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** Caucasian Rachel mentions having two dads, one white, one black, and that they mixed up their sperm before handing it over so that they wouldn't know who actually sired her. It might seem obvious that it would be the white dad, but when her parents are finally cast, the black one is played by the light-skinned, mixed-race Brian Stokes Mitchell, making it entirely possible that he could be her biological father (especially given Creator/LeaMichele's Mediterranean features).

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** Caucasian A variation is PlayedForLaughs in the pilot episode: Rachel (who is white) has two gay dads, and in voiceover she mentions having two dads, one white, one black, and that they mixed up their sperm together before handing it over to the surrogate mother so that they wouldn't know who actually sired her. It might seem obvious her – but a photograph of her dads shows that it would be the one is white dad, but and the other is black. However, when her parents are dads finally cast, appeared on screen in the flesh in season 3, the black one is was played by the light-skinned, mixed-race Brian Stokes Mitchell, making it entirely possible plausible that he could be her biological father (especially given Creator/LeaMichele's Mediterranean features).
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** Caucasian Rachel mentions having two dads, one white, one black, and that they mixed up their sperm before handing it over so that they wouldn't know who actually sired her. It might seem obvious that it would be the white dad, but when her parents are finally cast, the black one is played by the light-skinned, mixed-race Brian Stokes Mitchell, making it entirely possible that he could be her biological father (especially given Creator/LeaMichelle's Mediterranean features).

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** Caucasian Rachel mentions having two dads, one white, one black, and that they mixed up their sperm before handing it over so that they wouldn't know who actually sired her. It might seem obvious that it would be the white dad, but when her parents are finally cast, the black one is played by the light-skinned, mixed-race Brian Stokes Mitchell, making it entirely possible that he could be her biological father (especially given Creator/LeaMichelle's Creator/LeaMichele's Mediterranean features).
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** Caucasian Rachel mentions having two dads, one white, one black, but she doesn't know which of her fathers is biologically related to her. This sounds silly at first, but when the dads were actually cast, the black one was played by the light-skinned, mixed-race Brian Stokes Mitchell, making it entirely possible that he could've been the one to sire her.

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** Caucasian Rachel mentions having two dads, one white, one black, but she doesn't and that they mixed up their sperm before handing it over so that they wouldn't know which of her fathers is biologically related to who actually sired her. This sounds silly at first, It might seem obvious that it would be the white dad, but when the dads were actually her parents are finally cast, the black one was is played by the light-skinned, mixed-race Brian Stokes Mitchell, making it entirely possible that he could've been the one to sire her.could be her biological father (especially given Creator/LeaMichelle's Mediterranean features).
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** It is sometimes implied he does know but comes up with ridiculous conspiracies to explain the difference because he loves his wife and son so much.

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** It is sometimes implied he does know but comes up with ridiculous conspiracies to explain the difference because he loves his wife and son so much. But it eventually becomes a moot point when Hank helps Dale realize that, "alien" or no, he is Joseph's father in all the ways that matter, and later Dale and Nancy rekindle their marriage, causing her to end her affair with John.
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-->This only what I see. Like the patriarchs of old our men live all in one house with their wives and their concubines, and the mulattoes one sees in every family exactly resemble the white children—and every lady tells you who is the father of all the mulatto children in everybody's household, but those in her own she [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial seems to think drop from the clouds]], or [[StepfordSmiler pretends so to think]].

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-->This only what I see. Like the patriarchs of old our men live all in one house with their wives and their concubines, and the mulattoes one sees in every family exactly resemble the white children—and [[GossipyHens every lady tells you you]] who is the father of all the mulatto children in everybody's household, but those in her own she [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial seems to think drop from the clouds]], or [[StepfordSmiler pretends so to think]].
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The Netherlands story is a bit too specific here.


Two parents, who are the same race (or, in science fiction or fantasy, species), are having a child. Except when the child is born, it is either racially mixed or has some other trait(s) it couldn't have possibly received from its parents. In other words, [[MamasBabyPapasMaybe Mommy had an affair and was knocked up with the cad's baby]].

Even before [[DaddyDNATest DNA testing]], this can resolve the question of whether or not the baby is the father's. If the mother is the main character, expect her to either have been raped or not know why she had a child that doesn't look like its father. In very old stories, the theory of "{{maternal impression}}" may be used to explain it - either seriously, or as a way of bamboozling the putative father.

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Two parents, parents who are the same race (or, (or species in science fiction or fantasy, species), fantasy) are having a child. Except baby, but when the child is it's born, it is it's either racially mixed or has some other trait(s) it couldn't have possibly received from its parents. In other words, To put it bluntly, there's no hiding that [[MamasBabyPapasMaybe Mommy had an affair and was knocked up with the cad's baby]].

Even before [[DaddyDNATest DNA testing]], this can resolve the question of whether or not the baby is the father's. If the mother is the main character, expect her to either have been raped or not know why she had a child that doesn't look like its father. If her husband is the main character or at least the one portrayed sympathetically, it's more likely that she cheated on him. In very old stories, the theory of "{{maternal impression}}" may be used to explain it - either seriously, or as a way of bamboozling the putative father.



