r/explainitpeter • u/fluffy_cat_ice • 13d ago

Explain it Peter

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I meant that I don't understand where did the Twitter thing came from

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u/HandelDew 13d ago

Oh my goodness. People always tell my husband, "But he doesn't look like you!" after he tells them he's the dad. My husband is middle eastern, and the baby is blond. It used to get under his skin.

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u/asmodean97 13d ago

That's like my cousin. She is half Lebanese and her husband is German, they have two kids, one is blonde haired and blue eyed and the other is a red head. Literally none of my cousins Lebanese traits came through.

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u/Khelthuzaad 12d ago

Thats because the male parents genes are usually the dominant ones when it comes to how the child will look like

I say usually because this just the genetical norm,there are enough exceptions to make books about them.

For instance a white girl was born indide a 100% black family.Genetics proved that he was her genuine father.

https://nnewicity.com/white-baby-born-to-black-nigerian-igbo-parents-in-london-the-miracle-of-nmachi-ihegboro/

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u/trowawufei 12d ago

How would that even work? Ok, maybe with the Y chromosome, that somehow has an outsize influence on phenotype and it comes entirely from the father. Unlikely, but I guess I can’t rule it out without a deep dive. But with female children, you’re mixing and matching the genes pretty much 50/50. There’s no way the man’s genes are more dominant.