\nLast week, the Internet got conquered by a photo of an orange kitten with curly hair. The picture was shared with the following caption: \u201cI\u2019ve never seen a cat with curls until now.\u201d Well, neither have most of us, but this is no trick \u2013 the curly hair on the kitty is the real deal, and here\u2019s why.\n
The breed of the cat who became Insta-famous last week is most likely the Selkirk rex \u2013 and its origins can be traced to one peculiar rescue cat named Miss DePesto.\n
Miss DePesto was born in a Montana shelter in 1987. She had four siblings, each of which have straight coats, but the kitty stood out due to her unusually curly hair. She was adopted by Jeri Newman, a local Persian breeder.\n
She bred the cat with with a black Persian and they produced a litter of six babies, all of them with curly hair. Newman realized the curly hair was a dominant genetic trait \u2013 and this is how the Selkirk rex was born.\n
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People started sharing photos of cats with curly hair, usually known as Selkirk Rex\n
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Its origins can be traced to one peculiar rescue cat named Miss DePesto\n
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The curly kitty, who was born in a Montana shelter in 1987, had 4 siblings with straight hair\n
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She was adopted by a breeder who realized her curly fur was a dominant genetic feature\n
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The woman bred it with a black Persian and they produced a litter of six babies, all of them with curly hair\n
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This is how Selkirk Rex was born \u2013 the breed named after a woman\u2019s stepfather\n
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She added \u2018Rex\u2019 to indicate that the adorable coat was curly, a feature that so many cat lovers fell in love with\n
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