Baby's Ethnicity??

LM1007 · February 2015

Hey! Im going to be a first time mommy, yay. Anyway, I am German and Jordanian and my fiancé is Trinidadian. We're gonna have one mixed baby! What about you?

amama3 · February 2015

Hey, I am mixed. My father is African American and Indian, and my mother was German, Irish, Polish, and Dutch. So people always ask me what my race is! This will be my first child and my bf is African American:)

WaffleyGoodness · February 2015

I am boring. I am white and my husband is white as well.

JustHyr · February 2015

WaffleyGoodness said:

I am boring. I am white and my husband is white as well.

Same. Except I'm that special kind of day-glo white that burns to a crisp at the slightest sun. DH actually tans.

babealertz · February 2015

There's nothing wrong with being white! When people say white is "boring" I always think they mean "normal," and if white is "normal," everyone else is "exotic." And that is a little icky, you know? I'm going to have a mixed race kid, and I hope that they can identify with people who look like me and people who look like my husband without feeling othered or boring!

WaffleyGoodness · February 2015

@justhyr I am amazingly white as well. Like, I can get maybe a shade darker but I am still tan. Wore a white dress to my H.S graduation and it matched my legs. People thought I was wearing tights. And on top of that, I blended into the wall. >_<
Also- We have the same due date!

@2babealertz I don't mean to insinuate that I am "normal". Obviously there is not "normal" skin colour. I just lived in Florida for 9 years and went to school there, I wanted to teach so I took a teaching diverse populations class and the teacher made me feel horrid for being white. Like, everyone white in there couldn't possibly know what it was like to teach children of different backgrounds. I dropped and took another one and did much better. The teacher was less hateful.

I think that it's important for your child to know both cultures and can identify with both. My baby's dad is English and I am American so we have the same race, but not the same culture and we want to be sure they can feel comfortable with both cultures.

anorthro · February 2015

I'm white - my family comes from England and Ireland and a bit from Italy. My husband is also white - his family is eastern European (they're Jewish). I imagine we will have a pretty white baby, but I'm hoping it has my husband's complexion, which is much darker than mine. It's definitely going to have brown eyes and brown hair!

ashleyelaine122 · February 2015

I'm mixed. Black white and Native American. Her dad is white. So she'll definitely be mixed.

razzlemydazzle · February 2015

I am white European mutt. My hubby is 1/4 African American (very light brown) -- who knows how the baby will look!

babealertz · February 2015

Question for all of you mixed ladies: how do you identify yourselves to other people?

My husband and I have an ongoing debate about what we should call our kids/what we should teach them to call themselves. I have always thought "mixed" was ok, but my husband hates the term, so that's out. "Bi-racial" isn't technically accurate, but "multi-racial" doesn't feel quite right (technically, I am "multi-racial," but I identify as black).

Am I over-thinking this? Should I just wait until they are old enough to have questions to figure it out?

amama3 · February 2015

@babealertz‌ I've been wondering the same thing! My bf wants us to just say our child is black once he/she is born, but because I am of different races I don't know what the correct term would be for our offspring.. I think I will wait until my child is older and has questions about ethnicity.

babealertz · February 2015

@baby3oo I know a number of mixed people who identify as black as a political solidarity and/or one-drop-rule thing, so I totally get where your boyfriend is coming from, but it's not cool if you feel erased! I guess you and I will just figure it out as we go along.

lirunyc09 · February 2015

I am a white European mutt and my husband is first generation Columbian and Puerto Rica(his mom born and raised in Columbia and dad PR)- our daughter has his features and complexion and is gorgeous! Hoping number two follows suit although it would be nice to have at least my one feature of mine!

xcessxtaci · February 2015

I'm 1/4 Irish, 1/4 British, 1/2 Puerto Rican. Husband 100% Chinese.

Sharisaemi · February 2015

My husband and I are both Japanese but 4th generation in Hawaii so we both don't speak any Japanese. We follow some Japanese cultures but many have been westernized since our family has been in Hawaii so long.

MamaOwl15 · February 2015

I've got a mix of Anglo-European white in my background (mostly English since my dad's side of the family came over on the Mayflower and to Jamestown) but my husband is 1/4 Cheyenne, so our kids are 1/8 Cheyenne. Our son seems to have inherited my paleness though, and not my husband's tan.

