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- From: cindy@berkp.uadv.uci.edu (Cindy Windham)
- Subject: Re: >>>> a new fun thread??..kids looking like parents
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- Date: 23 Nov 92 19:16:19 GMT
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- In article <ssimmons.722455522@convex.convex.com> ssimmons@convex.com (Steve Simmons) writes:
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- >>
- >>My 3 1/2yo son has blonde hair, a fair complexion, and hazel eyes.
- >>I'm of Japanese ancestry - both of my parents are Japanese (born in
- >>California), and all of my grandparents were Japanese (born in Japan).
- >>My husband is Caucasian (Welsh to Native American and almost everything
- >>else in between). I'm no biologist, but I thought that this was
- >>impossible, since dark hair and dark eyes are dominant.
- >>
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- >Actually, the straight black Asian hair is also a recessive gene. Same
- >with the typical black pupils. I am just curious if he has single or
- >double eyelids???
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- Both of my children have double eyelids (I had to visit a surgeon to
- get mine! oh please don't flame me, I was very young at the time!)
- The blonde son has slightly almond shaped eyes, whereas my dark-haired
- son has large, round eyes.
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- >Most Amerasian kids have American hair and eyes, dark yellowish complexion,
- >double eyelids and the bigger American build. In fact, the American
- >facial features also dominate although there does tend to be a slant in
- >the eyes. Well, I get to find out next week. My wife is expecting 1-Dec-92.
- >She's from Hong Kong and I am from Connecticut.
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- >Thank you.
- >
- > Steve Simmons
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