Honestly are you astonished whenever black people conceive super white babies?

[Anonymous]

I've heard and seen this happening several times. I'm not talking about just a light skinned child with a bit of tone but really pale/snow white babies with blond or red hair and even blue or green eyes. A couple of those babies were conceived by blacks.

Supposedly dark skin is a very dominant trait because after all there are lots of melanin. So logically, it would make sense for the baby to have some pigment. A super white skin baby with blue or green eyes would be low in melanin.

Is it astonishing and very surprising to you whenever this happens?

Yes

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Yesterday I just saw a black woman breastfeeding her 8 month-old baby girl. The baby was very white, had strawberry blonde hair and green eyes. The lady was speaking to someone else asking about the baby. It really was her baby.

[wiltingrosepetal]

Yeah it's surprising. Of course it's explainable, but whenever genetic anomalies happen you get surprised. I know a kid who's 6'2 with 5'6 parents, another who is the only ginger in generations. My parents both have green eyes yet my brother and I have brown. Can't help but raise an eyebrow at that

[7Phoenix7]

Most newborn babies are pale. And some newborns come out with gray or blue eyes only for the color to change later on. And the skin usually darkens later too.

[Asker]

Yet a couple of those babies were still white and still had light eyes and hair even when they got older. I was referring to those that never got darker. The 8 month-old baby I saw yesterday was indeed a genetically white girl.

[Phoenix98]

It’s rare but it does happen. Genes that have been inactive for generations but decided this generation was their time to shine.

[Asker]

yeah it's interesting how the recessive gene can pop up any moment. Just when you think it has died, it's back after a long time.

[Phoenix98]

Mhmm.

[FreyaRed]

Since most American blacks are mixed it can happen. Some genes can being activated few generations later, while those genes remained inactive in parents and grand parents.

[Anonymous]

It’s called genetics.

[Asker]

I get it but dark skin tend to be very strong because it's full pigmentation. A very white baby with all those recessive features means that black person's genes was weak.

[Opinion Owner]

That part doesn’t matter, skin color is a physical characteristic defined by genes. So whoever’s genetics are most prominent is what the baby will have. That’s why you can get two dark haired, brown eyed people with a blonde hair blue eyed baby. You should really consider taking some time to study genetics if it’s something you’re interested in.

[Opinion Owner]

Also, doesn’t matter if both parents are even dark skinned, you don’t know what’s taken place down each person’s bloodline. Don’t judge by what you see.

[Zestyassmf1997]

I think it’s probably just adultery.

[Asker]

but still wouldn't the baby still come out mixed with some pigmentation at least?
I've heard of cases where both paternity and DNA testings were done and the baby was really their biological child. Weird.

[Zestyassmf1997]

I mean, there’s vitiligo or whatever. And albinism.

[jahaims]

No, I know how dominant and recessive genes work.

[Anonymous]

Not if they are albino

[Asker]

Yet the baby I saw was indeed genetically white.

[Opinion Owner]

Sometimes a dormant gene arises , and babies are always lighter when born anyway