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Question:if it wasn't passed down to your parents?Can traits like that skip a generation?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: if it wasn't passed down to your parents?Can traits like that skip a generation?

I think so. I look like both of my parents in my own way but a lot of my physical traits also came from my grandmother for example my hair and skin tone.

This is the genealogy forum, not genetics. They are not the same thing and are not related.

Genealogy is a HISTORICAL body of research of one's deceased ancestors, and is about birth/marriage/death dates and places, what countries our ancestors came from, how our ancestors affected and impacted history, etc; and uses HISTORICAL documents such as birth certificates, marriage certificates, death certificates, tax records, land records, court records, church records, wills and probate records, etc., to back up and document our research, and anyone can do it if they work at it.

Genetics is a SCIENCE that requires years of college and specialized training to do, and is concerned with genes, microbiology, etc., and uses SCIENTIFIC methods and experiments to prove or disprove theory or to show cause and effect. Research is done in a lab, not in the records basement of court houses and churches.

Genealogists are not geneticists.

Definitely, Our DNA is so complex that our traits could be from generations back or could combine and make you albino. My friend and his sister has bloned hair and neither do their parents, but one grandparent did. Wich ever gene is dominant in XX or XY

Yes, traits can skip a generation, or several generations.
For basics on DNA, check out the website, www.familytreedna.com and the book, "Trace Your Roots with DNA" by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak and Ann Turner, or similar.