Orange and Grey Maine Coons Have the Cutest Litter of Kittens-with One Surprise
When two cats have a litter of kittens, there's no telling what the kittens will come out looking like. It's hilarious most of the time: there's always one who looks nothing like either of the parents. When it comes to their coloring, it's completely random!
Recently, one cattery put an orange Maine Coon and a grey one together. Both parent cats are some of the most beautiful cats ever, and their kittens are all stunning, but there's one in the bunch that absolutely nobody expected:
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Wild Mane Maine Coons has one of the most impressive selections of cats I've ever seen. They seem to have every color you could possibly ever need, their cats are huge, and they're all fluffy as can be! Their kittens are well-cared for, too.
This litter features two grey kittens, two orange kittens... And one white kitten. Neither of the parents has white fur of any kind, so it's interesting that they had a white kitten at all! They were both carrying the gene, but none of the other kittens even have white patches!
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It looks like Mom's printer ran out of ink or something. Whatever the case may be, these kittens are already thriving, and it even looks like a couple of them are going to get to stay together for their whole lives:
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Up close like this, we can see that the white kitten has a little twinge of Mom's orange Tabby coloring towards the back. It really does look like Mom's printer just ran out of ink on the last kitten in the litter!
How Are Kittens' Coat Colors Determined?
The kittens in this litter come very close to making perfect sense: there's an orange parent and a grey one, and there are two of each color kitten. The only one that's a little unexpected is the white one.
Kittens' coat colors are determined by their parents' genetics: they inherit 50% from each parent. However, when it comes to coat color, it's completely random. There is no guarantee that two different-colored kittens will produce a certain number of each color. The kittens may be all one color, half and half, or even a combination of both.
As far as one kitten turning out to be a completely different color, that happens more often than you'd think: both parents were just carrying a recessive gene. No matter what, though, every kitten is beautiful!
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This story was originally published June 8, 2026 at 10:00 AM.