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Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you my new avatar! (for a little while)

It totally has nothing to do with the big comp whatsoever. Nope. No siree. You shouldn't start speculating. At all.

...also I won't be participating in the big comp. As a contestant that is. Why? Well...you'll see...

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Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you my new avatar! (for a little while)

It totally has nothing to do with the big comp whatsoever. Nope. No siree. You shouldn't start speculating. At all.

...also I won't be participating in the big comp. As a contestant that is. Why? Well...you'll see...

That big comp looks interesting ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )

Is that what kids call it these days?:D

 So is the next big comp about sexy ladies or something?

</justcameoutandsaidit>

(Unless I'm missing something and she's already changed it.) Also I find it really funny that that's Cogito's avatar all the while her member title is Stalagg. =P

Looks like I missed the chance to enter the holiday one. =<

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Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you my new avatar! (for a little while)

It totally has nothing to do with the big comp whatsoever. Nope. No siree. You shouldn't start speculating. At all.

...also I won't be participating in the big comp. As a contestant that is. Why? Well...you'll see...

That big comp looks interesting ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )

Is that what kids call it these days?:D

 So is the next big comp about sexy ladies or something?

</justcameoutandsaidit>

(Unless I'm missing something and she's already changed it.) Also I find it really funny that that's Cogito's avatar all the while her member title is Stalagg. =P

Looks like I missed the chance to enter the holiday one. =<

I don't know whether I should be creeped out or flattered. XD

I chose that avatar because it looked like me (blonde hair, fair skin, vaguely Asian), so...thank you?

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Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you my new avatar! (for a little while)

It totally has nothing to do with the big comp whatsoever. Nope. No siree. You shouldn't start speculating. At all.

...also I won't be participating in the big comp. As a contestant that is. Why? Well...you'll see...

That big comp looks interesting ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )

Is that what kids call it these days?:D

 So is the next big comp about sexy ladies or something?

</justcameoutandsaidit>

(Unless I'm missing something and she's already changed it.) Also I find it really funny that that's Cogito's avatar all the while her member title is Stalagg. =P

Looks like I missed the chance to enter the holiday one. =<

I don't know whether I should be creeped out or flattered. XD

I chose that avatar because it looked like me (blonde hair, fair skin, vaguely Asian), so...thank you?

You're Asian with blonde hair?

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Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you my new avatar! (for a little while)

It totally has nothing to do with the big comp whatsoever. Nope. No siree. You shouldn't start speculating. At all.

...also I won't be participating in the big comp. As a contestant that is. Why? Well...you'll see...

That big comp looks interesting ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )

Is that what kids call it these days?:D

 So is the next big comp about sexy ladies or something?

</justcameoutandsaidit>

(Unless I'm missing something and she's already changed it.) Also I find it really funny that that's Cogito's avatar all the while her member title is Stalagg. =P

Looks like I missed the chance to enter the holiday one. =<

I don't know whether I should be creeped out or flattered. XD

I chose that avatar because it looked like me (blonde hair, fair skin, vaguely Asian), so...thank you?

You're Asian with blonde hair?

Half-Vietnamese, Half-Quebecois. And yeah, I have blonde hair. =P

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Do you dye it? Blonde hair is recessive so it shouldn't be possible for half-Asians to have it? I'm incredulous.

 Dominant genes do not always override recessive ones. They only have a higher chance to. All recessive genes may or may not show up in a person, they just do so less often. I imagine this might be a stronger possibility in the case of highly common recessive genes -- like blonde hair -- which tend to show up over many generations as opposed to JUST the partner someone reproduces with specifically, although with that I'm just musing.

But yeah, sometimes less-likely genetic combinations do occur. One of my best friends is blonde even though her entire family is redheaded (and not even strawberry blonde, like you'd assume she'd be with blonde genes and an incomplete dominant like red hair). I also know a guy with VERY blue eyes (recessive) even though the rest of his family has brown (dominant). Stuff happens. =P

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Do you dye it? Blonde hair is recessive so it shouldn't be possible for half-Asians to have it? I'm incredulous.

 Dominant genes do not always override recessive ones. They only have a higher chance to. All recessive genes may or may not show up in a person, they just do so less often. I imagine this might be a stronger possibility in the case of highly common recessive genes -- like blonde hair -- which tend to show up over many generations as opposed to JUST the partner someone reproduces with specifically, although with that I'm just musing.

