In this fascinating documentary we meet four primordial dwarfs, finding out what it's like being the smallest people in the world. Subscribe to Our Life: https://bit.ly/3dBMxvl

Documentary following the lives of four extraordinary American kids, Danny, Hannah, Bradley and Bri. They are primordial dwarfs, the smallest and rarest type of the 200 types of dwarfism. So rare, they are only an estimated 100 in the world of whom 40 live in America. Primordial dwarfs are characterised by tiny stature, high pitched squeaky voices and a limited life expectancy. Rarely do they live beyond 30. Their syndrome is due to a recessive gene and they are all born to average height parents, who both, often unwittingly, carry this gene, which is so rare it has not yet been identified. Doctors openly admit they know very little about the syndrome and primordials are often not diagnosed till they are five years old by which time they have often been pumped full with growth hormone which has no effect.

This film was first broadcast: 29 Jan 2007

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