, only a few ever said cute n rubbed it along with my hand.
Anyways, after reading about them on the internet like 15 years ago it said it usually means someone of POWER, UNIQUE, SPECIAL, TALENTS, a thirst for success, etc. All of these key words made sense to me as I am a go-getter in this life and have a huge drive to get things done. I’m not a follower and I’m leaving behind some damn good tracks in this life for the normal thumb owners to follow. I suggest the rest of you clubbed thumb people rise up and realize you’ve been given a gift of POWER and put it to use, drive your own life the way you want to and in the direction that you need to.
September 8, 2017 at 9:28 am |
That’s so funny! A club for my thumbs!I thought I was the only one and now I find there’s a name for it!
October 9, 2017 at 6:27 pm |
Hi Guys! I have 2 clubbed thumbs. I am 26 years old and I am struggling with both of my thumbs “LOCKING STRAIGHT” I cannot find any info on this and it’s starting to get worse. It’s now happening more than it doesn’t, so almost every time I try to bend my thumbs. It isn’t usually painful however sometimes I have to really force my thumb to bend which isn’t a comfortable feeling. My biggest worry is with aging. What may happen with my thumb joint over time with all of this rubbing?
PS I’m from the United States in Pennsylvania
I am the only person in my family with clubbed thumbs, although my mother’s look similar, just not quite as “stubby” as mine. She always makes fun of them (in the most loving way of course) and we both have short fat feet with itty bitty toes!
November 5, 2017 at 11:32 pm |
I have clubbed thumbs on both of my hands, my sister has them two and my brother only has only one. Our cousins have them as well. I have this problem of my thumbs locking straight too, but it is sort of irregular. It never really hurts but I have to use the other hand to make my thumb go back so it can bend. My siblings do not have this problem though. I wonder if this is only for people who have clubbed thumbs or people with normal thumbs too?
November 5, 2017 at 11:45 pm
May sound weird, but my diet affects my ability to bend my thumb. Inflammation makes it really bad, even though I didn’t realize I was inflamed.
October 19, 2017 at 1:35 am |
I love my thumbs
December 12, 2017 at 4:54 pm |
Bulldog Thumbs, Tootsie Roll Sucker, and Turtle Head…just a few of the names my thumbs have been called. Oh, the conversations!
February 13, 2018 at 7:51 am |
Mine is on my left hand syrian/canadian guy cool
August 4, 2018 at 11:28 pm |
For the teenager – turn it around my thumbs were considered excellent for completely covering a test tube and were nick named test tube thumbs!
August 10, 2018 at 3:02 pm |
I am 60 years old and was born with clubbed thumbs and toes. My maternal grandmother also had them. She always told me they were a “sign of royality”. Her maiden name was Lovell. My nails are not clubbed and I have always considered them as unique.
September 9, 2018 at 2:21 am |
I’m 15 years old and I have a clubbed thumb on my right hand but my left thumb is normal. When I did some research on clubbed thumbs I found out that they were inherited so I asked my parents if they had any clubbed fingers or if anyone in their family did. They didn’t notice that my right thumb was clubbed until the day I asked them and they laughed at me and said that nobody had thumbs like mine in their family. My background and heritage is European and so are my parents. They have no way of knowing if anybody in their family had clubbed thumbs before them. After more research I found out a myth that clubbed thumbs were inherited from European royalty. This was considered as many royal people had clubbed thumbs rather than the general public. I noticed my thumb when I was younger, my right thumb was fat and smaller than my left so I asked my father and he said that it was because I’m right handed and use that thumb more often. I believed it until I noticed that all of my friends had normal skinny thumbs. This affected me, I naturally became self conscious with my right hand and tried my absolute hardest to hide it. But eventually my friends noticed and they laughed about it, they were also making fun of the names for clubbed thumbs such as toe thumbs, murder thumb and down syndrome thumb. Now every time my “friends” see me they say hi down syndrome thumb girl. I laughed it off with them but I was crying on the inside. Now I’ve learned to embrace it. I found another girl at school but instead she had BDD on both of her thumbs and her middle fingers! It was a relief to find someone in real life with the same unique condition as me. I also idolise Megan Fox because of it, she was brace enough to feature both of her clubbed thumbs in photoshoots which is something I would never have the courage to do in fear of people noticing and making fun of me. This is my story 🙂
November 23, 2018 at 11:30 pm |
I am 38 years old and i have 2 clubbed thumbs. I had no idea my thumbs were different until i was an adult. At 19 someone grabbed my hand and said “omg! you have club thumbs too!” And she showed me her hands. i had never really noticed or even thought about my thumbs being any different.
