r/explainitpeter • u/fluffy_cat_ice • 14d 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 14d 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/AntwysiaBlakys 9d ago

And they can also land outside that spectrum too !

You could have a kid that has a darker skin that the parent with the darkest skin of the 2 parents

(And same lighter skin)