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Jovanne - posted on 04/08/2013

Hello! I am newly married as of last year and have a daughter (5 yrs) from a previous relationship. My husband is Vietnamese and is a wonderful step-father. We are expecting a boy, due in June, who will be of Vietnamese and English-Irish-French origin. My daughter and I are of English-Irish-French origin. Therefore, my two children will be half-siblings of different races. I hope so badly that my two children will be close despite their racial differences and the fact they are half-siblings. I also hope that we are accepted by the community despite my children not resembling one another. I truly love my family and wouldn't change a thing. It is just hard dealing with people who ask inappropriate personal questions about my family. It shouldn't matter. It would be wonderful to have your support. I'm so glad to have found this group.

Tristam - posted on 06/26/2011

hi I am aussie and my husband is philippino we have a son who has my white skin and freckles oh and hair colour dark blonde then his got his dads eyes nose and lips I think people can pick his half Asian because of his Asian type eyes we have just found out we are having another baby wondering what this one will look like lol

Jade - posted on 11/13/2010

hi my name is jade i was born in canada, my father is from laos and my mother is english/irish. my daughter is turning 3 dec. 30th and she looks like her father who is canadian/irish.

Nicole - posted on 03/29/2010

Hello. any other aussie mums out there? I have an 8 month baby girl who is half Thai, one quarter Serbian and one quarter 'aussie mixer' (english/scottish/irish/godknowswhat). Haven't really had any problems with discrimination or anything except that sometimes people are suprised that the asian parent is the father (instead of mother). A white man with an asian woman is by far more common and sometimes people are a little weird about it being the other way around, but hey their problem...

Yan - posted on 03/01/2010

Hi everyone. I'm Chinese and my husband is American. I have a 2 months old newborn girl. It is hard to tell she looks more like me or my husband. She get my hair color (that is black) but my husband skin color. It doesn't really matter to me that she looks more white or Asian just that she is healthy. I don't have any problem with my husband's side of family maybe because they are living pretty far away from us (they live in Illinois and we live in Texas). Nice meething you all.

Flora - posted on 09/29/2009

Hi, I am Flora. I am Burmese ( Myanmar ) and my husband is African ( mixed Nigerian and Botswana ) We have little daughter who is 7 1/2 months old named Jayla. I have not really got any problem so far except some Burmese people make fun of i married a black man. But i don't really care those people and i love diversity =)

Rachael - posted on 06/04/2009

The same thing happened to my mother when I was a kid. My neurologist actually had the audacity to ask my mom if she was certain that I was her kid. /facepalm.

For the most part when I fill out forms, I tend to check off "Asian" just because I identify with it more, but for certain medical forms (like Quad screen testing) I was advised to check "other". Usually in the blank I'll write out "Eat me." LOL!

Kristin - posted on 06/04/2009

Hi! I am of Caucasian descent (German, Italian, Czech) and my husband is Filipino (part Chinese, part Spanish). My kids (twin boys who are 6 1/2 and a daughter who just turned 1) definitely favor my husband, but as they get older, you can see a little bit of me in them. Of course, they are beautiful. :) Especially since they are mixed. I too have been concerned about what they check off since they are a little bit of everything. I am hoping by the time they need to fill out forms, they will have something that they will be able to identify with. As for people making snide comments, I think I have heard it all. I once got asked, "Where did they come from?' I said, 'My belly.' I think the lady was mortified. I also get a lot of questions because they are twins. Some people can be so rude!

Barbara - posted on 06/02/2009

Just wanted to introduce myself...I'm Barbara, and I am half asian (Thai) and half white (Native American, Italian, and German.) I grew up with the whole 'clash' of culture thing going on-my 'white' half trying to make me independant, while my 'asian' half was trying to make me more docile-as most asian women are taught to be. It caused a lot of issues for me growing up...but I think I got the best of both worlds! Now, I have two sons-they are 3/4 white and 1/4 asian...but you couldn't tell it to look at them. I don't want them to lose their heritage, but it's so hard to 'teach' them about a culture when you are like me and somewhat 'diluted'. I try to let the kids spend as much time with my mother, (who is Thai), as possible so that she can teach them her culture and language...but being military, that also makes it hard! Hope to meet a lot of new folks on here and get some great ideas!

Amber - posted on 06/02/2009

Hello All!
I am Amber Robledo and I am Black( African-American), An my husband Is Half Korean and half Hispanic. We have to young boys. My Hubby is in the US Army and is stationed in Koorea while we are here in the States. We haven't really had any issues family wise but people do look at me and my sons weird. My eldest looks like me except he has slanted eyes like his grandmother and my youngest looks full Korean, so people assume that there are two men involved which isn't the case. I've learned to ignore such ignorance and politely explain that my boys have the same father and just because you marry in your race doesn't mean that i have too. Anyways thanks for making this it'll be nice to talk about the food i've learned to make from my mom-in-law( who's Korean) and know that people know what i'm talking about. I also would like to get to know mom's like me.

Rachael - posted on 06/02/2009

Hi ladies and welcome! Being half-asian myself, I did notice being treated differently by my father's family (who are white) than my mother's (who are Filipino). Unfortunately my daughter isn't terribly acknowledged by my father's side of the family, although she is technically "more white" than I am (her biological father is of German descent). It's still a struggle for children of mixed races, but at least we know that we're not alone.

Oh, and I found out recently that on filling out forms, for race we count as "other". How about human? ;-)

Jennifer - posted on 06/02/2009

Hi !
I am Black( African -American) , and my husband is Japanese. We have had someissues, surprisingly from family.While things are better now, occasionally I notice differences in treatment when other family members children ( who are of mixed asian race) are around. I sometimes wonder if I ambeing overly sensitive but don't believe so. Thanks for creating a place to connect with other moms like me !

Deborah - posted on 06/02/2009

Hi Rachael, I am Hispanic (Mexican American) and my husband is half Japanese and half Pakastani. Talk about a melting pot! Our little boy is only 4 months old, but I worry about what part of his heritage he will be able to identify with in the future. For example, when forms ask about race, what does he check off??? He is more Hispanic than anything else, yet doesn't have the darker skin color and he has grey eyes! His eyes are slender like his Japanese grandmother. It will be interesting to see what he ends up looking like as he gets older. One thing for sure...he'll be beautiful as all mixed race children are! Thanks for creating this area...Debbie Ahmed