[maxkinzie]

I just meant that if you take a CC and an AA person and they have a baby, there's a HUGE range of possibilities for the resulting color. Same if you have 2 AA's, a recessive light-skin gene might surface and you'd get a very light skinned child. Recessive and Dominant genes, you can increase the chances of a particular outcome by studying these, but there's no rules involved. There was a thread here a while ago that addressed AA vs Bi-Racial and the wide wide range of colors. Maybe you know this already, but many full AA babies are born with very very light skin, DD could've passed for caucasion in dim light for a short while.

As for offending with your questions...I'd rather read offensive questions (not yours in my opinion), and have the asker understand why something might be an issue. Several years ago I posed a question, dont' remember it now, but it was an innocent question that set a few people off. I was hurt, but, remember being glad I "learned" here instead of actually doing something ignorantly stupid. I wished a few people would have been nicer about it, after all we'd never adopted before and were trying to be educated about it, but adoption can be an emotionally charged issue, on all sides. The moderators here seem pretty on top of innapropriate "talk". The good faaaar outweighs the negative, and the help I've gotten here has been both eye opening and priceless. Had I adopted without input here, I would have severely shortchanged myself, and my child, and her BirthMom

Again, welcome! and do ask!