A white couple Dana and Hugh Clarke are shocked when Dana gives birth to a baby with African-American features. How do you explain this one? Is this even genetically possible for a white couple to have a black child naturally as Barbara Delinsky, author of ‘Family Tree’ puts it?
So what would you do if this happened to you? Send your spouse packing or try to explore the genetic side of the story? And how do you even begin to convince your family and friends?
Well you gotta admit that this is one thought provoking book.
[tags]race and family[/tags]
Folks, I am black and my wife is black. We have a baby who was born white–pale skin, blue eyes and all that. I hit the ceiling, accusing my wife to have had an affair with a white man. I pressured for DNA of this child. Well, it turned out, my DNA matched with the DNA of the child. Explanation, I had completed forgotten the story my mother told us that her great-great-great grand father was a white slaver on the Atlantic African coast. Along the line he had a child with one of slave African women. The gene in between the generations became dormant, and it resurfaced on my child. End of the story. I accepted it. From this it is also possible that a white man married to a white woman can have a black baby.
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This is very true and natural in many families. I have experienced this in my family as well. Our great-great grandfather was a slave owner and did the same thing. We have cousins that turned out to be like that except for the eyes. Scientifically, it is just the way the gene pool chooses to select the DNA strands to make that person. I always tell people to be careful who you choose a prejudice against because you may have some of the same blood in you. For years I always wondered why I was attracted to white men and now I have my answer.
Glad things turned out in your family’s favor Peace.
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Race is very fluid. My cousins are br-racial. One looks very white with dark blond kinky hair, bronze skin tones, and somewhat african features. Her little sister is much darker and is usually recognized as black. White people almost never realize her sister is mixed too. And it’s led to her being severely insulted a few times.
One example, she meets her white boyfriend’s family for the first time. The mother says we’re so glad that Blank, is going out with you and some black girl.
After a moment of stunned silence, she replied actually my father is black and so am I. That relationship disintegrated shortly afterwards.
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Neosoulistic, I feel where you are coming from on that and understand the others too, but let me add that the races has been mixing for along time now, which means that genetics play a huge roll in the outcome of the child. It is very possible that this can happen when you are looking at a white father that have received a dominant AA gene from his black multi-great grandfather that no one knows about until the baby is born. the white mother thinks she’s with a 100% white man because that’s the way things look. Then they produce this beautiful dark skinned baby. Now questions are lifted high in the air! On the other hand, if the gene present the aa – which means its a recessive or weak gene look for the baby to come out looking much like the parents or you will not have much color. People have been questioning this theory for years now but lets face it, this is no longer a theory. Im still studing healthcare, God is truly amazing!
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I once new a young lady that had straight blond hair and blue eyes and to me looked white but she identified herself as black because her mothers father was black. Her family believed that if you had any black ancestors that you were black. I thought it was wierd. Both her parents looked white to me but when her mother spoke she had a deep tone. The same deep tone that distinguishes a lot of AA. It was amusing. A lot of people who didn’t know her parents thought she was just crazy.
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I would simply get a DNA test. I think my wife would understand my concern if she gave birth to a baby of another race. I mean what more of a clue would a man need. It’s one thing if it It doesn’t like me, but if it’s black then I would have to investigate infidelity. I think it is possible for a white woman to give birth to a baby that looks like another race. It depends on what kind of relatives are in her lineage.
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