My wife and I are both white and have just had a baby. The baby came out pitch black. My wife says her great-grandfather had black genes in him and it sometimes only surfaces in later generations. Could someone explain how this phenomena works.
2007-12-19 18:41:09 · 66 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
Either you are bs'ing us, or your mailman, milkman or poolman, or even all 3 are black. Looks like wifey went to the dark side.
2007-12-19 19:55:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 10⤊ 3⤋
You and your wife have a genotype and a phenotype. The genotype is your genetic makeup and your phenotype is what you see when you look in the mirror. If white skin is a dominate genotype for both you and your wife, then your phenotypes will be white skin. However, if one or both of you have black skin as a resessive genotype, then you can pass the genes onto your children or grandchildren. During the childs development in the womb, the genes for the black skin can be dominate and the baby will have a black phenotype.
Another explaination is that your wife has an African American boyfriend. The only real way to find out is to get a genetic sample from you and compare the results to the baby. If you are the father, then your wife is telling the truth.
2007-12-19 18:52:09 · answer #2 · answered by David M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Black Baby
2016-11-11 05:16:50 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a African American serial race mixer let me tell you that this is dammnest lie I ever heard.
It's impossible for two blacks to have a very black baby. PITCH BLACK? from Great Granddad I don't think so! Then your wife should look high yellow or mulatto-ish since her great grand father is not too far down the family line.
If he contained black that powerful, the rest of the family would, SHOULD 'hover' between high yellow (mulatto) or some range of colors that suggests black/mulatto/creole/octoroon. No matter how many generations of white followed after him 'something' will always be black-ish in newer generations. Tight curly hair, slighly bigger lips wit green eyes. You can defeat 'black' it mixes and re-mixes.
Funny you only learned of this black great grandfater AFTER she had the baby? Get a DNA test.
2007-12-20 04:16:22 · answer #4 · answered by Frisco Baby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay that is interesting. Black babies do not come out pitch black no matter how dark their BLACK parent or parents are. I'm sorry but if she has black in the family down the line the baby wouldn't be pitch black. I would say take a test to be on the safe side.
2007-12-20 08:43:44 · answer #5 · answered by Slim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know how you explain it, but it is possible for this to happen. if there are black genes somewhere in the family, it can come back for later generations. if your wife had cheated with a black man, then the baby would have lighter coloured skin. if you are still unsure at all, research her family history or get a dna test so you know it is your child.
2007-12-19 20:40:08 · answer #6 · answered by lolcat <3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This can happen. Apparently somewhere way back in your bloodline there were dark skin people. (Are your hair and eyes dark?) Waay back in her bloodline there must have been some dark skin people too. These genes can sit recessively (that is, halved,) until two halves meet up (as in when the sperm and egg play house) these two halved recessive genes can actually make one whole dominant gene. I know a woman that is blonde and her hubby is blonde, but they both made a Native American Baby because both of them carried Native blood. if in doubt, take a paternity test.
2007-12-19 18:48:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It iS possible, but it's like a one in ten million chance or something. I heard once of two white parents who had twins - one black and one white. I'd get a paternity test as the chances are so low, but it IS possible - so try to keep an open mind.
2007-12-19 20:38:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No baby comes out pitch black even if its from 2 very dark skinned couple.
2007-12-19 20:35:39 · answer #9 · answered by vanillacream753 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask for a picture of this great-grandfather. Check her family photos, her family history. Look at her family members. See if there is any other member that dark. If nothing pops, get a DNA test done. Good luck with the research.
2007-12-19 18:50:59 · answer #10 · answered by Stinging Dragon 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
obviously none of you have watched MAURY. there was a white couple on there and their baby came out black. it can happen, its very rare though. but it happens like your wife said from genes from further back a few generations.
2007-12-19 20:48:46 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