It is a folk belief in the DR that a woman?s cravings during pregnancy should be satisfied at the risk of a peculiar birthmark showing up in the child at birth. My cousin Eulogia has a big dark birthmark covering the area around her left eye that looks like a shiner. If you didn?t know her you?d think she?s a victim of domestic violence. When a curious a stranger asks, ?what happened to you??, she would invariably smile and explain, ?es un antojo!?.