As these are sure to be {{Three Month Old Newborn}}s, expect the race to be completely obvious from birth, even though all babies tend to be considerably more pink for the first few days of their life - the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apgar_score Apgar score]] specifically measures this as one of the ways to evaluate a newborn's health. While black infants may appear slightly darker, all newborns generally don't have their true skin tone begin developing until around a few months after they're born.

In RealLife, thanks to the many ways the effects of heredity can manifest, [[TruthInTelevision this can also happen]] if both parents are of mixed race, then their genes can combine in such way that they have a child that appears to be fully of one race. [[http://www.nbcnews.com/health/black-white-twins-brothers-same-mother-1C9926227 Sometimes]] the infant's parents are of different races, while sometimes both parents are themselves mixed race. In one instance in the Netherlands, a white couple who underwent IVF found themselves the parents of a black infant because the lab hadn't sanitized its equipment adequately after performing an IVF procedure for a black couple. However, the old wives' tale of a white parent and a light-skinned black parent (possibly [[HidingYourHeritage passing as white]]) producing a dark-skinned baby is quite literally one in a million. In exceptionally rare circumstances, it is possible for non-identical twins to be born where [[https://nypost.com/2015/03/02/meet-the-bi-racial-twins-no-one-believes-are-sisters/ both happen to be polar opposites of each other]] in terms of skin tone.

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As these are sure to be {{Three Month Old Newborn}}s, expect the race to be completely obvious from birth, even though all babies tend to be considerably more pink for the first few days of their life - the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apgar_score Apgar score]] specifically measures this as one of the ways to evaluate a newborn's health. While black infants may appear slightly darker, all most newborns generally don't have their true skin tone begin developing until around a few months after they're born.

In RealLife, thanks to the many ways the effects of heredity can manifest, [[TruthInTelevision this can also happen]] if both parents are of mixed race, then racially mixed, in which case their genes can combine in such way that they have a child that appears to be fully of one race. In exceptional cases, it's even possible for biracial fraternal twins to [[http://www.nbcnews.com/health/black-white-twins-brothers-same-mother-1C9926227 Sometimes]] the infant's parents are of each resemble]] a [[https://nypost.com/2015/03/02/meet-the-bi-racial-twins-no-one-believes-are-sisters/ different races, while sometimes both parents are themselves mixed race. In one instance parent]] in the Netherlands, a white couple who underwent IVF found themselves the parents of a black infant because the lab hadn't sanitized its equipment adequately after performing an IVF procedure for a black couple. However, racial features. That being said, the old wives' tale of a white parent and a light-skinned black parent (possibly [[HidingYourHeritage passing as white]]) producing a dark-skinned baby is quite literally one in a million. In exceptionally rare circumstances, it is possible for non-identical twins to be born where [[https://nypost.com/2015/03/02/meet-the-bi-racial-twins-no-one-believes-are-sisters/ both happen to be polar opposites of each other]] in terms of skin tone.
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* ''VideoGame/EldenRing'' doesn't draw attention to it, but Praetor Rykard had blonde hair prior to his horrific transformation, even though his father Radagon was a redhead, his mother Rennala a brunette, and both his siblings inherited Radagon's red locks. This is most likely not a case of cheating, however, but [[spoiler:rather him having inherited the famously golden hair of his father's "other self", the God-Queen Marika]].
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* An English expectant father goes to see his newborn...who is black. As soon as he comes in, his wife screams at him, "NOW [[InsaneTrollLogic try to deny you're sleeping]] [[ArtisticLicenseBiology with that Nigerian woman]], you bastard!"

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* An English expectant father goes to see his newborn... who is black. As soon as he comes in, his wife screams at him, "NOW [[InsaneTrollLogic try to deny you're sleeping]] [[ArtisticLicenseBiology with that Nigerian woman]], you bastard!"
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* ''Literature/TalmaGordon'': [[spoiler:Isabel's third child was born with dark skin. Captain Gordon assumed she had been unfaithful, but it was actually from inherited genes on her side.]]

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* ''Literature/TalmaGordon'': "Literature/TalmaGordon": [[spoiler:Isabel's third child was born with dark skin. Captain Gordon assumed she had been unfaithful, but it was actually from inherited genes on her side.]]
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* Done on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' where Gul Dukat leads a Pah-Wraith cult, which includes a pregnant woman and her husband. She gives birth to an obviously half-Cardassian baby, which he tries to play off as a miracle that the Pah Wraiths sent to symbolize his union with them. He later asks the mother if her husband believed this story, and she comments that he ''wants'' to, but...

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* Done on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' where Gul Dukat leads a Pah-Wraith Pah-wraith cult, which includes a pregnant woman and her husband. She gives birth to an obviously half-Cardassian baby, which he tries to play off as a miracle that the Pah Wraiths Pah-wraiths sent to symbolize his union with them. He later asks the mother if her husband believed this story, and she comments that he ''wants'' to, but...

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