Interfaith Group

Any child that has any visible African ancestry will be identified as African-American. That is how American culture is set up. The old one-drop rule. Many if not most African-Americans have racially-mixed backgrounds. My wife has considerable white and Native American ancestry judging by the appearance of relatives, but we have no facts on the subject.

Secondly, and more importantly, our daughter is adopted. We know enough about the birth mother and family to know that there is a German grandmother in the mix someplace. Our daughter gets blond highlights in her hair in the summer. She and my wife, through sheer coincidence, have identical middle-brown skin tones, considered light by some, though my wife's hair is black and my daughter's is a much lighter brown, though with a very tight curl. My wife's hair has a much looser curl.

Almost everyone who sees us as a family believes our daughter to be our biological child.