When a black man and a white woman have a child, does the child become white? If a white man and a black woman have a child, does the child become black?
Last Updated: 20.06.2025 02:46

Seal is a Black man and had children with his ex. Heidi Klum, a White woman.
These kids are neither White/Black, they’re them, mixed/biracial/whatever you’d like to label it. They are uniquely them.
No! Genetics are a roll of the dice.
Regardless, just love the kids.
It’s stupid AF. lol.
Their kids look like this:
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Why would that make sense to you?
Other examples.
On the flip side, Serena Williams and her husband, Alexis Kerry Ohanian, their children (she had another baby) are lighter in skin tone:
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Clearly, this is a mixed bag. You never know what you will get.
(All pics are available publicly, submitted to various media outlets anyone can access.)
Plus, less progressive societies usually, incorrectly, believe the man has the stronger genes. So this isn’t even a widely held belief. A common belief is that the father decides the race, which is stupid.