Mixed Race Babies

carleym93

Anyone else have a crazy mix of races with their baby? If so, what are they? How many races?

This one is half Puertoriccan, one quarter Spanish, and one quarter White. My husband refers to her as J.Lo.

kjandericka

DH is African American and Samoan and I am White with a little Cherokee.

I'm expecting a big boy (thanks to his Samoan genes) with pretty caramel skin.

cailandr

I'm a quarter Chinese, a quarter Portuguese, and my husband is German and Polish. I can't wait to see if my little man gets any of my Asian features!

abbycjones

My husband and I are both white. But mixed race babies are always so beautiful! I'm sure all of your babies will be precious.

amybabbay

I'm English and my partner is half Australian half Italian so not a crazy mix haha

gmd88

Mine will be Portuguese, Irish, French canadian, English and welsh

alyra15

My little boy will be Brazilian, Italian, and Indian (my side) and African, Japonese, and Portuguese (from my DHs side)! Talk about a mix!!

carleym93

Wow! You guys are way mixed up! That's so awesome. Mixed race babies are great in the sense that they usually get exposed to so much from each culture. I know nothing about Puertoriccan culture, and I was naive in assuming it would be similar to the Hispanic culture I grew up with. Now that I'm learning more about DH's culture (music, food, etc.) I'm so excited that my daughter will be able to experience that.

EmEeGee

Not super crazy but my girl will be half Indian from DH and a mishmash of European backgrounds with a dash of Native American from me. I'm already jealous of her skin color.

MrsCeballos

Our little man will be a blend of 1/2 Mexican from daddy and a European mix with an 1/8 of Native American from me! Both hubby and I were born pretty light skinned and lighter hair (almost blonde) when we were young and then both got darker skin tones and hair turned dark brown for me and black for my hubby as we got older. It will be fun to see if our little man does the same.

cosplaymom

My daughters are Chinese/white. DD1 is gorgeous. She looked really Chinese as a newborn but she looks a lot more like me now! I am excited to see what her little sister will look like. My husband thinks she will look just like DD1 and so I will need to cut her hair differently so people can tell them apart... Lol. He's silly.

victoriaaa1

I absolutely LOVE mixed babies ! Especially when you can tell ! But I'm Filipino, a lot of other things and Mexican and my SO is Mexican .
A lot of people can tell I'm mixed with something but dont know what , they say I look mysterious (which they say is good) lol so I hope my baby looks mixed also

Boslove

Im Dominican and Black .. Ex-SO is black american.. So nothing too crazy but got a little mix going on.

acgonzalez22

I am %100 Italian and my husband is all Puerto Rican. I can't wait to see my LO!

mommyofX

I'm polish and Czech my BF of black Jamaican, spianish Honduran and 1/8 French/white. Can't wait to see what our son will look like.

visualcircus

Our boy is going to be 25% Chinese and 75% Mix of German, Polish, English background. I am looking forward in seeing what this combination will be!  

melody27

I'm a European mix while DH is half Jewish/half African American. I'm halfway expecting our boy to come out with a red afro! (His mom was a red head, he's the one with the crazy hair)

brookevirlaine

I'm white, 50% German, 25% Norwegian and 25% Dutch, SO is 50% Puerto Rican and 50% Peruvian! Our DS (21 months) is gorgeously handsome. Can't wait to see what DD will look like!

Thj417

We'll either get a brown eyed brown hair Mexican baby or a blue eyed blonde hair German/English/Irish/Cherokee baby. Or maybe a combination of both.

That being said - #1 came out blonde/blue but his skin tone is starting to darken and most likely his hair will darken with age as well. Based on genetics we have a 50/50 chance!

Huler

DH is Chinese/Hawaiian, I am Caucasian. My boys are pretty cute if I do say so myself (although nothing like me ). Excited to see what she looks like.

edited to add that I meant they LOOK nothing like me, not that they aren't as cute as me! Lol!

kettlekitten

megvaddi said:

Not super crazy but my girl will be half Indian from DH and a mishmash of European backgrounds with a dash of Native American from me. I'm already jealous of her skin color.

My nieces are quarter Indian and are both white, with blonde hair with blue eyes... So you never know what you will get!!

