speaking of genetics, something bugs me about Narcissa

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 100476

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, MadameSSnape at a... wrote:
> In a message dated 6/8/2004 7:00:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> alina at d... writes:
> Moreover, Narcissa's sister is a brunette. Do genetics allow for 
full
> siblings to have black and blond hair?
> ===========
> Sherrie here:
> 
> Yes. <g>  I'm one of five siblings - growing up (before we 
discovered the 
> wonders of hair dye!), my youngest sister and I were blondes, my 
brother light 
> brown, one other sister a dark true brown, and the last a VERY 
dark 
> reddish-brown.  (We also have eye color ranging the entire 
spectrum from blue to dark 
> brown.)
> 
> The mechanics of recessives and incomplete dominants can make for 
some 
> interesting families...
> 
> Sherrie

Ditto for my family: three blondes with blue eyes (two with very 
light eyes, one very dark) and very Aryan complexions and one with 
dark brown hair, green eyes and olive skin. But I like the theory of 
Narcissa dyeing her hair to blend in with the uber-pasty Malfoys. 
Sleakeazy's One Minute, Wand Applied Hair Bleach? 
Meri