What color would our baby's skin be?

Question

I am a fair-medium skinned white woman. If I have a child with a man who has a cocoa brown skin tone (African American), will the baby have a skintone that is exactly in b/w his and mine, or is it possible that he would have my skintone, or my SO's skintone? I know that biracial babies are usually a mix of their parent's tones - i.e, I know a fair-skinned woman married to a dark skinned black man, and their daughter has a medium brown skintone. It is likely that our baby would be on the light brown side, right? I'm just asking because I know children who are obviously biracial are sometimes given a hard time and not treated like "real" blacks.

For the record, the only reason I care about the skin tone is that I've heard of so many incidents of lighter-skinned blacks getting ragged on by blacks. I know that biracial children often have issues with acceptance, and it's easier for them if they're not discernably biracial. I personally think our nation's obsession with skintone is silly. People are threatened by those who date interracially because that somehow signals the end of their precious race to them. Like someone said, I think IR relationships will be better for our world in the long run because it will bring the end of color being an issue.

I would love the baby regardless of skin tone, of course. But it's the others who are caught up with skintone. Dating IR, you learn just how much people are hung up on it. I live in a predominately white area, and if I have kids with SO, would move to his city, which is very diverse with lots of mixed race families.

Answer 1

It is a blessing that you will share a child! I am Native+ Assyrian and my children are Black,Puerto Rican,i am fairer than their dad,their skin color is so beautiful,i dont care what anyone says,all children are beautiful,no matter who they may be from. I used to think what someone would say,or think...be as the wind...........leave it to the breezes.......Blessings be many to you>

Answer 2

You never know what you are gonna get when it comes to mixed ethnic babies. My husband & I have 6 children. I am your basic white girl with brown hair & eyes, my husband is 100% Italian ( so dark skin, black hair, dark eyes). We have 3 light skinned kids & 3 darker skinned kids. 5 of them have blue eyes only 1 has brown eyes. Our only daughter even has blonde hair...??? Our good friends are a mixed race couple as well, mom is black, dad is white. There baby girl is whiter then any of my kids! You would never know the babies mom is black and I feel bad because people always comment to her in public and assume she is babysitting!!! Looks to me and with the % your little girl will most likely be just a shade darker then you but not as dark as her daddy,...that's just my guess! Good Luck and she will be beautiful no matter what!

Answer 3

Lady, there is no way to know that until it happens. You might as well try to predict what color hair your kid is gonna have, how tall they are gonna be or what color eyes they are gonna have.
I had a lady who lived down the street from me years ago. She had 3 little mixed girls. She was white, her husband was black. 2 of the girls looked black, the youngest looked white, yet they all three had the same mom and dad.
Its really a toss up.
If you want a child you should be more concerned about if it will be healthy as to what color its skin is. You really need to sit down and do some consideration here, do you want a child or do you want a item of a certain color?

Answer 4

You said lighter blacks always get raged on. That's not true. It's the other way around sweetie. Where I come from biracial people are treated like gods and they put the dark skinned people down. To answer you question the baby is going to have a yellowish brown skin tone.

Answer 5

I think you need to reevaluate some things. You can't determine a child's complexion. They may have the complexion of one of their ancestors, it just happens. The fact that you are concerned about it troubles me. I hope you raise the child to love themselves regardless of their skin tone. For the record black people no matter how light are treated like black people. Light skinned blacks are "real" blacks. You will see especially if you have a son and he may be light as Barack Obama, but he will still be treated as a black man.

Answer 6

Your baby's skin color will be beautiful. Don't worry about superficial stuff. What you should be questioning is if your baby will be healthy with all 10 fingers and toes.

The world is changing and becoming more accepting of people with mixed backgrounds. Rasie your child in a loving environment and be strong for them when ignorant people make ignorant remarks.

Answer 7

does it really matter what shade or color your child will be. you made the descion to be in an interacial relationship so your children will always be and look different not to mention be treat diffferently by both races so what difference will it make. there's so many interacial people in the world now that things aren't nearly as bad as it used to be. i wouldn't worry a/b it too much. teach your child a/b both cultures and how to deal w/ignorance take care.

Answer 8

Nobody knows for certain.
But i have a question for you. If your child comes out a color that you do not like will you love it less? I get the feeling that is so. You are wanting a token here to show off to friends-not a child.
Please respond, i would love to hear your answer to this.

Answer 9

My sister had three bi-racial children. One is very dark skinned, one is a medium tone, and the youngest has green eyes and is almost white.

No telling...

Answer 10

I am sorry lady but are you hoping that your kid will pass for white or something? Your question definitely suggests it. There is NO WAY of knowing the color of your child would be since Black people tend to have so much mixture. Now, just relax and even if your baby is blue black, it is YOU who will teach him/her how confident to be.