kelleygaither2000 asked:


can anyone tell me what skin color is most likely to result if two ppl have a child, in which the father is already of mixed(african american/caucasian desent) and the mother is caucasian? the father is a light mocha skin complexioned, and the mother is well tanned. the granddad is caucasian, and the grandmother is african american.

12 Responses to “what skin color will the child be if one parent is already of mixed heritage?”

1. michelle on November 13th, 2008 10:18 am

   a light to darkish tan all the time

2. Katie on November 14th, 2008 11:58 am

   Skin colour is determined by multiple genes, therefore it is hard to predict what the outcome will be..

3. micheliea_2000 on November 17th, 2008 12:50 am

   my sister and brother both ended up white with an African American/Caucasian mom and Caucasian dad.

4. rockEsquirrel on November 19th, 2008 7:42 pm

   You just never, never know.

5. hersheyluvva on November 21st, 2008 1:53 am

   do Punet Squars to figure it out.. and try this site

6. maggie girl on November 22nd, 2008 7:41 am

   it will be a perfect color

7. kadel on November 22nd, 2008 2:24 pm

   Could be any shade between the two parents. Could be as dark as the father or lighter. Could have blue eyes if they run in both sides of the family.

8. norman n on November 25th, 2008 5:41 pm

   depends upon the dominant gene. To find dominant gene the the punnent square

9. nerd_at_heart on November 27th, 2008 8:48 pm

   You really won’t be able to tell. There are MANY different factors that play into skin color. It isnt as easy as a punnet square, there’s too much involved.

10. sciguy on November 30th, 2008 11:12 pm

    Total guess. Draw a Prunett square with about twenty different genes and figure it out.

11. leviter_atingere on December 1st, 2008 5:03 am

    It could be any colour from ebony black to snow white.See the link below for an extreme example.

    Skin colour genetics is not simple recessive/dominant. It is a very complex trait based on at least 8 genes on 5 different chromosomes. As a result it is perfectly possible for children to be considerably darker or lighter than either parent.

    Being “mixed heritage” makes no difference whatsoever. All humans are of mixed heritage and always have been. There isn’t some hypothetical pure human heritage that has only one skin colour present.

12. Herb Pichon on December 4th, 2008 8:19 am

    Real light brown.