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How can children from the same parents look so different?

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Answer: Each parent has two different sets of genes, which means that each parent only passes half of their genes to their child. The half that gets passed down is random so each child ends up with a different, unique set of genes. This can cause children from the same parents to look so different.

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User Rafael Kassner
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The answer has to do with the fact that each parent actually has two different sets of genes. And that each parent passes only half of their genes to their child. And that the half that gets passed down is random. All of this together ensures that each child ends up with a different, unique set of genes

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