If A Child Is Born To A Black Father & White Mother...?

Question

...is it possible for that child to be born white, and to grow up white...never looking mixed race in anyway, shape or form? Light hair, light eyes, light skin, white features?

For the record, this is not my own situation, I have two children and have never had a black partner!

Answer 1

Yes, I guess it depends on how light the father is, but I doubt if she or he could grow up white whatever that means having a Black father.

Answer 2

I am black but I get this question alot: What are you mixed with? My mom and dad is black but when I was born they put Caucasian on my birth certificate. Black genes are dominant and have you ever wondered why one of the kids had red hair and brown eyes and the rest of the kids where blond hair blue-eyed?

If I had a child by a white man with blue eyes, more likely my child will have my traits because they are more dominant when mixing genes.

Answer 3

Apparently you've never hear of "passing" (meaning passing as a white person).

As others have said, it depends whether the Black parent (doesn't matter which parent, really) has a lot of white in their ancestry.

Malcom X's mom was partly white, and could pass for white (many of African American descent who looked white would "pass" so they weren't treated as horribly as Blacks were at that time -- trouble is, they'd have to pretend to be White, and ignore all the racists comments others would make in their presence, and pretend not to know their Black friends and relatives).

He and his siblings (their father was very black) were all different shades, but none light and white-looking enough to pass.

She got fired from more than one job after one of her children would show up, and her employers would realize she was "Black" passing, not a white woman.

Answer 4

It depends on how dark the father is. If he were half black or even 3/4 black the child could look almost completely white. Chances are the child will have some black characteristics as well.
That doesn't mean it's necessarily bad, look at George Clooney, Mariah Carey, and many other celebs that are half black and look great!!!!

Answer 5

Yes it is possible BUT the child will always have mixed race genes meaning that his or her children/grandchildren may be born black or mixed race..the opposite can also happen..

Just last year a mixed race couple had twins - one was black the other white..

Why are you asking this? It seems an odd Q - hoping you are not pregnant and intending to lie about paternity! (tongue in cheek - unless that bang on!!!??)

Answer 6

Yes. And it has happened. In the U.K. maybe 15 or 20 years ago a black father and a white mother had twins. One was white and one was black.

I just found this website. It has pictures and it was more recently than 15 years ago. So I know of at least 2 instances.

http://scienceblogs.com/gnxp/2006/10/black_white_twins_again.php

Answer 7

It's possible, but darker genes tend to dominate over lighter genes. But it also depends on the complexion of the Black person (carmel to deep brown). What are "white features" there are 100% Black people who have narrow noses and thin lips like Iman, Liya Kebede and a lot of my African friends.

Answer 8

Yes it is possible. I had a friend who was very white and her biological sister was black. Their Dad was black and the Mom was white (from Germany). I grew up a military brat so I grew up with different people and different races and mixtures. It all seemed perfectly normal to me and still does.

Answer 9

Go ask Cameron Diaz or Christina Aguilera... both of them are of mixed races.... white and some sort of latin American... and neither one of them look like it. I'm black, white and puerto rican and I've heard all sorts of things concerning which race I "look" so... I think the strength of your dominent genes in relation to the recessive traits play a part in how closely your resemble your ethnic background.

Answer 10

A white child can be born with two black parents if the child is an albino