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All genetic traits

Inherited trait

Face Freckles

Freckles are a single on-or-off trait. Having freckles is dominant - one parent passing them on is enough - so freckle-free children need both parents to lack them.

Dominant to recessive

FrecklesDominantNo extra shades - it's on or off

Shows up if even one parent passes it on.

No frecklesRecessiveNo extra shades - it's on or off

Both parents must pass it on for a child to show it.

What will my child inherit?

  • Freckles is dominant: a child shows it whenever at least one parent passes on the gene.
  • No freckles is recessive: a child only shows it when both parents pass it on.
  • Two Freckles parents can still have a No freckles child - if both quietly carry the No freckles gene, it can surface.
  • Two No freckles parents always have No freckles children.

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Data extracted from Paralives Early Access game files (build 1). Stats and counts verified against the shipped catalog.