Anyone else having a biracial baby?

Chris&Lyzz · July 2012

This is my first baby and since my husband is half Filipino/half Caucasian and I am fully Caucasian, I am curious if anyone else is/has had a biracial baby. Does it tend to look more like the "dominant" race? In my husband's family, each of the three brothers are completely diverse, with random Asian and white characteristics but all having black hair.

Everyone thinks the baby will have black hair, brown eyes, and darker skin but I heard that there's a chance of it having my hair and eyes too--just less likely. People have told me that our baby will look like Jon and Kate's kids since she is white and he is half Korean.

Any experiences out there with this? Do you know of any 1/4 Filipino babies or celebrities? I hate not having an idea of what the baby will look like as crazy as that sounds!

GraceyandTroy · July 2012

My brother in law, who is white, married a Filipino woman and they have two kids. The kids are beautiful, and at a glance look more like their mom because of the similar coloring. But, they also really look like their dad, too. It's such a beautiful miracle how kids look so much like BOTH of their parents, even in biracial couples.

You kids will still look like you, but they will probably get those dominant features like the dark hair you mentioned.

cindiesheart · July 2012

Welp, this is how it worked for me....I married a hispanic man, our first son looks fully hispanic and my second son is ghostly white like myself... check out my siggy... Now were wondering what this little one will look like.

azpharmgirl · July 2012

My husband is Irish (born and raised in Ireland) and I am Chinese-American. DD looks pretty Chinese to me, but my father told my sister that she doesn't look Chinese to him at all. Top half of her face is all me. Eyes and check dimples. Bottom half is all DH. Lips and chin. Her hair is dark brown, not black like mine. And it is curly like DH's was when he was a baby.

My friend is half Japanese half Caucasian. He has dark hair and hazel-y eyes. His wife is blonde with blue eyes. Their son is blonde with blue eyes. It is crazy. I guess it depends on the recessive genes on the baby's father's side? 50-50 right?

You can get an idea of what LO will look like if you get a 3-d US. Not knowing is a little mind wrecking. However there is so much you don't know with pg (Will I give birth wk 35 or 42? Will the baby be healthy? Will I have a long or short labor?) I feel it's just something we have to accept. I try not to think about it.

ellaNu630 · July 2012

Based on my friends and actors, actresses, models, etc. your child's Filipino gene's will probably be the most dominant.

Technically, there's only one race, people are then grouped into categories based on how they are perceived (more often than not by skin color and dominant features). Don't quote me on that, but I'm pretty sure that's right. Both DH and I are light skin with dark hair and eyes and similar features. I'm Dominican so my background can be traced to Spaniard, French and African, he's a European mish mosh but predominantly Irish and Italian. Either way, we weren't expecting any big surprised on DS's overall appearance. My best friend on the other hand shares the same general ancestral background as her DH (both Dominican) but she's white and he's black and they have completely different features so it will be interesting to see which ends up being the most dominant.

JandM110907 · July 2012

I am Filipino-American and DH is Caucasian. She looks SO much like DH with little hints of me. She has lighter brown hair and brown eyes. She is lighter skinned and IMO she's gorgeous

hellojenny531 · July 2012

I'm half Filipino/Caucasian. Nobody guesses I'm Filipino though because I'm light skinned. People usually guess Japanese or Chinese at first. My dad's genes are more dominant in me. Light skin, brown/red hair. But my sister has my mom's Filipino genes like dark hair, nose, darker skin complexion. My boyfriend is also half Filipino/Caucasian so our baby will be half.

sekura · July 2012

My baby is from an egg donor, and I've only ever seen one picture of the donor (at the age of 5). So I have no idea really what the baby will look like. I don't really think about it too much; I don't care what he/she looks like, as long as he/she is strong and healthy.

Y I Oughta · July 2012

I'm Caucasian and H is Korean. I have people tell me everyday that the baby will be beautiful but look like my H. I do know a little girl whose father is Japanese and mom is Caucasian, little girl has blonde hair and dark blue eyes. You never know.

anmorgan32 · July 2012

I'm Caucasian and my husband is half Caucasian and half Mexican. Our little guy looks like both of us, but he doesn't look Mexican at all. I am curious if that will end up being the same for this LO or not.

