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I came into this world just as pink as could be…and I have pretty much stayed that way, as hard as I have tried to bronze myself in the summer sun, for the entirety of my caucasian life! My husband, well, he’s a different story. He came into the world, to a very confused and suspicious, black mother who thought her baby had been switched with an Indian child, with very light skin and a headful of STRAIGHT, silky black hair. What’s so strange about that? Well, nothing to those of us who know that children of African-American heritage can be born one shade (skin and eyes) and can take up to several months to “darken up” as my husband’s side of the family puts it.
I saw the pictures tonight. You know, THE pictures of Little Miss Blue Ivy Carter. My first thought was – “Wow! What a beautiful child!” My second thought, and I did feel a little badly about it but I’m going to be honest about it anyway, was – “Whew! That little girl lucked out comin’ out looking like her mama!” Never did it cross my mind to question the DNA of this precious baby girl. Never did I wonder if the pictures were staged, using another person’s baby. Never did I question whether the pregnancy was faked and that this, in fact was an adopted baby. Never.
In My Opinion:
I have to say, I am shocked by the ignorance so blatantly displayed in comment after comment below Blue Ivy’s first publically released photos. It’s not just white folks either, it’s a lot of people flashing their ugliness for the world to see. Really? First of all, I doubt that either Jay Z nor Beyonce give a flying fart about whether anyone believes this little girl is really theirs! Seriously. Secondly, why would she fake a pregnancy when celebs adopt all the time, and there is no shame in doing so? Lastly, and for all those who really just didn’t know:
Black/biracial children can, and often do, get darker complected as the weeks go by. Their hair can, and often does, change texture – even up into puberty and beyond. Their eyes, just as with white babies, can be a steely blue at birth and then eventually change to the color decided by their DNA later on. All five of our children were born with dark brown eyes, and they stayed that way. All five of ours were born with thick, STRAIGHT, jet black hair – and that changed in all five of them! One has thick and super curly, two have bigger ringlets, and two have barely a wave. Even now, our oldest son’s hair is changing again as he’s becoming a man. Their hair also lightened a shade from jet black to dark brown, and their skin (that started pink, like mine) darkened between just olive to true tan – and I remain the only pink person in our home!
Blue Ivy is their baby, People! Just congratulate the new family and mind your own business for crying out loud!
Thank you Donna, I so agree with you, that baby is the spitting image of her mama, those eyes give it away all the way. But misery loves company and hate is all around us. I think she is beautiful and she is so very blessed. I say Congrats to Jay and Bey on their beautiful baby Blue. And my kids too were extremely pink at birth, I even asked “Um, shouldn’t she be a little darker?” lol, and to this day she is still the fairest of the two, with the ringlets like your boys. Blessings to Ms. Blue, and much love.
Donna, totally agree! Biracial children definitely can have a lot of variation from birth to adulthood and those changes are always coming as they develop. Lily came out fairly dark, with more indio in her face and dark tightly curled hair. As she grew, her hair texture softened, her skin lightened and her eyes became wider. These kinds of changes are the norm, I think…and I’m sure she will continue to change as time goes one.
People are ridiculous for jumping all over this and if they want to attribute this baby’s perfected look to anything, they can assume that the parents likely have one of the best photographers money can buy. 😉
IMO, she looks just like her mommy and daddy. 🙂
People love to hate and love to have something to gossip about! I didn’t give any thought to it not being their child. My son’s skin lightened after he was born and like Chantilly said above in regards to her daughter; my son as well had more indio features in his face. He has lost a lot of those features now.
Yep, people need to mind their own business. Think about this precious child and if you don’t have any thing nice to say, then don’t say anything at all!
Amen! Amen! and AMEN!
chantilly ur stupid a$$ beyonce is black and so is shawn…. where do u get ur biracial comment from…. plz.. higjly doubt she pushed that child out..remember the interview where her whle belly folded in the middle n she was supposed to b 5 months,,did u forget that lady???? beside’s she never was photographed showing her bare belly like many celeb’s have n regular people… her egg maybe shawn sperm maybe but her uterus definitly not cut it out already pl..she would not ruin her career by expanding her waist line…and beside’s her thighs stayed the same way she wore 5 inch heels all through her fake pregnancy and so forth.. plz will the real “birth mother” of Ivy plz come forward..
Ahahahaha! First of all, my name is Donna, lol. Second of all, YOUR stupid a$$ should learn a little something called grammar before you start questioning another’s intelligence. Third, Beyonce’s mom is Creole, which is where the biracial comment came from, and Beyonce’s baby pics portray a child who looks biracial. Lastly…who cares?!! It’s no one’s business whether Ivy came out of her womb, although I’m unclear as to why you want to prove that she didn’t. They are still a family. So will the haters please sit down, “plz”
Actually Beyonce is MIXED! She has Creole and French. Her father is dark but her and her sister are light like their mother! The baby looks like both of them. Even if a child is black they don’t come out the color they are going to be.a few weeks after they are born. So you sound stupid with your stupid AAA!!!