They both have the colorings of their mother, but I'd say that they probably have a good mix from both sides. But I think one looks more like you than the other though. They sure are pretty! I'm admiring one daughter's silver streak in her hair. Is it natural? I seem to be growing one myself.

I kinda got a 50/50 split of both my mom and dad. Haole dad had sandy brown hair, blue eyes, pale skin, pointy nose, thin lips. Okinawan mom has black hair, brown eyes, dark skin, flat-ish nose, full lips. I got, dark brown hair, hazel eyes, medium olive skin, rounded nose, and medium lips.

I don't know what it all means.

Papaya,

You look more Japanese to me than Caucasian. I hate to be redundant but you, Jenn and Sandi are all very lovely.

I am partial to Asian women and brunettes in general.

When I was a baby I had a bright orange shock of hair and I looked very Japanese. As I got older, my hair got darker, but it still gets blonde/orange highlights if I'm in the sun a lot. It's odd, since my Japanese mom has black hair, and my Caucasian dad has brown. He does have some blondes in his family, however.

Throughout my life, Japanese people tend to think I look Russian, Spanish or some other non-Japanese mix. And white people tend to think I look Japanese. I guess I'm just confusing. :)

Mari

Thanks lady, you're no slouch yourself :)

yes, mixed people are so fucking beautiful!

but i have to disagree about the original statement cause i've met so many half japanese who go either way in their looks with no pattern.

myself im chinese and white. among me and my brothers, we span the whole range of looks and yes, it shifts all over the place with age, and i think attitude and demeanor.

I'm with Christopher on this one. I've learned that race is relative and constantly shifting. It does not reside within the object, but the withing the subject -- that is to say, it all depends on who is doing the viewing, not on whom is being viewed. As such, while it ironically reveals zilch about the racee, it does betray the love-tendencies of the racist. Some racists - anyone who categorizes another human as a racial quotum is a racist - want to include you in their race and some want to keep you out. It's unfortunate that most racists choose the latter. Gives racism a bad name, doesn't it?

I can even shift race sitting in the living room with my own family, although it happens less frequently these days. Depending on what I am doing, which language I'm speaking, I can be seen differently by my own mother or father. It's understandable because parents look for themselves in their children and see not only your kao or sugata, but your kokoro as well.