November 27, 2018 at 11:00 pm |
Funny thing for me is that I’ve never realized that my clubbed thumbs is what causes my thumbs to not fit in gloves or bowling balls as well. I never put two and two together on that until I was reading some of these posts – lol. I have long fingers naturally, so I don’t think my clubbed thumbs are as noticeable on my hands. I can still palm a basketball with my thumbs.
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July 15, 2020 at 8:24 am |
I’m happy I’m not the only one 🙂
September 28, 2020 at 6:53 pm |
Hello female i’m italian but my natural dad was german i’m a proud owner of clubber thumbs .. in my family it’s only me to have a clubber thumbs .. i felt often abnormal because my sisters mocked me often for it .. called me chimpanzee hand .. now i’m adult I don’t care I learned i’m rare !
September 28, 2020 at 7:47 pm |
Congratulations. It is nothing to be ashamed off.
I was lucky nobody make fun of my fingers. As you, I’m the only one in my family with clubbed thumbs.
November 25, 2020 at 6:23 am |
Hey I have clubbed thumbs and I wanted to get into some Instruments but I have tried panini and guitar but my thumbs are to short, are there any instruments that will work?
December 2, 2020 at 9:27 pm |
Hi im from Evansville, In USA. Ive got clubbed thumbs and been made fun of since a child. Im 40 yrs old now. An it doesn’t bother me to hear peoples opinions anymore. Tbh ive heard it all when it comes to the way my thumbs look! Just wish I new the real 100% scientific truth about the deformity! Thanks An God Bless Everyone
December 2, 2020 at 10:58 pm |
This is the scientific reason
Brachydactyly type D
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Brachydactyly type D
Other names Clubbed thumb,[1] club thumb,[2] short thumb,[3][1] potter’s thumb,[1] royal thumb, murderer’s thumb,[1] toe thumb,[4] hammer thumb, stubbed thumb,[5] stub thumb[6][7]
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Child’s thumbs with unilateral brachydactyly type D
Specialty Medical genetics
Brachydactyly type D, also known as short thumb[3][1] or stub thumb[6][7] and inaccurately referred to as clubbed thumb, and trotters [8][9] is a condition clinically recognised by a thumb being relatively short and round with an accompanying wide nail bed. The distal phalanx of affected thumbs is approximately two-thirds the length of full-length thumbs. It is a type of brachydactyly, or shortness of digits, and is associated with the HOXD13 gene.
