Every family looks different. Some couples and their children look very similar, whereas in others they look so different from one another.
But for mom Mellany McGurk-Davis, the way members of her family look makes no difference in how much she loves them. She is fair-skinned and has auburn hair. Her husband, Cortez, is darker-skinned and has dark hair.
When the couple welcomed their first baby, everyone was stunned by how much their daughter looked like her father. So when Mellany got pregnant a second time, she says that she joked about how funny it would be if their second child ended up looking just like her.
When the child was born, she could have never guessed she would be so right! It's an odd coincidence that is bringing this family even closer together.
You can see more photos of this beautiful family and read the mother's words in the post below.
My husband, Cortez, and I met almost 9 years ago through mutual friends here in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. We have been married for a little over 3 years.
Creating a family is something that was very important to us, and we were blessed with expecting our first daughter a few short months after being married. When our daughter, Willimina Daisy, was born everyone told us she was a spitting image of her father.
So, when we were expecting our second daughter, Valentina Janie, I joked that she would be my mini me.
Never in a million years would I have guessed she would be born with fair skin, auburn hair, blue eyes, and truly my mini me. Watching our girls grow up and interact is truly the greatest gift in the world. The only difference Willimina sees in her baby sister is that she has ‘big chunky cheeks.’
Do I worry about them growing up in this crazy world with ‘different skin colors?’ No, not at all. My husband and I will raise them no differently, treat them no differently, and, most importantly, love them no differently.
Kids are colorblind and love is every color of the rainbow. Genetics do crazy things and skin color doesn’t matter in the eyes of children. Love is love!
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