But yeah, sometimes less-likely genetic combinations do occur. One of my best friends is blonde even though her entire family is redheaded (and not even strawberry blonde, like you'd assume she'd be with blonde genes and an incomplete dominant like red hair). I also know a guy with VERY blue eyes (recessive) even though the rest of his family has brown (dominant). Stuff happens. =P

 That's not a good example. Blonde and red hair are both recessive genes. And your friend can have blue eyes if both parents had one blue eyes gene and one brown eyes gene, since they both would then have brown eyes, but their kids would have a 25% chance of having blue eyes. Those are also White people examples. Asian people don't have blonde hair genes, or blue eye genes, so there's no chance of getting those from an Asian parent. And the genes express differently when combined. I know plenty of half-Asian people. They all have dark brown hair and brown eyes. Which is why I'm incredulous, unless it's dyed.

• Because the Frenchies colonized the Vietnam a few centuries ago, one of my Vietnamese ancestors must've married a Blond(e) French guy/gal who immigrated to Vietnam.
• Never say never! Although it's highly improbable for a person of half-Asian descent to have blonde hair, it's not entirely impossible. Remember that mutations can happen and with such a large population in Southeastern Asia, there's statistically going to be at least a few people with blonde hair. There are also some Asian people with blue eyes and blonde hair (albeit very few). I'm sure you could find some with a quick Google search. For example, this Uyghur girl from China is blonde!
  
• I'm adopted and unaware of it. Or I was a result of a genetic experiment. Or maybe one of parent's had a different spouse and lied to me. Or any other theory that doesn't follow occam's razor. :P

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Do you dye it? Blonde hair is recessive so it shouldn't be possible for half-Asians to have it? I'm incredulous.

 Dominant genes do not always override recessive ones. They only have a higher chance to. All recessive genes may or may not show up in a person, they just do so less often. I imagine this might be a stronger possibility in the case of highly common recessive genes -- like blonde hair -- which tend to show up over many generations as opposed to JUST the partner someone reproduces with specifically, although with that I'm just musing.

But yeah, sometimes less-likely genetic combinations do occur. One of my best friends is blonde even though her entire family is redheaded (and not even strawberry blonde, like you'd assume she'd be with blonde genes and an incomplete dominant like red hair). I also know a guy with VERY blue eyes (recessive) even though the rest of his family has brown (dominant). Stuff happens. =P

 That's not a good example. Blonde and red hair are both recessive genes. And your friend can have blue eyes if both parents had one blue eyes gene and one brown eyes gene, since they both would then have brown eyes, but their kids would have a 25% chance of having blue eyes. Those are also White people examples. Asian people don't have blonde hair genes, or blue eye genes, so there's no chance of getting those from an Asian parent. And the genes express differently when combined. I know plenty of half-Asian people. They all have dark brown hair and brown eyes. Which is why I'm incredulous, unless it's dyed.

It's not dyed hair, so I was just as surprised as you.

Okay, so here's what I think what when down (What? Since when was this forum about creating cards?). My mother obviously has a blonde gene because most of her ancestry was blonde, and she has a blonde gene herself. Meanwhile, my father has black hair, so one of his genes is black hair. He then must also carry an "unactivated" blond gene. So the main question is where did that gene come from.

So there are a couple of things that could've happened:

• Because the Frenchies colonized the Vietnam a few centuries ago, one of my Vietnamese ancestors must've married a Blond(e) French guy/gal who immigrated to Vietnam.
• Never say never! Although it's highly improbable for a person of half-Asian descent to have blonde hair, it's not entirely impossible. Remember that mutations can happen and with such a large population in Southeastern Asia, there's statistically going to be at least a few people with blonde hair. There are also some Asian people with blue eyes and blonde hair (albeit very few). I'm sure you could find some with a quick Google search. For example, this Uyghur girl from China is blonde!
  
• I'm adopted and unaware of it. Or I was a result of a genetic experiment. Or maybe one of parent's had a different spouse and lied to me. Or any other theory that doesn't follow occam's razor. :P

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Do you dye it? Blonde hair is recessive so it shouldn't be possible for half-Asians to have it? I'm incredulous.

 Dominant genes do not always override recessive ones. They only have a higher chance to. All recessive genes may or may not show up in a person, they just do so less often. I imagine this might be a stronger possibility in the case of highly common recessive genes -- like blonde hair -- which tend to show up over many generations as opposed to JUST the partner someone reproduces with specifically, although with that I'm just musing.

