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When a black man and a white woman have a child, does the child become white? If a white man and a black woman have a child, does the child become black?

Last Updated: 25.06.2025 02:26

When a black man and a white woman have a child, does the child become white? If a white man and a black woman have a child, does the child become black?

These kids are neither White/Black, they’re them, mixed/biracial/whatever you’d like to label it. They are uniquely them.

Their kids look like this:

Seal is a Black man and had children with his ex. Heidi Klum, a White woman.

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No! Genetics are a roll of the dice.

On the flip side, Serena Williams and her husband, Alexis Kerry Ohanian, their children (she had another baby) are lighter in skin tone:

Regardless, just love the kids.

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Other examples.

Why would that make sense to you?

It’s stupid AF. lol.

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(All pics are available publicly, submitted to various media outlets anyone can access.)

Clearly, this is a mixed bag. You never know what you will get.

Plus, less progressive societies usually, incorrectly, believe the man has the stronger genes. So this isn’t even a widely held belief. A common belief is that the father decides the race, which is stupid.

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