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May 28, 2009
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My mothers father is three quarters Native American (Cherokee) and one quarter African American. Her mother is half French and half Irish (celt). My mother has always had very dark (reddish brown, almost black) and absolutely straight hair, light green and almond shaped eyes, plus a sort of yellowish complexion. She tan very easy.
My father is half Irish, half Scottish and has dark blue eyes and medium to dark brown hair (which is also wavy/slightly curly).
My siblings and cousins all have dark brown or black hair (wavy/curly or straight as an arrow, depending on which side of the family they come from), dark blue or brown eyes and yellowish to olive skin. All tan easy, some of them look like indians (N.A's), some look really celtic and some even look black.
So far so good. And then it's me..
I was born with dark reddish brown hair and dark blue eyes, no big surprise there really. However these trademarks soon vanished and were mysteriously replaced by blonde hair and VERY bright blue eyes. My skin is yellowish but quite fair, I tanned real easy as a kid (judging by photos and my mothers word) but these days I have to be more careful since I never know from time to time if I'll end up tanned or burned!
I look a lot like my mother (who looks like a mix between a celt and an indian, think Olivia Hussey!) and people tell me this a lot. I can see I too, but still there are quite a few pivotal differences, mainly.. we don't look like we belong to the same race!
I think I look Jewish (even though I'm absolutely sure we don't have any Jewish ancestors within the latest 600 years or so, before that - who knows?) or really, really Scandinavian (or am I thinking Dutch?) with my baby blues and dark blonde hair. And, to further add to the mystery, I have slightly wavy hair with a real tendency for nappy hairs around my temples.. WTF?
I have grilled my parent about all this on occasion but they assure me that I'm not adopted and the baby/kid in the photos is indeed me. Still.. I LOOK SO DAMN WHITE!?
I can't get my head around this. Genetics huh?
(Ps! Almost all of the women in my family have slender legs, big boobs and at least half a booty.. and, as you've already guessed, yours truly has fat thighs, flat chest and NO ASS!)