But yeah, sometimes less-likely genetic combinations do occur. One of my best friends is blonde even though her entire family is redheaded (and not even strawberry blonde, like you'd assume she'd be with blonde genes and an incomplete dominant like red hair). I also know a guy with VERY blue eyes (recessive) even though the rest of his family has brown (dominant). Stuff happens. =P

 That's not a good example. Blonde and red hair are both recessive genes. And your friend can have blue eyes if both parents had one blue eyes gene and one brown eyes gene, since they both would then have brown eyes, but their kids would have a 25% chance of having blue eyes. Those are also White people examples. Asian people don't have blonde hair genes, or blue eye genes, so there's no chance of getting those from an Asian parent. And the genes express differently when combined. I know plenty of half-Asian people. They all have dark brown hair and brown eyes. Which is why I'm incredulous, unless it's dyed.

It's not dyed hair, so I was just as surprised as you.

Okay, so here's what I think what when down (What? Since when was this forum about creating cards?). My mother obviously has a blonde gene because most of her ancestry was blonde, and she has a blonde gene herself. Meanwhile, my father has black hair, so one of his genes is black hair. He then must also carry an "unactivated" blond gene. So the main question is where did that gene come from.

So there are a couple of things that could've happened:

• Because the Frenchies colonized the Vietnam a few centuries ago, one of my Vietnamese ancestors must've married a Blond(e) French guy/gal who immigrated to Vietnam.
• Never say never! Although it's highly improbable for a person of half-Asian descent to have blonde hair, it's not entirely impossible. Remember that mutations can happen and with such a large population in Southeastern Asia, there's statistically going to be at least a few people with blonde hair. There are also some Asian people with blue eyes and blonde hair (albeit very few). I'm sure you could find some with a quick Google search. For example, this Uyghur girl from China is blonde!
  
• I'm adopted and unaware of it. Or I was a result of a genetic experiment. Or maybe one of parent's had a different spouse and lied to me. Or any other theory that doesn't follow occam's razor. :P

I guess you could secretly be a Targaryen. It's happened before.

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Do you dye it? Blonde hair is recessive so it shouldn't be possible for half-Asians to have it? I'm incredulous.

 Dominant genes do not always override recessive ones. They only have a higher chance to. All recessive genes may or may not show up in a person, they just do so less often. I imagine this might be a stronger possibility in the case of highly common recessive genes -- like blonde hair -- which tend to show up over many generations as opposed to JUST the partner someone reproduces with specifically, although with that I'm just musing.

But yeah, sometimes less-likely genetic combinations do occur. One of my best friends is blonde even though her entire family is redheaded (and not even strawberry blonde, like you'd assume she'd be with blonde genes and an incomplete dominant like red hair). I also know a guy with VERY blue eyes (recessive) even though the rest of his family has brown (dominant). Stuff happens. =P

 That's not a good example. Blonde and red hair are both recessive genes. And your friend can have blue eyes if both parents had one blue eyes gene and one brown eyes gene, since they both would then have brown eyes, but their kids would have a 25% chance of having blue eyes. Those are also White people examples. Asian people don't have blonde hair genes, or blue eye genes, so there's no chance of getting those from an Asian parent. And the genes express differently when combined. I know plenty of half-Asian people. They all have dark brown hair and brown eyes. Which is why I'm incredulous, unless it's dyed.

It's not dyed hair, so I was just as surprised as you.

Okay, so here's what I think what when down (What? Since when was this forum about creating cards?). My mother obviously has a blonde gene because most of her ancestry was blonde, and she has a blonde gene herself. Meanwhile, my father has black hair, so one of his genes is black hair. He then must also carry an "unactivated" blond gene. So the main question is where did that gene come from.

So there are a couple of things that could've happened:

• Because the Frenchies colonized the Vietnam a few centuries ago, one of my Vietnamese ancestors must've married a Blond(e) French guy/gal who immigrated to Vietnam.
• Never say never! Although it's highly improbable for a person of half-Asian descent to have blonde hair, it's not entirely impossible. Remember that mutations can happen and with such a large population in Southeastern Asia, there's statistically going to be at least a few people with blonde hair. There are also some Asian people with blue eyes and blonde hair (albeit very few). I'm sure you could find some with a quick Google search. For example, this Uyghur girl from China is blonde!
  
• I'm adopted and unaware of it. Or I was a result of a genetic experiment. Or maybe one of parent's had a different spouse and lied to me. Or any other theory that doesn't follow occam's razor. :P

I guess you could secretly be a Targaryen. It's happened before.

Sounds like me when I play Dragon decks. "WHERE. ARE. MY. DRAGONS?!"

Okay to steer this away from a forum about genetics, the new season will start around new year's eve!

Also the big comp's final poll will be a week before that so stay tooned for that!

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Okay to steer this away from a forum about genetics, the new season will start around new year's eve!

Also the big comp's final poll will be a week before that so stay tooned for that!