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Can You Tell the Skin Colour of My Unborn Baby

I am only a few weeks pregnant and am not sure who is the dad. One man is black one is white and this is the only way I could possibly find out who the dad is. I need to tell one of them soon, so are there any at all tests that could be carried out to find out the skin colour of the baby before it is born? Thank you.

Answer:

I don't think there is any way to tell the skin color of a baby before birth. In fact, most babies are pretty pink at birth! Skin color develops and darkens pretty progressively throughout the first year, along with eye color and hair color/texture.

It is possible to have a paternity test done prenatally. This is often done early in pregnancy using CVS testing. However, it can also be done via amniocentesis and there is a completely non-invasive paternity test done using just a blood sample from the mother.

Once the baby is born, paternity testing is generally a simple and straightforward thing to have done for the baby.

But I don't know that there's a way to tell the skin color of the unborn baby.