Btw totally jealous of all your beautiful babies. I secretly wish I had married someone more exotic

GirlOnTheBeach

Our little guy will be half Puerto Rican (DH's family is a mix of Taino and Spanish) and half of my European mix (Czech, Italian, German, and either Irish or English). From his ultrasound pictures, he looks like a mini version of my DH (at least his bone structure). I'm so curious to see what color eyes/hair/skin he will end up with :-)

HarleenQuinz86

I'm white my boyfriend is Hispanic. My two other kids are also mix white and Hispanic.... I'm a mutt so it's easier to just say white but I do have a lot of Yugoslavian genes :-)

DaddyMx

Please, please, please people we are in the XXIst century...Stop speaking about races...or percentage of nationalities... We are not dogs!!

carleym93

@DaddyMx Exactly, we are in the 21st century where people are allowed to be open and proud of their different races. Unfortunately, that hasn't always been the case. Being mixed race myself, I identify with more than one culture and race. I don't see a reason to "stop talking about race" when it is a right that wasn't always available to mixed race people. Now having a mixed race child, I hope she knows that she is made up of more than one culture and race, and there is nothing wrong with discussing that. In fact, I would encourage her to.


I'm going to choose to ignore your dog comment because I find it highly offensive. Reality is, I'm 50% of two completely different races with completely different customs, culture, and lifestyles and I find comfort in them both. I'm sure I'm not the only one that feels that way. I'm glad my daughter will be able to have the same experience in her life, I just pray she doesn't run into too many opinions like yours along the way.

SquidJelly528

I'm Indian and hubby is a red headed Irishman. Can't wait to see what baby girl looks like!

blovemama

My husband and I are both white, so nothing too exciting. We actually look really similar--a waitress asked us if we were twins on our honeymoon! Not the first or last time someone thought we were related, either.

My SIL is from the DR and her husband is white. They just had a baby about a month ago. He has completely her coloring (tan skin, dark hair, brown eyes) but his daddy's features. In black and white pictures of the new baby and the dad when he was a baby, you seriously can't tell them apart.

2ndtimemomy

Why skin color still matter? Its insulting . I dont want my kids to be looked at differentially. They are just children/ human.

carleym93

@2ndtimemomy I don't think you'll find anyone on this board who thinks skin color still matters or would treat ANY child differently because of that, so I'm not sure what you're referring to. The people that have mentioned skin color have mentioned it purely out of curiousity because they are interested to see what traits from each parent their child has because they are married to someone with a different skin color from their own.

MouseMama817

I'm German Irish. My hubby is Nicaraguan and Arabic.  

carleym93

You all are going to have to make sure to upload a picture with your birth announcement! I'm curious to see what these sweet little people look like!

2ndtimemomy

I see it , hear it and i hate it. When peoples talk about this mixed boy and that mixed girl. Well this mixed boy and that mixed girl are human and deserve not to be called mixed. This is my opinion.

houndskeeper09

I am white, but my husband is Egyptian. I'm hoping our little boy will get his coloring:)

carleym93

@2ndtimemomy So your position is that being mixed race is a negative thing? I would have to disagree. As I mentioned, I'm mixed race and I actually find it to be a relief when people refer to me that way because it's actually harder to just choose one race I identify with. All the paperwork I've ever filled out, I've always checked the "mixed" box. People, thankfully, don't see being mixed race as a bad thing at this point in time. If they do, its a VERY small percent of the overall population and not the vast majority like it once was.

lvrunningirlie

carleyec93 said:

@2ndtimemomy So your position is that being mixed race is a negative thing? I would have to disagree. As I mentioned, I'm mixed race and I actually find it to be a relief when people refer to me that way because it's actually harder to just choose one race I identify with. All the paperwork I've ever filled out, I've always checked the "mixed" box. People, thankfully, don't see being mixed race as a bad thing as this point in time. If they do, its a VERY small percent of the overall population and not the vast majority like it once was.

I'm with you. I identify as "mixed" and hated it all during school when the school would fill out my race as "african american" because i felt it neglected a whole other half of my heritage. I'm glad we've finally gotten to the point where you can check more than one box. I don't think being mixed is a negative identifier, to ignore that aspect is to really deny alot of a person. It's a whole other kettle of fish being multiracial, especially between two well identified different groups (i.e. black and white). Dismissing the idea of being mixed is like dismissing our whole experience with what it means to be raised multiracial. 

EmEeGee

kettlekitten said:

megvaddi said:

Not super crazy but my girl will be half Indian from DH and a mishmash of European backgrounds with a dash of Native American from me. I'm already jealous of her skin color.

My nieces are quarter Indian and are both white, with blonde hair with blue eyes... So you never know what you will get!!

Btw totally jealous of all your beautiful babies. I secretly wish I had married someone more exotic

I have very dark brown hair and brown eyes with the tiniest bit of green in them (no blue in any of my family)... So if she comes out with blonde hair and blue eyes, my husband will have some questions.


For the comments about race and skin color, I don't even get it. Everyone who has posted is celebrating the different cultures their child will get to experience. My child WILL be a combination of races and nationalities and she WILL have beautiful skin because it will be unique to her. She will be taught different customs from different regions of the world. Diversity is a good thing. Celebrating differences is a good thing. Teaching our kids that they are beautiful is a good thing.

lvrunningirlie

megvaddi said:

Not super crazy but my girl will be half Indian from DH and a mishmash of European backgrounds with a dash of Native American from me. I'm already jealous of her skin color.

