Mixed babies skin color

Meaghanne - posted on 01/28/2013

Im half and half too and my oldest is 3/4 black and looks like me, but with straight hair. My 1 year old is same mix as his brothet but white with blond curly hair and blue eyes. Genetics is a funny thing, isn't it? Lol

Mieke - posted on 01/27/2013

I have 6 bi-racial grandchildren. If you look at the skin pigment around the nails when they are babies, that's a close proximity to the skin color they will be.

Anna - posted on 12/13/2012

my sons are biracial black and latino and yes they will get darker as they are expose to sun , just put sunscreen , put it took my son 2 years before i see some colour . and funny thing is my sons hair are straight as it could be .that never change but some babies hair will change as they grow older and colour also , just be patient it will come .

Erica - posted on 12/09/2012

My oldest is very white & has green eyes, my middle son looks more mixed & my daughter is light with almost black eyes, she looks more hispanc at times than white & black. Can't wait to see what our newest addition will look like. All children will look different. They are who they are, don't worry about their color.

Marie - posted on 12/03/2012

well as far as am concerned it depends if its winter or summer as my baby is 4 months still white i heard it can take up to a year for them to get their pigmant as i know a guy who has a 2 year old son and at a year he looked more white than black but hes nearly 3 now and darkened up with an afro my baby is still bald also getting black hair in though straight hair just waiting to see if he gets an afro lol oh and my baby is mixed race and so is the 3 year old

Megan - posted on 11/28/2012

My son is a week and a half old and when he came out, i remember being a bit confused on how light he was and how straight his hair is. I don't care what colour his skin was just a little shocked since the father is so dark. However, you never know what they will end up looking like until they get older.

Lisa - posted on 11/20/2012

If she is turning one then I wouldn't expect it to get much darker. I am mixed the same and I was born pink but my skin changed within a few weeks. Mixed or even black children can be very light or dark. I have 3 brothers, 1 very light, one tanned, one darker and I am darker as well. I also have a black cousin who is very light :)

Sybil - posted on 11/18/2012

At birth, the doctor said you have a boy but he is white and for the first year, he was very fair. I find with my son that when we live in South Africa he is tan all the time because he spends much of his time outside, but when we live in NYC or the UK he goes back to being paler.

Kelly - posted on 11/09/2012

some kids don't get any darker, my son is 4 and still looks white. but i know know someone whose son didn't get darker until he was an adult

Li-Li - posted on 10/10/2012

My son iss almost 5 months he was white when he was born. Now he is tan. And he still has soft hair that went fromm black to brown do u think he wiill et darker with curly hair or no

Michelle - posted on 10/02/2012

My baby has all of my features (I'm peach and her dad is brown) but she is her daddy's twin. she is Mariah Carey's color with brown lightly curlly hair. My doc said that what ever color a baby's ears are, thats what color they will remain and that is true so far. she has been that color for 4 months now with no change in sight. but it really doesnt matter to me, i love her no matter what color she is :)

Alyssa - posted on 09/26/2012

im 14 and prego what do i name a half white and black babie

Audreonna - posted on 09/12/2012

I am white Japanese black Hawaiian and native american while my sons father is white and Latino and my son is really light with blue eyes maybe he will and maybe he won't

Rebbecca - posted on 09/05/2012

I am not even really sure why this would matter my kids are biracial and a few their full black cousins are lighter then they are. Genes are what they are some things from way back pop up here and there....

Sara - posted on 09/04/2012

My daughter is 1/2 black and 1/2 white. I waited for her to darken up, but after 15 years she's still as white as me, maybe lighter, with green eyes like me and brown kinky hair. She looks like a white version of her father with my skin, eye and hair color. My other 2 kids don't look like they have any white in them but they have small features of mine. That's the great thing about genes. You get so many mixtures and God always finds such beautiful combinations that are different with each one.

Melissa - posted on 08/29/2012

my son is almost two months and my husband is black and im whit but my son is light will he get any color ? my husband has a warm brown color but hes is not very light or dark my son has really thin brown hair and its long and his eyes are grey mixed with green but neither of us havve those color eyes? whats going on is it gentetics from past family memebeers ? or is he going to stay light with straaight hair? either way i still love him:> just i am new mom this is our first chil i have ?

