When my oldest was born, the nurses used to double-check our bracelets to make sure that they hadn't brought me the wrong baby. I'm quite dark, dark hair (well, before it went white), brown eyes, olive skin. My daughter was blonde and blue-eyed. I thought they would change, but she's such a mutt that she stayed fair, although her hair eventually darkened when she was about 12 or 13. My other daughter got the brown hair and brown eyes.

My mother and I are dark, but my dad was lighter with green eyes. My husband is a big redhead with green eyes, but his dad was dark with green eyes. My MIL is the whitest person I know, with light brown hair and blue eyes. It was genetic bingo!