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Shadowcat said:
Sorry, I also realized I forgot to add one more thing. When I said dominance over brown hair and eyes I meant genetically.
For example if a child is given an allele for blonde hair from one parent and an allele for darker hair from another parent, the darker hair will show up in the phenotype everytime. The only way for this to not happen is if the alleles for blonde/red hair is given by both parents. Same with blue and green eyes. I have the allele for blue eyes from my mother and brown from my dad. My dad has the same genotype as me in that regard, but he got his brown eyes from his mom despite having a blue eyed allele from his dad in his genotype.
The genes for darker hair and eyes override the genes for lighter hair and eyes. Its just a genetic rule. Which is why it is best for people with lighter hair and eyes to stick with someone of their own phenotype to prevent these traits from dying out if they have children. That's all.
This is not true. I have relatives and have seen others, one parent will have dark hair (with no blonde parents or grandparents, no blonde allele), and the other has blonds hair, and their child has blonde. Even into adulthood, their hair stayed blonde. HPS Maxine also wrote she has dark hair and eyes, and her children are blonde with blue eyes.
I was also taught what you wrote in science class. Science seems to ignore reality. The truth is, if both parents are white and are of a healthy compatibility with each other, their children will inherit the best of both.
I know another family, both parents have medium brown hair, not blonde at all. Yet both their children (who are now adults) have very pale blonde hair, nearly white, it is so pale. This is why there is hope for the white race, we can and will upgrade easily, if we mate correctly.