The black cat mystery / myLot

Philippines

February 23, 2023 2:03am CST

Our pure black cat gave birth to three kittens. The mystery is that the kittens' colors are 1. pure white, 2. striped gray/black, and 3. white, brown, and black. But NO PURE BLACK. I was wondering, perhaps the father was pure white? Yes, that could be. Because how could a pure black cat give birth to a pure white cat? I wouldn't believe it, if I hadn't seen it with my own two eyes. Has this ever happened to your pets? What other explanations could you give?

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MasGion

@MasGion (1847)

• Malang, Indonesia

23 Feb 23

in DNA genetic theory, there is dominant and not dominant. Sometimes not dominant genetic will appear in their descendant

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MasGion

@MasGion (1847)

• Malang, Indonesia

23 Feb 23

is it right teacher? @ifa225

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Jenaisle

@Jenaisle (16568)

• Philippines

25 Feb 23

@MasGion I see, genetics is a complex principle indeed.

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Ifamous

@ifa225 (14468)

• Indonesia

23 Feb 23

@MasGion I don't know.. I think the grand grand mother of the cat has this kind of DNA

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502491)

• Italy

23 Feb 23

I see that @evilamericans already explained you the reason why the kittens are different. Only cats who live inside a home have identical kittens from the same male cat.

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Jenaisle

@Jenaisle (16568)

• Philippines

25 Feb 23

@LadyDuck

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Jenaisle

@Jenaisle (16568)

• Philippines

25 Feb 23

I learned that indeed from @evilamericans . I no longer wonder why, because she goes out often outside of the house.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502491)

• Italy

25 Feb 23

@Jenaisle The female cat of our neighbors also was often outside. She had 3 kittens, two were the same as their male cat and a third one was a Siamese, like the cat of another neighbor.

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Sanjeev

@sjvg1976 (42727)

• Delhi, India

24 Feb 23

It's tough to know it, to learn genetics is very complicated.

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Jenaisle

@Jenaisle (16568)

• Philippines

25 Feb 23

Indeed, even simple blood typing is complicated, if you don't know the basics.

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Sanjeev

@sjvg1976 (42727)

• Delhi, India

25 Feb 23

@Jenaisle that's why there is a separate subject known as genetic engineering taught in colleges.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135770)

• Marion, Ohio

23 Feb 23

Genetics can be very complicated. For a simple explanation black can hide many color genes. What you are calling white I can see in the picture will continue to darken on the face and tail at least. That is the gene that makes the Siamese coloring. It can be hidden. Also the multi colored one we call calico and it is a female. That pattern can be hidden also. And one cat can have all those genes in them without you knowing. They just need to mate with another cat that has them and everything match up right at conception

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Jenaisle

@Jenaisle (16568)

• Philippines

25 Feb 23

Right, thanks for that valuable information. I can see that you're well-versed on the topic. I didn't even know what they call them.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135770)

• Marion, Ohio

25 Feb 23

@Jenaisle I have raised rabbits in the past and bred for certain colors so had to learn. For cats when I wanted to know with them it was easier as I had already learned the basics

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

24 Feb 23

I would think one of the grandfathers or grandmother cats would have been white.

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Jenaisle

@Jenaisle (16568)

• Philippines

25 Feb 23

Or one of the fathers is white.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99367)

• Atlanta, Georgia

25 Feb 23

@Jenaisle Somewhere in the generations there must have been a white cat.

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (130150)

• Israel

23 Feb 23

@Jenaisle Sorry I cannot answer that because my pets were fixed before they could have any babies. I believe you when you say the father probably was pure white so the baby could come out white and not black.

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Jenaisle

@Jenaisle (16568)

• Philippines

25 Feb 23

Yes, that could be the case as explained in the other replies. Thanks.

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (130150)

• Israel

26 Feb 23

@Jenaisle You are welcome.