Creative Speculation

The fabled "white devil". One might suppose that an early equatorial tribe of darker-skinned people would, on occasion, be shocked by a child being born with significantly paler skin. Such child would be perceived as an evil portent and killed, sacrificed to some god or other to appease. The mother might be suspected of fornicating with a evil spirit. Once that happens, that increases the likelihood that a mother birthing such a child in the future would flee, rather than have her child slaughtered.

One might suggest that the entire fable of the birth of Jesus is a glamorized retelling of this ancient story, flipped on its head, so that the hated child now becomes the "savior". Self-justification for sacrificing kith and kin for the survival of the spooky mutant. A mother's love triumphing over superstitious tribalism. Goethe's "eternal feminine leading to perfection." Planetary DNA taking its first steps toward "escape velocity".