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    Question about Genetics

    SailorCetiSailorCeti Posts: 807 Member
    edited August 2018 in The Sims 4 General Discussion
    In the game, a child is just son or daughter. It doesn’t matter if they were born to the couple or adopted. How does the game know when to pass genes down and when not to?
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    • Mariefoxprice83Mariefoxprice83 Posts: 8,108 Member
      An adopted child wouldn't have the same genetic features as a biological child though so logically that sim's children shouldn't resemble the adoptive grandparents.
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    • foxx_fennecfoxx_fennec Posts: 761 Member
      I think genetics are set at birth. Kids in the adoption pool are spawned with randomized genetics instead of inheriting.
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    • CupidCupid Posts: 3,623 Member
      Metaphasic wrote: »
      In the game, a child is just son or daughter. It doesn’t matter if they were born to the couple or adopted.
      Not understanding what you mean by this?
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    • foxx_fennecfoxx_fennec Posts: 761 Member
      Cupid wrote: »
      Metaphasic wrote: »
      In the game, a child is just son or daughter. It doesn’t matter if they were born to the couple or adopted.
      Not understanding what you mean by this?

      I think OP means there’s nothing on the family tree or relationship panel that shows if a kid is adopted.
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    • SailorCetiSailorCeti Posts: 807 Member
      edited August 2018
      foxx_fennec wrote: »
      Cupid wrote: »
      Metaphasic wrote: »
      In the game, a child is just son or daughter. It doesn’t matter if they were born to the couple or adopted.
      Not understanding what you mean by this?

      I think OP means there’s nothing on the family tree or relationship panel that shows if a kid is adopted.

      Bingo. I have a sim who has taken in a friends kid upon their death. The child is listed as daughter. But she isn’t. I don’t want the “dad” genetics affecting her kid.

      Here’s the thing. She wasn’t born in game. I made her when I made him, in the beginning.
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    • foxx_fennecfoxx_fennec Posts: 761 Member
      In that case, her genetics were set in CAS.
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    • ShinzenShinzen Posts: 250 Member
      Yeah, like foxx_fennec said, the genetics of an adoptive father won't show up for her. The only time genetics are passed down is, like in real life, when two parents have a biological child together in-game.
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    • SailorCetiSailorCeti Posts: 807 Member
      But how do I fix it? There was only one option at creation time. This is game breaking for me.
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    • PinkPaws66PinkPaws66 Posts: 755 Member
      You must have clicked on play with genetics instead of new sim?
    • drakharisdrakharis Posts: 1,478 Member
      Metaphasic wrote: »
      But how do I fix it? There was only one option at creation time. This is game breaking for me.

      You can delete the child in CAS use the parent/s of choice and create a child that way through play with genetics or have the couple try for a baby
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    • SailorCetiSailorCeti Posts: 807 Member
      PinkPaws66 wrote: »
      You must have clicked on play with genetics instead of new sim?

      No. It was a new sim, but the relationship thing wouldn't allow roomate. Only daughter.
      drakharis wrote: »
      You can delete the child in CAS use the parent/s of choice and create a child that way through play with genetics or have the couple try for a baby

      Oh no... she's aged up to teen and young adult at this point. She's maxed out almost all her skills. I don't want to do that.

      This game needs more Sailor Moon!

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    • Teslachick2Teslachick2 Posts: 442 Member
      Try saving her to your library and delete her from your save, then add back to the household. That should clear the relationship.
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    • LairaLaira Posts: 39 Member
      If she is a YA, you should be able to change her relationship in CAS. Just type testingcheats on and then cas.fulleditmode.
    • PinkPaws66PinkPaws66 Posts: 755 Member
      If you have mccc you can change the relationship that way as well.
    • SailorCetiSailorCeti Posts: 807 Member
      Laira wrote: »
      If she is a YA, you should be able to change her relationship in CAS. Just type testingcheats on and then cas.fulleditmode.

      You know, I didn’t consider that. Thanks!

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    • dopaminedroiddopaminedroid Posts: 169 Member
      But no matter what the relationship is set as, the girl's "dad" has no effect on the genetics of the girl's offspring, does he?
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    • foxx_fennecfoxx_fennec Posts: 761 Member
      dopaminedroid wrote: »
      But no matter what the relationship is set as, the girl's "dad" has no effect on the genetics of the girl's offspring, does he?

      Correct.
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    • SailorCetiSailorCeti Posts: 807 Member
      edited August 2018
      foxx_fennec wrote: »
      dopaminedroid wrote: »
      But no matter what the relationship is set as, the girl's "dad" has no effect on the genetics of the girl's offspring, does he?

      Correct.

      Let me make sure I understand what you guys are saying.

      If I create a new family with a husband and wife, then make a "new sim" child and set their relationships, the child has it's own DNA.

      If I create a new family with a husband and wife, then make a "play with genetics" child for them, the child inherits their DNA.

      Is this correct?


      This game needs more Sailor Moon!

      Hold SHIFT while using the FRIEZE tool to apply it to a single wall, and not an entire room!

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    • dopaminedroiddopaminedroid Posts: 169 Member
      I believe so yes. As far as I understand, a sims can't pass on their parents DNA if they themselves don't exhibit it. So once a child is born or made, it has its "own" DNA, so no matter the relationship with their parents, there is no recessive DNA from their parents that could be passed on to their own offspring.
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    • mmt3363mmt3363 Posts: 385 Member
      Metaphasic wrote: »
      foxx_fennec wrote: »
      dopaminedroid wrote: »
      But no matter what the relationship is set as, the girl's "dad" has no effect on the genetics of the girl's offspring, does he?

      Correct.

      Let me make sure I understand what you guys are saying.

      If I create a new family with a husband and wife, then make a "new sim" child and set their relationships, the child has it's own DNA.

      If I create a new family with a husband and wife, then make a "play with genetics" child for them, the child inherits their DNA.

      Is this correct?


      That is correct. The only way to link genetics is to have a sim child in game or create one using “play with genetics” in CAS.
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