My nieces are quarter Indian and are both white, with blonde hair with blue eyes... So you never know what you will get!! Btw totally jealous of all your beautiful babies. I secretly wish I had married someone more exotic

I have very dark brown hair and brown eyes with the tiniest bit of green in them (no blue in any of my family)... So if she comes out with blonde hair and blue eyes, my husband will have some questions. For the comments about race and skin color, I don't even get it. Everyone who has posted is celebrating the different cultures their child will get to experience. My child WILL be a combination of races and nationalities and she WILL have beautiful skin because it will be unique to her. She will be taught different customs from different regions of the world. Diversity is a good thing. Celebrating differences is a good thing. Teaching our kids that they are beautiful is a good thing.

Yeah I'm so thankful my parents taught me to appreciate my uniqueness because the reality is my WHOLE life I have had strangers asking "what are you" and gotten some questionable looks depending on what parent I'm with. I'm mixed with a few different things (most simply black and white) and have african american textured hair, that's blonde (naturally), with green eyes and tan skin. If my parents hadn't made sure I was self confident in my differences, all these strangers really could have given me a complex about my looks. I mean, who asks a five year old a question like that? But it will happen. Even as an adult, I had a group of ladies as my high school athletes what i "was" when I left the table at a restaurant. It's going to happen... just make sure your babies know that the uniqueness is a good thing. 

mriee

My husband is white Scottish/British and I'm a mix of Chinese/Jamaican and British Welsh. My siblings and I are the same mix but we all came out looking totally different. I'm the darkest but am still pretty light and took after my moms coloring but have all my dads features. Where's my sisters and brother have my moms features but have white skin with blue eyes. Having mixed kids is like putting a sock in the wash you can never be totally sure how they'll come out lol.

MouseMama817

lvrunningirlie said:

megvaddi said:

Not super crazy but my girl will be half Indian from DH and a mishmash of European backgrounds with a dash of Native American from me. I'm already jealous of her skin color.

My nieces are quarter Indian and are both white, with blonde hair with blue eyes... So you never know what you will get!! Btw totally jealous of all your beautiful babies. I secretly wish I had married someone more exotic

I have very dark brown hair and brown eyes with the tiniest bit of green in them (no blue in any of my family)... So if she comes out with blonde hair and blue eyes, my husband will have some questions. For the comments about race and skin color, I don't even get it. Everyone who has posted is celebrating the different cultures their child will get to experience. My child WILL be a combination of races and nationalities and she WILL have beautiful skin because it will be unique to her. She will be taught different customs from different regions of the world. Diversity is a good thing. Celebrating differences is a good thing. Teaching our kids that they are beautiful is a good thing.

Yeah I'm so thankful my parents taught me to appreciate my uniqueness because the reality is my WHOLE life I have had strangers asking "what are you" and gotten some questionable looks depending on what parent I'm with. I'm mixed with a few different things (most simply black and white) and have african american textured hair, that's blonde (naturally), with green eyes and tan skin. If my parents hadn't made sure I was self confident in my differences, all these strangers really could have given me a complex about my looks. I mean, who asks a five year old a question like that? But it will happen. Even as an adult, I had a group of ladies as my high school athletes what i "was" when I left the table at a restaurant. It's going to happen... just make sure your babies know that the uniqueness is a good thing. 

I'm fascinated by other cultures, races, etc. I am definitely guilty of being that person who asks the "what are you?" question. Although I do try not to word it that way! Since I've been married I get a lot of curious looks and questions about my heritage (I'm Irish and look every bit of it but have a Hispanic last name). I also have the face of a 17 year old so they never think marriage as an explanation lol. I'm glad your parents made sure you knew how beautiful our differences are so those curious questions didn't bring you down. If those people are anything like me, they're not coming from a negative place at all!

lvrunningirlie

Yeah I usually assumed it was just curiosity that prompted those questions. And some did phrase it better, more "What is your heritage/background" versus the "what are you" question like I'm a creature from another planet lol. But like I said, I can see how kids (especially young children) could interpret those questions as something being wrong with them versus positively unique. And with me being mixed and my husband being black, we always have people trying to guess what our children will look like. Like a PP said, it's a guessing game how those genetics are going to create a human. One of my good friends is also mixed and every one of her siblings is a different shade in the spectrum. I love it. 

carleym93

Yeah, I really don't mind the "what are you?" questions either. We get them A LOT because my siblings are all different ends of the spectrum as far as skin color goes. There was one construction worker down here who asked me, "Are you a latina or a white girl?" I said, "Both. Why?" and he said, "Because you look like a latina but you sound like a white girl." hahahaha