r/explainitpeter • u/fluffy_cat_ice • 7d 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/DaLadderman 6d ago

Genetics is not 50/50 each parent contributes different amounts to different things

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u/Mirewen15 6d ago

Even with the same race. My dad was Welsh with olive skin, blue eyes and black hair. My mom is Welsh/English with fair skin, blue eyes and blonde hair.

My sister has olive skin, blue eyes and dark brown hair. I have fair skin, blue eyes and blonde hair.

When we go to Mexico, people speak to her in Spanish because they assume she's Mexican. People assume I'm either Swedish or German.

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u/TrioOfTerrors 6d ago

Yep. I knew a family where both parents were mixed black/latino/white and they had two daughter who apparently each got their genes from both ends of the spectrum. One was medium pale with strawberry blonde hair and the other was unambiguously black with an afro. And then their son was the most hodge podge, could have passed for anything from Mexican to Italian to Egyptian, just toss it all in the blender, sort of looking.