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Originally posted by adduncan
AfAm people (and even some African-by-birth people) have some "white" genes. You just can't see the result because, as someone else said, the "black" genes are dominant. However, there are about 50 different genes involved in skin and hair color and texture, all of which combine to give the visible result. Hence, a very wide variation is possible. This is not the straight Mendelian inheritance we learned about in high school (remember the red/white/pink pea plants?)
Hope this helps.
Adrienne (PNAM-2003)
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Yes, thanks for the explaination and refresher course. Especially for AA folks (although the same can be said for folks all over the planet), I once read that over 80% of "african americans" living in America are racially mixed with another ethnic group (white, hispanic, or asian). Whether the percentages are accurate, it would stand to reason that any "look" could be possible. I think that's also why when even AA folks have children together, sometimes the child looks nothing like either of them in terms of hair texture, complexion, features, etc. (one of my cousins was a "throwback" to some other ancestor!)
On Michael...I dunno, it may or may not be his child though--that's a different issue altogether.