Contents
1 Physiology
2 Genetics
3 Epidemiology
4 Terminology
5 References
Physiology[edit]
Brachydactyly type D is a skeletal condition allegedly caused by a ‘partial fusion or premature closing of the epiphysis with the distal phalanx of the thumb’, according to Goodman et alia (1965).[7] J.K. Breithenbecher (1923) found that distal phalanges of stub thumbs were one-half the length of full-length thumbs, while R.M. Stecher (1957) claimed that it be approximately two-thirds. The condition may either be unilateral (affecting one thumb) or bilateral (affecting both).[7]
Genetics[edit]
A genetic trait, brachydactyly type D exhibits autosomal dominance and is commonly developed or inherited independently of other hereditary traits. The condition is associated with the HOXD13 gene, which is central in digital formation and growth.[6]
Epidemiology[edit]
A 1965 scientific study in Israel found that 3.05% of Palestinians in Israel had one or two stub thumbs, compared with 1.57% among Ashkenazi as well as non-Ashkenazi Jews.[7] However, as the survey’s Arab test persons were mainly recruited from a handful of large and closely related clans living in a particular village, said percentage should be ‘considered with some reservation’, according to Goodman et alia (1965). Stub thumbs are also relatively common in Japan.[citation needed]
Cases of stub thumbs have also been found in Eastern Nepal for Jirel ethnic individuals from their participation in various epidemiologic studies. Some studies included taking radiographs of hands and wrists to examine their skeletal structure. Of the studied sample 2,130 participants; 969 male and 1,722 female were found to have brachydactyly type D. This amount had accounted for 3.55% of the total studied sample. [10]
Terminology[edit]
The condition is known under numerous names. The most commonly used name is clubbed thumb, or club thumb.[8][9] American researcher R.A. Hefner used the terms “short thumb” and “brachymegalodactylism” in 1924,[3] and “short thumb” has continued to be used in a few other studies since then, including the study that defined Rubinstein–Taybi syndrome in 1963.[1] “Stub thumb” is the common term preferred by the online database Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man[6] and was first used in a 1965 study.[7] Stub thumbs have also been called murderer’s thumb (allegedly among fortune tellers),[7] bohemian thumb, Tory’s thumb, and potter’s thumb.[6]
The term “clubbed thumb” should not be confused with nail clubbing, which is a clinical sign associated with a number of diseases.
References
January 1, 2021 at 7:00 am |
I am 55 and have clubbed thumbs. This is the first time I have ever had the chance to connect with others with the same.
January 5, 2021 at 12:43 pm |
I am a Chinese. I didn’t know my thumbs were different from others until people in high school noticed and made fun of it. Now I’m 44. I like to have my nails done and look pretty like other women. But some of my friends would comment I shouldn’t do manicures because my nails are ugly. It used to hurt my feelings but I live by pass that. The thumbs do affect me playing my instrument. They aren’t long enough to move around flexibly. So I cannot play some music pieces. In my 44 years, I only met one other person who has the same thumbs as mine. So I do like to think we are unique.
January 7, 2021 at 6:54 pm |
Missy
I am 68 yrs old and have both my thumbs like this…never bothered me or anyone else in my life so stop worrying..people are cruel. Sometimes I can have a short fuse but soon calm down.
September 27, 2021 at 2:02 pm |
I am Italian and Japanese. Always have been insecure about my thumbs. But in my 30’s, I think I am beginning to love my hands (and thusly, my thumbs). These hands hold babies, prepare food every day, bring comfort. These hands are strong. Yeah, my thumbs are weird. But at least I have thumbs. Love you guys!
November 23, 2022 at 7:26 am |
my father had both thumbs with this ISSUE and I have one because I sucked my other thumb over 13 years of age. did I reshape my thumb and that’s why it is not the same as my ‘short’ thumb?
November 25, 2022 at 4:19 pm |
No, you can’t reshape your thumb from sucking your thumb. But it is not uncommon for a person to have one regular thumb and one clubbed. Both of my thumbs are clubbed thumbs, but I’ve met people with one of each.
November 26, 2022 at 3:23 pm
I have 2 clubbed thumbs. I sucked both for a long time, but the thing is, they were normal when I was born! I have pictures, it seems both just went into the clubs…
November 26, 2022 at 10:34 pm
Oh that’s interesting. I don’t have any infant pictures of me that clearly show my thumbs. But it’s a recessive trait. It’s not something that can be caused by sucking your thumbs. Maybe they start to show at a later stage than infancy.
November 27, 2022 at 5:15 pm
Yes, I thought so too as well! We are all special! Thumbs up! Lol
November 28, 2022 at 9:38 pm |
That’s right! 🙂