Is it possible for a white woman and a light-skinned Afro-American man to produce a baby that is darker than..
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Supposedly (according to the Montel Williams show) it is possible, but I've never seen it happen.\n\nMy son's father is very dark, I am sort of medium olive-skinned, and my son is about the same shade as my light-skinned black roommate, whose parents are both much darker than she is. \n\nIn my experience, children will often turn out to be LIGHTER-skinned than their parents, but almost never darker. I am a prime example of this. I do know a few individuals who have children that are marginally darker than their parents, but never a biracial kid.
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well.. i hate to be rasist, but in scientific info...black is a dominant color & secondary color...white is not a dominant color & it's primary. However, it depends on the family info on their genes cuz it reveals whether black color can win or white color can win to be on the baby. {Biology}
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Nevermind all the cruel responses you have received here.  I will be as informative as possible without judging you.\n\nIf the difference is between a black man and a white man, then the difference is shown at birth.  But this is probably not the case for you.\n\nThere are only two ways in court to prove paternity, one is when both people (mother and father) claim that the baby is theirs.  The other way is DNA.\n\nThe DNA test is expensive, and takes a while for the results.  \n\nIf the father is not available, then you will never know, and any allegation of paternity will not hold up in court.\n\nEven if you totally know who the father is, he can say "no it isn't", and you will be required to do DNA test to prove your allegation.\n\nSorry the answer you seek is not possible.  I hope good luck will come to you.
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I'd guess slightly tanned skin, high cheekbones and the hair could go either way. Really, it all depends on whose genes are more dominant.  I'm very much Cherokee Indian but you'd never in a million years guess it by looking at me.  All you can see is Irish.  My personal opinion though is that it would be one BEAUTIFUL baby!!!!
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Their skin is a differnt colour.
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you're asking this question because the darker-skin pigment genes *do* tend to be dominant or co-dominant. the answer may go back to your father's parentage ... were his recent ancestors all latino? recessive genes can skip generations before showing up.
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I don't think you can say one is lighter then the other.  they are pretty close, but one has more yellow tones to her skin (can't remember which one)  It also depends on their makeup and lighting.  \n\nBut I dunno, can you name any black person who's naturally lighter skinned then Micheal Jackson?  lol
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I've never heard of it, but it could happen. I mean, monocygote twins (identical twins) are exactly alike, their development is the same like any other baby, except for the company :) So I guess it could happen, I've never read a report case on it. The odds of an hermaphrodite are very very low combined with the chances of monocygote twins, the odds are almost impossible (just guessing).
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It could be any colour from ebony black to snow white.See the link below for an extreme example.\n\nSkin colour genetics is not simple recessive/dominant. It is a very complex trait based on at least 8 genes on 5 different chromosomes. As a result it is perfectly possible for children to be considerably darker or lighter than either parent. \n\n\nBeing "mixed heritage" makes no difference whatsoever. All humans are of mixed heritage and always have been. There isn't some hypothetical pure human heritage that has only one skin colour present.
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You are about the most racist person I've seen on this forum. My husband is African and we are expecting our first child in November. My child will be Black. I will do everything in my power to protect my child from ignorant bigots, including you. Grow up!
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Why ever the hell not?\n\nI'd hope that in this day and age the colour of your skin doesn't determine if you are fit to raise a child or not.
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If I am not mistaken it is very rare but not impossible. I have known of one little girl who is black to have blue eyes. She too is from a very mixed background. As you may know, most babies are born with blue eyes but within a week or so they Will change to green, gold, hazel etc. That little girls eyes might still turn to a blur green or something, they may not. Most black people that I know or have known have brown or green eyes but blue is not impossible.
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If it's a male child, then male children progressively get much darker over the years.\n\nIf it's a female child, then the child is probably going to be light-skinned.  It does happen.  In a family of all black people, there is often a recessive lighter gene.  It happens.
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Im with a half black have asian guy and lemme tell you something LOL, the Black in him showed.  So I would say it is true, if I got with a man who is seterotyped (sp) in both ways, he got the black end of the stick LOL
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Well, let`s see. My mom is hispanic and has hazel eyes and very black hair with medium skin. My dad is anglo and has black hair and green eyes and medium skin. My sister has brown eyes and black hair with a little darker skin, my brother brown hair and green eyes with medium skin, and I have grey eyes and reddish brown hair with medium skin. My mom`s sister is darker than her and all her kids turned out darker than us with black hair and brown eyes. Her husband was anglo also with brown hair and blue eyes. So what you get is a luck of the draw.
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different melanin level in our skin... darker skin has higher melanin level and vice versa..
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Why genetically are white people white? Black people black? European people darker skinned? European men hairier?\n\nThe list goes on!\n\nJUST BECAUSE