I have Rape-Colored Skin

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41. Wow - like looking in a mirror

This me to a T. I am African American, black, a woman of color...my skin is lighter. My parents black, grand parents, great grand parents all black. I have green eyes. A more common trait of Europeans. I'm the only one in my immediate family that has them. My grandfather, father's side, (rest in peace sweet grandfather) had green eyes, but none of his children, my uncles or aunts, only maybe 3 of my cousins have them, but no one on my mother's side.

I studied this alot mostly out of my own curiosity that blue eyes are recessive, so both parents need to have them to pass on to a child. I don't know where that gene exists on my mother's side, but know it wasn't recent. I can only guess what may have happened over a century or more ago. I like to think it was some secret love, probably not, but I may never know.

I think all Americans, and I mean all of us, by this point in our history could be called mutts. Good post!