The dominant "Freckle" trait?

Question

If the freckle trait is dominant, how come if a black person has a child with a person possessing the freckle trait, the child has no freckles?

Answer 1

Yes, like the other poster said, it's a case of melanism, like melanistic jaguars, (sometimes called panthers), they're black, but if you look closely, you can still see the spots! I hope this helps! ^_^  

Answer 2

The genetic trait towards freckles isn't dominant or recessive, it's related to a genetic variant, and if you have that variant you tend to get freckles no matter what color your skin is.

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About FRECKLES!

Q. What are freckles?

The simple answer is they are an uneven tan. Your skin color depends on the amount of a pigment called Melanin it contains. The more Melanin you have the darker your skin color. Albinos have no Melanin at all in their skin!

Melanin helps to protect you from the harmful ultraviolet rays in sunlight. When these rays hit your skin, the Melanin cells in your skin respond by releasing their chemicals which darken your skin and protect you better from the sun.

In some people, the Melanin tends to "clump" in areas which appear darker than the skin surrounding them. This is how freckles come about. Melanin is regulated by the MC1R gene, and a variant of that gene is believed to determine how freckly you are. When you spend lots of time in the sun, these clumps of melanin are stimulated to produce more pigment thus you get darker, or even more freckles! The tendency to have freckles seems to be inherited.

Q. Why do females and children seem to have more freckles than men?

My best guess about this is because women and children have thinner skin than men generally do. Thinner skin would not only allow your freckles to be seen easier, but also make it easier for sunlight to stimulate the Melanin Clumps into action.

Hormones may also play a role, as when pregnant women are said to get the "Mask of Pregnancy" which often is associated with more freckles.

Q. Do all skin types get freckles?

Every Race from Blacks to Asians, to East Indians can get freckles; but they are most common on White people. Freckles usually start to appear around the age of 5 years old, and generally peak during the Teenage years. They seem to fade during adulthood, which is probably due to hormonal changes and the fact that adults working jobs aren't outside exposed to the sun as much either.

Freckles ROCK!

Answer 3

the 'freckle trait' is  melanin deficiency. it is not a dominant trait.  and what you said about black peoples children is not true. who told you that? my girlfriends father is black, and she has lots of freckles.

Answer 4

black people can have freckles