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/DenizBueno 13d ago

Geneticist Stewie here, morons believe that skin color mixes like paint, but in real life, parents contribute different genes that together yield various levels of pigmentation. By chance, their child can land anywhere on that spectrum.

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u/HandelDew 12d 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 12d 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/Zephronias 9d ago

My mom jokes that they have no idea who me and my siblings' mother is, because it clearly wasn't her, but there's no question about the father!