User - posted on 05/07/2012

Why did you have a baby so that you could have a black baby. What is wrong with her current color.

Jocelyn - posted on 05/04/2012

I just had my little angel in March :-). My husband is Mexican and Puerto Rican and I am African American and he is lighter than the both of us lol. I don't know if he'll change but so far his complexion is light,has brown hair like me but texture is like his fathers,still has his grey eyes my eyes are a chestnut color his fathers are hazel and my pops are green so we'll see what color they will turn :-). So far he looks just straight up Hispanic and sometimes Mexican lol :-D

Allyson - posted on 04/28/2012

I have 3 bi-racial girls. My youngest is 7 months and I can tell now that she is the fairest of them all. Fair skin, light hair, and eyes. Babies that young are still pink and their skin is very thin. She might be fair with more African features (like my youngest). You just have to wait and see as the beauty unfolds either way.

Mimi - posted on 04/26/2012

My cousin Erin is super light like that and can easily pass for Caucasian which is fine because her dad is. She has been like that from the start and she's about 8 now. My sister Jacqueline has been bright white all her life and she in her 20's. You just never know. Either way, it doesn't matter, we love them both, whether they "darken" up or not cause they belong to us...:)

Jessica - posted on 04/03/2012

My son is Black/White. His dad is a lighter brown but his uncle has almost white skin. My son is very white. His hair is finally starting to curl and he tans good lol. So maybe he will darken up a lil. Who knows just love her either way

Autumn - posted on 03/31/2012

what a cute picture. Skin color of mixed children shouldn't really matter any way. Your daughter is about the color of my cousin, she may be a bit tanner though. Both my cousin's parents are Black though. That's what's funny he's Black (not biracial) and very light, so you never know how someone is going to turn out. there are many genes that go into the color of skin polygenic inheritance. I've seen mixed babies that are very dark, sometimes darker than me (both my parents are black) and I've seen some very light, it can either way. Doesn't really matter at the end of the day because skin color is so diverse.

Patricia - posted on 03/30/2012

no1 believes my daughter is mine.. my sons are so light and my daughter is dark.. her dad is kinda dark but i think shes darker. lol she will probably stay the color she is..

Brianna - posted on 03/30/2012

I only have 1 son - 5 months old. I am very fair skinned, green eyes, black hair (white). My fiance has black hair, caramel-y chocolate (lol) skin, and almost black eyes (black). Our son came out white but within about 2 months he got pretty dark. He has black hair and almost black eyes. .y fiance used to joke that I wasn't his mom - he was just light-Skinned black haha. Everyone thought he was going to be so white like me but hey that's the beauty of genetics.

Stefanie - posted on 03/24/2012

My daughter is probably the lightest mixed child I've ever seen! I am white and her dad is black ad he is not that light, he is pretty brown-skinned, but I am very pale, so I guess she takes after me. She looks like her dad feature wise, she is just really light. A lot of people ask if she is Spanish because of her complexion and curly hair, but it doesn't bother us. Every mixd child is different and unique! I used to hope she'd get a little darker when she was young, but she is almost 4 now and as light as the day she was born! Some babies change as they get older, but if yours doesn't, just accept it.

Char - posted on 03/24/2012

Simple answer...you never know till it works itself out. Both my kids were born looking white. My daughter has darkened but still has straight hair. My son is quite light with reddish curly hair. I assume they will continue to change as they grow older.



My advice is love your baby, tell her that she's beautiful, point out the features that make her the wonderful blend that she is and don't allow others to tell you what she should look like as a mixed race child!

Jessica - posted on 03/23/2012

Well since there are white genes and black genes present, you never know what skin color the babies will turn out with. I don't think she isn't happy with her "white skin" but she is just wondering if she will get darker. Don't worry either way, she is still who she is no matter what she might look like to those who don't know her. Look at Mariah Carey. I know her dad was bi racial but she doesn't look it at all really. Just depends on which genes God makes stronger in certain genetic make ups.

