While most three-year-old children wouldn't know what geography even means, Australian-Indian child Keert Kaur has developed the ability to remember the attributes of more than 150 countries.
She can not only identify and name the countries, but also remember their maps and flags.
She can also recognise well over 150 brand logos.
Her interest in geography developed with the help of her father Sarabjit Singh.
“My job demanded me to travel to many countries and I often look at maps before I travel to these places, and sometimes she joins me for a brainstorming exercise,” Mr Singh told SBS Punjabi.
“It was amazing to watch her learn the stuff that even I sometimes struggle to deal with. To my surprise, she was recognising countries from their individual outline maps that I never taught her."
Mr Singh said that fake and telemarketer phone calls played a role in Keert's learning process.
Keert Kaur Source: Supplied
"Most of the calls originated from the countries we hardly heard of like Azerbaijan, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Belize, Benin, Mauritania and many more," he said.
"Keert used to ask, papa, whose call was it? And I used to answer showing on the map that someone from this country.
"To my surprise, now she can recognise the maps and flags of over 150 countries. Moreover, you name a country, she will spontaneously tell you the neighbouring countries.”
The Singh family’s friends and relatives, who recently learnt about Keert’s abilities, believed she was a "blessed child" with an "astonishing memory".
Keert Kaur can recognise the maps and flags of over 150 countries. Source: Supplied
“She’ll remember whatever happens around her, let it be names of cars, routes, shops and some very fine details of our friends' circle that she’d have noted weeks apart,” said Amit, a close associate of Mr Singh.
“She is a very adorable and incredible child. She has an amazing little brain with a ridiculous memory that she astounds us with in different ways.”
Mr Singh said it’s every parent's dream to see their child grow and learn.
Keert's parents say she as an ordinary kid but with a photographic memory. Source: Supplied
"I uploaded videos on YouTube as my phone was running out of memory and I wasn’t able to save it to external hard drive via email. So I'd save them on YouTube and shared it with my friends and relatives,” he said.
“But at the same time, we think she is just a normal kid but with different interests. Like any other kid in the town, she is good at reciting poems and enjoys drawing.”
Mr Singh came to Australia from Punjab, India more than 10 years ago.
The Singh family lives in the western Sydney suburb of Blacktown. Source: Supplied
He lives with his wife Sandeep Kaur and their two children, Keert Kaur and Jaibir Singh in the Sydney suburb of Blacktown.
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A new six-part SBS series Child Genius hosted by Dr Susan Carland follows the lives of Australia’s brightest children and their families and will see them testing their abilities in maths, general knowledge, memory and language.
The quiz show will be broadcast over two weeks starting November 12. Episodes will be aired Monday to Wednesday at 7.30pm.
