WritingBackwardLeftHanded

From Right to Left

by V. Martin (aka Vonia)

Recently, I spit for 23 and me to find out about my DNA and as I've always suspected, it's unusual. One of the questions they asked was if I can write backwards, without ever having done so I answered "yes" because I knew I could. A few weeks later, bored, I decided to try it with my left hand writing from right to left, no problem. Then I decided to try both at the same time, my right writing normal from left to right my left writing backward from right to left and it worked, no problem. It looks kinda cool too but other wise another useless talent. When I looked it up online, this is only reported to happen to Leonardo Da Vinci or mentally handicapped or people with a tumor or having had a stoke. There is little hope of being added to a list with the likes of Da Vinci and I'm only 50 years old and have never had a stroke. I am dyslexic and ambidextrous who can write backward left handed while writing the normal way with my right but not cursive just print and different from one another. My DNA also says I have fewer Neanderthal variants 239 is less then 87% of 23 and me customers.  The one associated with straight hair is the only one I have. My maternal haplogroup is unusual also U4b1a1 only 1 in 2,300 23 and me customers share this maternal line.

What all this has to do with anything is beyond me but thought I should share it.

As in a previous post, I was naturally left handed but forced to be right handed which I believe led to my dyslexia. Looking back, I think I was always ambidextrous just no one noticed. Same reason my dyslexia has never been diagnosed, by the system, I aged out of it in Arizona. 

It is much easier to write backward with my left hand then forward due to the fact I can read it as I write without putting my hand in an awkward position or smearing what I just wrote. 

I cannot read what I write this way unless I put it up to a mirror.

If my drop box wasn't so full I would post some photos but as it is...
Great here are some photos.
If there is anyone else out there that has this ability I would appreciate you reaching out to me, via this blog. Thank you.

This is a sample of both hands at the same time.

writing backward with my left and forward with my right.