itS2Krazy

imma chink!

wu

I'm just curious how you are 2/3 Filipino and 1/3 Chinese. I thought the denominators are supposed to be even numbers like 1/2, 14/ 1/8, 3/16, etc...

Just curious.

I suppose the 2/3 could be 4/6, but you would have to have 2 parents, 4 grandparents, and 8 great-grandparents.

BigMeanBull

joon is my korean name

hyperpm

so if grandma is chinese and a great granddad is spanish, then person would be 1/4 chinese and 1/8 spanish correct?

sebrings2k

ahhhh...
so your full korean name must be 2 characters?

wu

Yes, Ed, that is correct assuming that one grandparent is 100% one ethnicity, great-grandparent is 100% another ethnicity. The person in question is thus 5/8 everything else.

wu

So here is the million dollar question that I am stumped on:

Let's say Russell Wong and Kristen Kreuk have four kids. Now each parent is precisely 50% Chinese and 50% Dutch. According to high school biology, at least one kid will be 100% Chinese, both physically and genetically. One kid will be 100% Dutch, both physically and genetically. Now the other two kids will look the same theoretically, their physical outside dictated by their dominate ethnicity (not sure which that might be). However, their genetic makeup will be 50% Chinese, 50% Dutch, just like their parents. Is this true? Does anyone know of any real life examples?

Ever since I took biology, I always wanted to know the answer to this question. I know humans are more complex than rats or peas, but what would these kids look like? Would people think that one kid was adopted because the other three looked the same?

yamo

I have a friend who's 1/2 Japanese, 1/2 American, and so is his wife. All three of his kids look like Happas

-Marc

sebrings2k

[QUOTE]Originally posted by yamo
[B]I have a friend who's 1/2 Japanese, 1/2 American, and so is his wife.

wu

[QUOTE]Originally posted by yamo
[B]I have a friend who's 1/2 Japanese, 1/2 American, and so is his wife.