User - posted on 03/17/2012

why? aren't you happy with her white skin?

Jordan - posted on 03/14/2012

hey. i just joined and saw this post. im 16 and have a 5 month old little boy:)) he is also mixed. when he was born he was soo black. but he lightened up within the first 2 months.. he has stayed pretty light since then. kind of an olive color..

Autumn - posted on 03/01/2012

there are a multitude of genes that go into skin color, there's no one gene, so your child could be any color. It's not uncommon for babies of african-mixed descent to get darker as they get older. But the most important thing is that it doesn't matter what color the baby is, as I'm sure you know. Whether the baby is dark or light doesn't matter. Skin color change all the time, but the most important thing is the child has a firm identity internally.

Amanda - posted on 02/27/2012

my son is white with red hair and his dad is african i can feel your pain.i get asked all the time if he has a different dad then my girls.

Katy - posted on 02/22/2012

I have two little boys who are mixed race, their daddy is of black origin and i am very fair white skin, blue eyes with freckles, my first born was born as white as me and it was only when he got to a year old that he developed lovely olive skin and afro hair he is now four, my youngest has wavy light brown hair, dark brown eyes and very fair skin, but he has a very dark brown birth mark on his body he is nearly three and i just think he takes after me for skin tone, he wil never get any darker, i often get funny looks when people realise they are brothers as they look totally different

but genetics are a wonderful and.i love my babies the way they are. I have friends who's children are half black and white and they are so much darker than my boys are, its nice to hear that its is not just my children that are mixed race and fair skin, :0) i love them to the world and back :0) i often think people sterio type and think that just because i have jad a baby with a black british male and i am white the baby should be really dark skinned with tight curly hair

Maria - posted on 02/05/2012

It depends on whose genes are more dominant,yours or that of your significant other. My oldest took after his dad as far as skin color is concerned. My youngest took after me.

Kristina - posted on 02/03/2012

i have 3 mixed kids, my 6yr old took almost 2 yrs to get to the colour he is now, my 4yr old was the same colour as my son when she was 6mths old and my baby is 2 weeks and he is white as can be, but im sure he will darken up.

Proud - posted on 12/18/2011

I hope no one minds me asking but when a child is 1/2 black and 1/2 white do they usually get the hair texture of the black side?

All the biracial kids I know have the really thick african american hair. Just wondered if they all have hair like this?

Ashley - posted on 09/04/2011

Well my oldest is tan like me(Im half white and half black and dh is white)anyways I had twins a few months ago and one of my boys is tan like me and the other one is white,literally lol with blonde hair and blue eyes just like his father,he may darken a little but he may not.My daughter was light when she was a baby,but as the years passes she developed a tan.

Micheal - posted on 08/14/2011

I didn't know that biracial kids took time to getdarker. My son's not born yet. He's half african american but he's going to be pretty light because his dad is very light.

Paula - posted on 08/12/2011

Your baby is beautiful. But, you must be looking at her thru rose colored glasses because your baby's skin is not white. She is clearly black. Caramel colored but black. Wow how could you not see that? I have a mixed race child and her skin is whiter than mine (I'm Irish) so I was googling when her skin darkens and run across you lol saying your kid's got white skin when she doesn't wow

Jennifer - posted on 06/27/2010

There is a biracial family (black/white) in England and they have 3 kids. One looks like a typical mix. One looks all black. One looks all white (blond hair blue eyes, even). They are used as genetic study subjects because of the variable of the way the kids turned out. So interesting.

So, what does that tell you? That your baby can be any shade! :-) Kids do darken over time, but by a year or so, you should get a good idea of the color.

My family is Irish/dutch, my husband is black - but not very dark. I had no idea how dark my baby would turn out, and she is pretty dark, almost as dark as her dad now and she's only 8 months old. And, if we had another, that baby could be as pasty as me! LOL LOVE genetics - so interesting.

