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Subject: What characteristics might a French/Ojibwa child have?

Date: Sat Feb 20 19:15:53 1999
Posted by Kathleen Ernst
Grade level: School: na
City: Middleton State/Province: Wisconsin Country: USA
Area of science: Genetics
ID: 919559753.Ge
Message:

Hello,
I write children's books, and currently am working on one set in 
1726 about a girl who has an Ojibwa Indian mother and a French 
father, with blue eyes and red hair.  Is it possible for the girl 
to have black hair and blue eyes?  Or must she inherit the gene 
for blue eyes from both parents?  If so, I would make the girl's 
mother 1/4 French; and her father full French.  In that case, is 
it possible for her to have black hair and blue eyes?  Or, if she 
has blue eyes, would it be likely that her hair would not be pure 
black, but something lighter?

These may seem like odd questions, but the girl's mixed heritage 
and her feelings about her looks are vital to the story.  Thank 
you so much for any assistance.


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