I realize her mom may be biracial. But the birth certificate always says black. At least when I was born and before (I'm definitely younger). Of course, it's not a big deal. Just that I can usually tell. Only other person I couldn't tell with was Jennifer Beals. I even guessed Wentworth Miller before it really came more known that he was partially black.
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Why is it so hard to believe that her mother is black? Just because someone has one parent that's black doesn't mean they're going to come out looking black. When will people open their minds and realize just like white people, blacks and our biracial kids can come out every which way possible. Fine hair, blue eyes, light skin, dark skin, dark eyes, blonde hair, red hair, coarse hair, etc. I know, it's crazy.
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Most quarter blacks look white.
shareNot that hard to believe. I've seen Black/mixedblood people fairer than Troian. I'm always slightly amused when I see thread after thread on nearly every single message board attached to lightskinned black and mixed celebrities saying the same thing, 'I can't believe it!'. I'd bet that most of the people finding it so shocking aren't people of color. There's a long history in this country of mixing and mingling.
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Oh come on. Surely you're joking, right? I mean scientifically that's an anomaly. They don't come out "every which way possible" all that often. In fact, it's rare. However white people come out every which way possible all the time.
While it's true that biracial children have lighter skin, for them to have blue eyes and red hair is rare indeed. I would know too. I've been a nurse for over 20 years and this is an area that I've worked in.
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"Surely you're joking right?", was my exact thought on YOUR comment. I took was in healthcare for about 20 years, as well as the school system and I have seen every race come in all colors and variations of what is assumed typical. Most biracial people, regardless of the combination of races, don't appear as only one race.
My Dad's parents had 21 children and about half were dark skinned and half were very light skinned with red hair, freckles and combinations of green, hazel and grey eyes. Some of the dark skinned ones had hazel and grey eyes with very fine hair. You're in healthcare so you took anatomy and science and should know the probability based on the parents what eye/hair color offspring would have. You also should know that dormant genes surface in every race, just as the genes of one parent are dominant and sometimes are more visible. There are many people on both sides of my family, people I've known and people I've seen in passing that are black and hair various natural shades of red hair. My Mom's side has a few that are blue eyed and biracial, but ironically they are brown skinned with very course sandy brown hair. Again, blacks, whites, Hispanics, Native Americans, etc come in a range of colors, how do you NOT know that.
I have a biracial child that is Black, Irish and Italian and many people ask if she's Hispanic or East Indian. Bottom line is there is no one way people of a race look. You are either a liar in regard to being a nurse for 20 yrs or ignorant to say blue eyes and red hair is rare among biracial children (even if you are limiting biracial to describe black and white). The probability for blue eyes AND red hair is low for any race, add OR to that statement and it becomes more frequent.
You've been a nurse for over twenty years, and you're arguing on a message board about an actress who's 30 and looks 14, and all the posters are 13-year-old droolies? Read the quotes section of this Bellisario chick's profile; she talks like she's in junior high. I hope I'm never a patient of yours.
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