#(but moonpaw can still be a chimera bc split faces are a marking related to chimeras!!!!)

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i think what people don't think about when it comes to whether moonpaw is a real chimera or not is

no of course not all cats with a split face are chimeras, regular torties can also have the split face marking (this applies to heterochromia too, not all cats with heterochromia are chimeras)

that being said a split face marking in cats CAN be a sign of chimerism. just because its not an exclusive marking doesn't mean it isn't possible at all period

im only saying this because people seem to believe that only one or the other can be true. that all split faced cats are always chimeras, or that split faced cats are never chimeras, when in reality, some chimeras can have a split face, but not all, and some torties can also have a split face. moonpaw CAN be a chimera because chimeras can have split faces. at the same time, not all chimeras have the split face marking, and regular tortoiseshells can also have a split face without being a chimera. make sense? good . stop fighting about it