I have very light blue eyes, dark hair (used to be bright blonde), tall (6'3") , and pretty fair skinned. My father is colombian and mom is half colombian, but when i look to the colombian people they can't believe i'm hispanic and those who are white can't believe it either.... i'm confused. how and why do I look the way i look?
2007-02-13 05:10:54 · 10 answers · asked by Björn 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
You should consider yourself lucky you don't look like anyone else.
2007-02-13 05:14:22 · answer #1 · answered by Maus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably b/c of the amount of Spanish that shows up in you. The way genes and ethnicities, even a small amount, decide to suddenly appear in one person or descendant seems very random. Columbian people, like Mexicans, El Salvadorians, and other hispanic people, are mixed usually with Spanish (European) and Native-American (depends on the tribe, or could be a mixture of tribes) from the Spanish explorers that came and "settled' in the Americas, and from their raping and having sex with the Native women here, in both north and central/south america. Some columbians are mixed with African, as some Dominicans and Cubans are mixed with too. Your Spanish ancestors you probably happen to resemble a lot rather than your native ancestors. My boyfriend's mother is technically white (she's mixed with European Spanish and some Italian and Irish and a drop of Native-American) and even though her native-american lineage is very small (less than 15 percent) she looks like she could be full-blooded native-american, her thick dark hair, her cheekbones, skin tone, everything. It just depends on where the gnes of that ethnicity show up. People need to realize that a certain ethnicity may not always look a "certain" way.
2007-02-13 13:27:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Genes are just funny that way. I have a friend who is japanese, her husband is a regular white guy. He has dark hair and brown eyes. She has black hair and very dark eyes. The kid has blonde hair and bight blue eyes with fair skin and looks exactly like her mother. (beautiful) feature wise. Be thankful you look unique.
2007-02-13 13:17:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
because u inherited the genes from the non-colombian side of your mother's relatives. so u are still a colombian, only u look different.
2007-02-13 13:15:25 · answer #4 · answered by gabriella 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's because your mom is half colombian I think you are pretty unique.
2007-02-13 13:14:54 · answer #5 · answered by scottsmith20 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Genetics is an amazing study. Occasionally two blacks will give birth to a very White child.
2007-02-13 13:14:46 · answer #6 · answered by hasse_john 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Obviously you were adopted. Sorry that you had to hear about it through Yahoo Answers.
2007-02-13 13:15:43 · answer #7 · answered by t c 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
you just light skinned I guess
2007-02-13 13:13:27 · answer #8 · answered by Dia 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ask your Mom what is going on here.
2007-02-13 13:19:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You're human.
2007-02-13 13:13:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