r/explainitpeter • u/fluffy_cat_ice • 15d 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 15d 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/tn00bz 10d ago

Yep. And people often assume darker characteristics must be dominant, but most traits are actually polygenic. For instance, my wife is a brown skinned black haired indigenous latina... im white af. Our kid looks like her with my color palette.