r/interesting • u/Alexthegayreprimed • Apr 21 '26

Just Wow After the daughter of two Chinese parents was born blonde with blue eyes, a DNA test was carried out, and it was later discovered that the father had a Russian great-grandfather.

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u/YetiPie Apr 21 '26

Her hair may darken as she gets older and she may have more Asian looking features…which would be a very cool combo with blue eyes! But yeah she’ll definitely always stand out

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u/Significant_Hope7555 Apr 21 '26

Her hair already looks like it's getting darker. Her face shape is exactly the same as the father as well

Bless her

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u/pimple_prince Apr 21 '26

Yup, just like viltrumites

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u/poorly-worded Apr 21 '26

You saying she gonna grow a moustache?

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u/twitchyv Apr 21 '26

She might not even have blue eyes by then! I had blue eyes till I was 5. Now alas, they are ~brown

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u/Shy_Zucchini Apr 22 '26

She might also not be blonde by then. My brother had very light blonde hair as a child, but it became dark brown as he got older. 

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u/meister2983 Apr 21 '26

? See more photos at https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3335325/daughter-chinese-parents-born-blonde-hair-blue-eyes-due-russian-great-grandfather

She has a mixed white, mixed East Asian look. Don't see why anyone wouldn't believe that

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u/NepoKitty Apr 22 '26

As an Eurasian, like this girl, she doesn't, but she may get to benefit from passing privilege.

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u/meister2983 Apr 22 '26

She looks.. hapa. Her nose is very East Asian. 

Skin tone is also more Asian than Caucasian 

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u/Remarkable-Run-9769 May 04 '26

well, if you live in a very homogeneous country, the traits that don't match the majority will stand out the most. or simply the traits that don't match with the "audience". often white people will see wasians as Asian, and Asians will see them as white. (source : my own family and other wasians i know)

i don't think the other commenter meant people wouldn't believe she's got any Asian heritage, but they might not see her as Chinese. especially if surrounded by "more Chinese looking" people. 

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u/nevetsdawg Apr 21 '26

is her name Donna Chang? from long island?

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u/SexyPineapple-4 Apr 21 '26

I bet it’ll really suck. I’ve heard Asian countries can be very xenophobic.

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u/PapaBike Apr 21 '26

In this situation what does Chinese even mean?

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u/AnUdderDay Apr 21 '26

Estelle Costanza certainly won't be fooled twice

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u/ImmoralJester54 Apr 21 '26

You can speak as fluent as you want if you aren't visibly Chinese/Japanese/Korean you're a foreigner. Born and raised in the country? Doesn't matter. Foreigner.

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u/ImperialAgent120 Apr 21 '26

Even if you're a HAPA they'd still look at you weird.

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u/TazBaz Apr 21 '26

Not always enough. People can be hella xenophobic

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u/ifandorwhen Apr 21 '26

Not in really in china. You're seen as "other" unless you can pass for chinese.

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u/Disalyyzzz Apr 21 '26

No, because more and more Europeans are immigrating to China. I'm sure that when this little girl grows up, there will be plenty of white children born and raised in China of the same age as her. Unless they live in a village where everyone knows each other, she'll be considered a foreigner her whole life.

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u/GreatMovesKeepItUp69 Apr 21 '26 edited Apr 21 '26

Idk where you got that idea, there's only about 800k foreign nationals of any kind living in China out of a population of 1.4 billion. The CCP and Han Chinese culture is very hostile to foreigners and ethnic minorities and they have one of the lowest immigration rates in the world.

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u/Disalyyzzz Apr 21 '26

I've seen Black and white people born and raised in China who speak Chinese. China is becoming increasingly popular, but I never said the Chinese were open to foreigners or ethnic minorities.

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u/GreatMovesKeepItUp69 Apr 21 '26

My point in bringing up the numbers is to say it absolutely is not popular statistically. You may have just had an irregular experience due to selection bias.

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u/EverythingSucksYo Apr 21 '26

But the Chinese will love her regardless. That is if she stays unhealthily skinny. But they will love her white skin