Celicachic25 · July 2012

I am wondering what my baby will look like as well. I am Caucasian and my DH is Dominican. I have fair skin and blue eyes. I am excited to see what our baby will look like in January.

BabyHernandez03 · July 2012

My boyfriend is Mexican & has 2 daughters from a previous relationship. His ex is white. Both girls are a little different-1 has very dark brown hair & darker complexion with huge brown eyes, the other has lighter brown hair, lighter complexion, but still the huge brown beautiful eyes You put them out in the sun though (sunscreen or not) & they both sure tan up! Never burn!

SN: I jump between Dec 2012/Jan 2013 boards since my due date is at the very end of Dec!

knitsandgiggles · July 2012

Yep - I'm black (a mix of African, English, some Mexican) and DH is caucasian (Italian, English). DH has blue/green eyes and blonde hair. Green eyes run in my family as well as some blonde hair, but I have brown eyes and dark hair. Looking forward to meeting LO Big Smile

Doug+Lisa · July 2012

My husband and his brother are both half Filipino/half Caucasian. Their father is blond blue eyed. Anyways, the brother in law married Caucasian who is blonde blued eye. Their baby is brown hair with bright blue eyes!!! She definitely has the majority of the Caucasian gene since she is 3/4 Cauasian and 1/4 Filipino.

i`m Chinese and we will probably have an Asian baby. However, my husband is convinced that our baby will have blue eyes too!

Good luck to you!!

hellokitty343 · July 2012

My husband is Scottish with very light blue eyes; I'm half Filopino, Portuguese/Italian & French. From me alone, no one can figure out what I am but most think I'm Hispanic. My little guy has my coloring (dark hair, brown eyes) but is lighter than my husband. He's almost 4 and is still pretty fair.

Ktande22 · July 2012

DH is half cape verdean and half irish, Im half portuguese and half mix of caucasian. DH looks almost totally like his Cape verdean side aside from his green eyes. I look entirely like my Caucasian side... Was expecting DD to look like his dominant darker skin and darker hair.. we got a blonde with blue eyes and pale skin go figure... I think its all percentages but you never know what kind of mixture you'll get!! Interested to see what our LO#2 looks like!

ANBODIN · July 2012

I am caucasion (french/cajun), and DH is Hispanic/Caucasion. DH has dark har, eyes and a very tan skin tone. He has 2 kids from previous relationships. Both children have brown hair, eyes, and darker cmplexions. SS's mom is white, so he is actually only 1/4 hispanic. SD's mom is fully hispanic. The children look like brother and sister though...I am still holding out hope for a child that looks like me (blonde hair, green/light eyes, fair with freckles) Just so I don't look out of place in family pics:) lol Which is entirely possible because I somewhat resemble my mom (the French side), but my dad has the dark cajun features and looks more hispanic than DH. My SK look like they are related to my dad, but not me. My sister ended up with dark hari, dark eyes and features, but fair with freckles. I did try a baby morpher yesterday for fun using DH and my pics. The kids were precious! Of course I am going to be baised

featherust · July 2012

I'm caucasian (pale as hell, green eyes, light brown hair) and DH is half mexican and half caucasian. He has light skin, dark brown hair and light blue eyes. When DD was born she had dark skin, black hair and dark eyes. She def looked like DH side. Now that she is a year old she has my pale skin, light green/blue eyes and my light hair. It's crazy how much they can change in a year!

smwiggle · July 2012

DS is white (mostly Irish) and I am half Korean/half white. DS has dark hair and brown eyes, as do I. DS has blue blue eyes, with reddish brown hair. He looks almost exactly like his daddy, except he has my more slanted eyes and the chubby cheeks that run on my dad's side.

MelissaRae1525 · July 2012

I'm white and SO is black, white, Cajun, Hispanic, Native American, German, pretty much everything. His dad is wayyyy darker than he is and his mom is about the same color. I'm very pale so I'm wondering what this LO is going to look like. I knew a little girl who was half white, half black and looked JUST like her mom only with darker skin, so even if they don't have your coloring they might still take after you.

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