Nicole - posted on 06/27/2010

well my daughter is blk&mexican nd im dark nd my hubby is super light nd shes gonna be two nd shes like super whiter then us its crazy so she can stay tht color

Cassandra - posted on 06/26/2010

i have two kids with my husband who is black n imma white..we have one on the way as well...my first son came out so white but had hazel eyes n a hed full of black hair(which has now turned reddish blond) n he had pretty long soft candy curls...my second son came out pale wit light brown eyes n jet black hair(hasnt changed yet) he has tight kinky curls.... they started getting dark tha older they got now 4 n 3 have a very nice tan about a pecan color but u jus can neva tell cuz everybody is diff...god makes us the way he want us...cant wait to see wat this baby gonna look like...but my husband is high yellow...so mine probly wont get that dark!

Natasha - posted on 06/24/2010

my son is mixed but he has a really light skin color. he is 2 1/2 now and still the same color. he may tan a little in the summer but thats all. i do know of some children that grow to become darker or even some that are darker grow lighter. any way ur child is beautiful no matter the skin color

Stefanie - posted on 06/24/2010

My daughter is very light skinned for a mixed baby! You can see her picture on my profile. I am white and VERY fair skinned and her dad is black, not really dark, but brown skinned...she looks just like him and has all of his features, but is SO light! Everyone always says to him, "She looks just like you, just white!" I have bi-racial nieces and nephews and they are all different shades, but my daughter is by far the lightest! She is going to be 2 in 2 months and I know she isn't getting any darker, but I love her exactly how she is and so does her daddy! That's what matters!

SPRING - posted on 06/18/2010

I am not worried about my babies skin, I would love for her to be darker, but thats because her Dad wishes for that. I LOVE HER REGARDLESS and think she is beautiful;l!

SPRING - posted on 06/18/2010

I am not worried about my babies skin, I would love for her to be darker, but thats because her Dad wishes for that. I LOVE HER REGARDLESS and think she is beautiful;l!

SPRING - posted on 06/18/2010

My daughters cuticles are pretty dark, I am excited !

SPRING - posted on 06/18/2010

My pedi said she would have her color set by the time she gets to walking. Also look at her ears?

Xylina - posted on 06/17/2010

I am bi-racial my dad was half black and half german and my mother is 1/4th black 1/4 native american and 1/2 polish and my bf is 1/2 and 1/2 mexican i am a light brown and my bf is tan but light and our daughter is 11 weeks and she is mexican like tan a lil lighter then me. it really is all up to genetics really you never know my sister looks white has straight hair i'm dark tan and have kinky hair an we have same parents.

Elaine - posted on 06/15/2010

My daughter is mix as well and she is two and a half. And her color started to get dark around 3-4 months but we go out in the sun a lot. that dose have a lot to do with that

Brittany - posted on 06/07/2010

well they could get darker my baby is mixed and she is light and she was white when she came out for the first year or so she got darker cause i took her out in the sun the more sun they get the darker they are and in the winter they get lighter well at least my baby is that way so her color changes all of the time so a good way to tell is look at the top of her ears and around her fangernails and that is the color that she will be it just takes them like 2 years to get there color

Shawna - posted on 05/17/2010

some mixed babies stay very light( or white), there really is no certain age i dont think. my daughter is 16 now, she is faily dark, i know exposure to sunlight will darken a fair colored child. I have a friend with all mixed kids they have great skin tone, the last one she had is with a different father, he is pretty light, so her daughter is white and is now four, you cant tell she is mixed at all

Miranda - posted on 05/14/2010

my oldest daughter is mixed black and white as well.she is nine and when she was born no one belived me that she was a mixed baby.lol she was so white.well she never really got that much darker.when she gets out in the sun she gets a litte darker but no more than a dark skinned whit kid.and she has dark blonde hair.so i would she might not get any darker.i know my little girl hasnt.hope this helps.

Xenia - posted on 05/12/2010

Hi, Ive just joined & just seen this post. My son is 11 weeks old, My partner is asking for a DNA test because our son is so light (thats another issue) I know i havent slept with anyone else so hes welcome to waste his money. Anyway my son is really light, You might be able to see from my profile pic. Is it correct to say that most mixed babies darken over time?? When do mixed babies get their color? My partner also seems to think that he dosent even look mixed!! im going mad over here... just need some people to speak to.. thanx x