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Is it all possible for two light-skinned people to have a dark-colored baby?
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Yes, Genetics 101: Skin color is a mendelian inheritable trait based upon all the genes from many generations of each parties past not just the two people directly involved in comception.So yes it is possible to have a darker skinned child..
Answered 9/23/2017
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