

Black woman asked midwife ‘is she mine?’ after giving birth to white baby
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A black woman was so shocked to give birth to a white girl that she asked the midwife ‘is she mine?’ Sophia Blake was stunned when daughter Tiara was born white with blue eyes – despite her family hailing from Jamaica.
While Tiara’s dad Christopher Perkins, 60 and a retired sales manager, is white, Miss Blake thought their daughter would have features from both sets of parents. And to make it more complicated, Miss Blake has a daughter, 17-year-old Donchae, from a previous relationship, who is black. It means many people don’t believe Tiara is her little girl and it has started to cause problems, and it has even left teachers and doctors confused.
The marketing executive, from Selly Oak, Birmingham, told the the Mail Online: ‘People simply don’t believe Tiara is my little girl because she looks so completely different. ‘Sometimes she says, ‘Why don’t we look alike mummy?’ I explain she is mixed race but it is very confusing for her.’
Doctors said the likelihood of Tiara being born white was one million to one because of a dormant white gene in her family. Miss Blake says her family is ‘very black’, which only adds to her shock at how she could give birth to a white daughter with no features from her black relatives. She says other mothers at school must think Tiara is adopted – and a GP recently had to check if Miss Blake was a social worker or guardian. Miss Blake has now decided to speak out to raise awareness that mixed race children can be white or black. She added: ‘We are both extrovert, independent with a quirky sense of humour. And once people get to know us well they say we are very alike. She is so beautiful and I am just so proud.’
Tiann Moses
2017-12-27 #1 AuthorSo amazing & inspiring. It is wonderful on what is black women can do. This is one in a million I would be just as confused.
De’Anthony
2018-02-13 #2 AuthorWow .. This is so amazing!!
Dynesha Gaines
2017-12-27 #3 AuthorHow Adorable ❤ She’s Beautiful No Matter What All God’s Children Are Blessings 👣❤
Kevina
2018-01-19 #4 AuthorI totally agree beautiful either way ❤️❤️
Brytni
2017-12-27 #5 AuthorIm light and my daughter dad is Black & she came out lighter than both of us … So it is possible
Alecya hines
2017-12-27 #6 AuthorWow that’s weird but she shouldn’t be criticized about it!
Chiann
2017-12-27 #7 AuthorAwesome article it’s really amazing how God works .
Rajanae
2017-12-28 #8 AuthorI wonder if she got or thought about doing a DNA test? But then again maybe she just really takes after her dad? Either or hope them the best
Naliyah
2017-12-28 #9 AuthorWow !! Things like this does happen
Gigi
2017-12-31 #10 AuthorIt’s amazing what can happen within the womb of a mother. She should embrace this difference when she gets older and be an example.😍
Shakia
2018-01-04 #11 AuthorSo adorable.. And such a blessing
Londa Latimer
2018-01-04 #12 AuthorShe’s beautiful! God makes no mistakes. I can testify to that!
Punky
2018-01-04 #13 AuthorThat’s so crazy stuff!
Notiosha
2018-01-22 #14 AuthorBeautifullllllllllll family…..