I'd love for my husband and kids to have the chance to learn more about Cheyenne culture, as my husband was adopted and doesn't have ties to his birth family.

jenrohlwing · February 2015

I am Irish, German, Scottish, Norwegian, and Cherokee. My fiance is 100% Mexican. We want a dark skinned baby with blue eyes :-)

emondragona · February 2015

I'm 100% Mexican and so is my husband. We are going to have a cute brown baby:)

juneandboo · February 2015

Our little baby will be 1/4 Armenian and 1/4 Scottish - and then a mix of Italian, French, and Irish thrown in for good measure.

bekky5 · February 2015

I am 1/4 Italian and 3/4 Puerto Rican and my DH is full Puerto Rican born and raised in PR. I on the other hand was a military brat and was born in GA and lived all over the world from NC to Japan. He speaks Spanish and I know "Hola" and "Adios." I want our child to know Spanish as well but how can I teach her (fingers crossed) if I don't even know myself. I have a lot to learn in the next 8 months.

Cynthia1207 · February 2015

I'm Italian and H is Cuban. Our son is a lovely mix of both our features. I'm hoping this one gets my eye color though

ovega11 · February 2015

I'm 75% Puerto Rican and 25% Greek. My husband is 50% Mexican and 25% Puerto Rican and 25% Cuban. My husband speaks spanish and I mostly just understand it. Very excited to see what our baby looks like..but we have a while lol.

cupc4ke12 · February 2015

I am white and my DH is half chinese and half cambodian.

ImJessesGirl · February 2015

Well, I'm American, so chances are we are all quite a mix of a few different nationalities and cultures.

jingleelle · February 2015

I am Asian and my husband is white (German and Scottish). So our baby is going to be mixed.

bayleegojkovic · February 2015

I am white American and my husband is bosnian/serbian!

denise89_ · February 2015

I'm mexican American and my boyfriend is Salvadorian..mixed Latino baby right here!!

Oneill614 · February 2015

I am half Irish (mom born there), half German, and the dad is all Colombian (we think...he was adopted from there so who knows!). So our baby will be half white and half probably Colombian. With an Italian last name, so everyone will think it's Italian.

I can tan, but I will still be jealous of my kid's tan eventually!

LJ623 · February 2015

I am 1/2 Irish and 1/2 European Mutt, while DH is 100% Filipino. The funny thing is a lot of the names we both like are Irish names (like Seamus or Siobhan) and it will be interesting because we will have this child that I assume will look Asian with a true Irish name. It's sure to confuse people!

dmppcw · February 2015

I'm Puerto Rican and husband is English. Can't wait to see what color eyes our baby has!

xmelex · February 2015

I will have a white baby, but since me and my bf are both 50% irish, is my baby will be %100 ?! (Big odd of having a red head)

dmppcw · February 2015

xmelex said:
I will have a white baby, but since me and my bf are both 50% irish, is my baby will be %100 ?! (Big odd of having a red head)

The baby would be 50% Irish.

JustHyr · February 2015

I'm 1/2 Hungarian and 1/2 German. DH is 3/4 German and 1/4 Irish. So pretty much we make the whitest kids ever.

bablou00 · February 2015

I'm black with Haitian and hubby is white Irish. We have a cute little blond blue eyed girl that I'm in the process of adopting. We're both really excited to see what little mixture we've made.

wack0032 · February 2015

dmppcw said:

xmelex said:
I will have a white baby, but since me and my bf are both 50% irish, is my baby will be %100 ?! (Big odd of having a red head)
The baby would be 50% Irish.

And 100% bad at math.

Synnovus · February 2015

I'm Norwegian and DH is Swedish, but we both got brown/dark brown hair, however also blondes and red heads runs in the family so hair colour can be anyone of those. Our son's hair is still quite light coloured with a hint of red to it.

alexisteklemariam · February 2015

I'm hawaiian, Japanese and German. My husband is 100% Eritrean! I am beyond excited to meet our baby! Both of us are trying to figure out what features the baby will have! Not to mention I am short and chubby and he is tall and skinny! I hope our kids get the height from him!

mmatsunaga87 · February 2015

I'm 100% Japanese and my husband is 1/2 Mexican & 1/2 Puerto Rican!!

OliveOyl2014 · February 2015

bayleegojkovic said:
I am white American and my husband is bosnian/serbian!

My husband is Bosnian too!

cjvisona · February 2015

Proud to have an all white baby. German, Irish and Italian

266psyche · February 2015

I'm half Asian and half white. My husband is Isreali but looks more blue eyed polish. Our son basically looks white with a hint of Asian eyes, people ask me if I'm the nanny.

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