What is congenital?

Congenital means something you are born with, it’s part of who you are from the very beginning.

Imagine you have a toy that comes already put together, ready to play with right when you open the box. That's like congenital: you don’t need to do anything special for it to be there. It just is.

Some people are born with something special, maybe they have extra fingers or toes, or their eyes are already blue. These things aren't learned or made; they're just part of them from the start, like a gift given on the day they were born.

You don’t need to wave a wand or say a secret word for it to happen. It’s just how your body was made when you came into the world. Like how some kids are born with curly hair and others with straight, no magic involved, just different ways of being!Congenital means something you are born with, it’s part of who you are from the very beginning.

Imagine you have a toy that comes already put together, ready to play with right when you open the box. That's like congenital: you don’t need to do anything special for it to be there. It just is.

Some people are born with something special, maybe they have extra fingers or toes, or their eyes are already blue. These things aren't learned or made; they're just part of them from the start, like a gift given on the day they were born.

You don’t need to wave a wand or say a secret word for it to happen. It’s just how your body was made when you came into the world. Like how some kids are born with curly hair and others with straight, no magic involved, just different ways of being!