Re: Can a childs skin color be darker than its parents?

Genes are inherited from both parents; one copy from the mother and one 
from the father.  I'm sure you're familiar with the idea of dominant and 
recessive traits.  A dominate trait will be seen if the dominant gene is 
present even in one copy.  A recessive trait will be seen only if the 
progeny inherited a recessive gene from both parents.  In general, the 
darker colors are dominant over the lighter colors, this applies to hair, 
eye and skin color.  However, color is not denoted by just one gene.  There 
seems to be multiple genes that specify hair, eye and skin color -- this is 
still being worked out.  So depending on what combination of genes were 
inherited, then yes, the child of the above couple can be darker than 
either parent.