OK, I do hate to be the guy who nit-picks the joke, but, well, black kids aren't particularly black when they come out. Mine weren't, and their auntie (who is all of four months older) - despite being "of colour" on both sides of her family tree, unlike my two - was also white when she was born. The kids' colour changes as they age.
Yeah, I get that. What I'm saying is that even compared to my ... takes a moment to work it out ... cousin? (You'd think a guy with a Welsh family would be better at tracking the whole cousins-once-removed thing, but I'm not...) - who's Ghanaian on one side and Caribbean on the other - the baby is too dark.
That is interesting, I did not know.
I've seen the reverse a couple of times. I've seen kids that were darker until about a year and then turned whiter.
OK, I do hate to be the guy who nit-picks the joke, but, well, black kids aren't particularly black when they come out. Mine weren't, and their auntie (who is all of four months older) - despite being "of colour" on both sides of her family tree, unlike my two - was also white when she was born. The kids' colour changes as they age.
Note the palm/foot sole difference. The author absolutely meant to mean the baby was mixed of some kind with both "parents" being regular white.
I feel like an absolute dumbass not noticing upon posting, but im going to let this play out regardless.
Yeah, I get that. What I'm saying is that even compared to my ... takes a moment to work it out ... cousin? (You'd think a guy with a Welsh family would be better at tracking the whole cousins-once-removed thing, but I'm not...) - who's Ghanaian on one side and Caribbean on the other - the baby is too dark.
I mean im not gonna psychoanalyze the authors color gradient choices.
The 'parents' are white and the baby isn't exactly white, like that guy ain't pappy, that much is clear.
Fair point. I mean, there's a chance the author doesn't know - I certainly didn't - or that being accurate would mean the joke didn't work.
That is interesting, I did not know. I've seen the reverse a couple of times. I've seen kids that were darker until about a year and then turned whiter.