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BlueSkyKing · M
Go back enough generations and we’re all from Africa.
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
bijouxbroussard · F
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
Apart from @Anniedlr's point, that simply isn't how gene based inheritance worked. In fact that was the missing piece of data that Darwin didn't have when he wrote the Origin of Species. It wasn't until Mendel's work was rediscovered that it was understod that inheritable traits do not blend. Generally genes are either dominant or recessive (yes I know this is not always true). This means that if you get a dominant gene from either parent then it will be expressed whereas you need to get two copies of a recessive gene for it to be expressed.
For instance red hair is recessive:
[quote]The one that takes precedent is the dominant gene. Red hair is a recessive gene, so your husband has two red hair genes. The only way for your child to have red hair is if you have a recessive red gene (being covered by the dominant brown hair gene) and that is the gene that gets passed onto the baby.[/quote]
https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,,-194746,00.html
For instance red hair is recessive:
[quote]The one that takes precedent is the dominant gene. Red hair is a recessive gene, so your husband has two red hair genes. The only way for your child to have red hair is if you have a recessive red gene (being covered by the dominant brown hair gene) and that is the gene that gets passed onto the baby.[/quote]
https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,,-194746,00.html
Strictmichael75 · 61-69, M
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ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@bijouxbroussard If you don't know anything about genetics but are aware that some traits are inheritable then it seems reasonable to me to express a question about why inheritance doesn't blend traits by analogy with blending characteristics in some other field.
When faced with a 'stupid' question I always feel that we can reduce the total amount of 'stupidity' in the world by answering it so as to inform not only the questioner but also anyone else who might encounter the question and be curious about the answer.
When faced with a 'stupid' question I always feel that we can reduce the total amount of 'stupidity' in the world by answering it so as to inform not only the questioner but also anyone else who might encounter the question and be curious about the answer.
bijouxbroussard · F
@ninalanyon I just don’t think the person meant it that seriously. And as a mixed-race person myself, I’m pretty sure I have inherited from both sides. But I’m not grey ! 🤨
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@bijouxbroussard Perhaps they did not mean it seriously. But surely there could be someone who reads the question and wonders what the explanation is?
And of course you are not grey for the reasons I explained in my response to the post. And also because your parents weren't exactly black or white anyway so that even blending wouldn't give grey. :-)
And also most traits are not quite as simple as red hair and are affected by many genes.
And of course you are not grey for the reasons I explained in my response to the post. And also because your parents weren't exactly black or white anyway so that even blending wouldn't give grey. :-)
And also most traits are not quite as simple as red hair and are affected by many genes.
Pfuzylogic · M
BrianPickled · M
I saw a kid just the other day and he had some weird taint to him could have been gray, being hauled around in a shopping cart by his hapless white grandparents with his wild noisy siblings darting about. Only glanced. Not my problem
DiegoWolfe · 36-40
because people are shades of brown!!!
OliRos · 18-21, F
Do you know any white people?
exchrist · 31-35
Ÿea good question.
BohemianBoo · M
MonaReeves86 · 36-40, F
Because black people are brown
Hanginginthere · 31-35, M
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lumberjackslam · 41-45, M
Dammmm son. I think I just found the words of equality.
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