question about genetics

alyssa123 · April 2020

if i have a sim with freckles or beauty marks, could those features be passed onto their children?

loubyloulou · April 2020

alyssa123 wrote: »

if i have a sim with freckles or beauty marks, could those features be passed onto their children?

I don't believe so - I think you'll have to apply them in CAS.

alyssa123 · April 2020

@loubyloulou i had a feeling that was the case, but i just wanted to double check. thanks!

haisin · April 2020

At least freckles can. Darrel Charm and Alice Martin had a baby in my game and the toddler has freckles

I was surprised to notice it when I observed the toddler in CAS and then remembered that Darrel has freckles too.

beadierturtle · April 2020

There's two types of people; those that like freckles and those that are wrong.

Simmerville · April 2020

Nope. Freckles and beauty spots are not passed on by the game. In fact, I never even saw them being randomly added.

There's nothing stopping you from adding them manually, as you see would be natural from their DNA. In my game I have one additional DNA-string including both freckles and spots. Also need of glasses etc. What I see is that a sim with freckles might lose them on the next birthday, like if they were regular makeup. So I need to check each sim against DNA on every birthday. I keep all data in a spreadsheet, easy to access.

I wish all this (and more both related to skin and mind) was handled by the game. It also feels very limited that there are only 2 (?) beauty spot positions unless you have Get Famous or download CC. I wish those spots and freckles were included on their skin, and there would also be a chance of spots on their body, not only their face. Pretty much like the pet fur was handles in TS2 (or was it TS3), where a pattern could be the same as parent, but with a slight re-position it would give different visual outcome

haisin · April 2020

But I have a child who inherited freckles. I wondered would the freckles disappear if I aged her from toddler to child, but they are still there. I didn't add them, because I hardly ever remember to add small details to my sims.

I have no idea where she inherited her eyecolour though.

HarleyQuinnGirl · April 2020

beadierturtle wrote: »

There's two types of people; those that like freckles and those that are wrong.

Exactly. You're probably crazy if you don't love freckles

I do really love freckles though

Admiral8Q · April 2020

I have identical twins that inherited their freckles, red hair, and eye color from both parents.

I guess being Viking, there's not much variety in genetics.

Simmerville · April 2020

haisin wrote: »

But I have a child who inherited freckles. I wondered would the freckles disappear if I aged her from toddler to child, but they are still there. I didn't add them, because I hardly ever remember to add small details to my sims.

I have no idea where she inherited her eyecolour though.

Oh, that's way cool! No CC skin?

I never had it happen in my game, and there must have been 500 births by now, LOL. Your mother looks like one of the Strangerville sims, I don't have the Strangerville pack, but I guess we all have the same patches regardless of packs.

FanPhoria · April 2020

I don't think so, cause I use a mod that makes freckles and beauty marks inherited. But maybe there was an update that made them genetic? In which case that mod may be unnecessary now, lol.

Kimmer · April 2020

It's possible, but very rare, at least in my saves and I don't use any mods. I've had only one or two Sims that have inherited freckles from their parents. I do love to use freckles a lot on my Sims, but their children hardly ever inherit them.

haisin · April 2020

Simmerville wrote: »

haisin wrote: »

But I have a child who inherited freckles. I wondered would the freckles disappear if I aged her from toddler to child, but they are still there. I didn't add them, because I hardly ever remember to add small details to my sims.

I have no idea where she inherited her eyecolour though.

Oh, that's way cool! No CC skin?

I never had it happen in my game, and there must have been 500 births by now, LOL. Your mother looks like one of the Strangerville sims, I don't have the Strangerville pack, but I guess we all have the same patches regardless of packs.

Nope, I play vanilla

That's a lot of births!! Both of the parents are premades (Strangerville and Realm of Magic), but yes I believe we have the same patches. My save is almost 1,5 year old.

I really wish I would remember to use freckles and the different teeth more! It would be fun if the teeth passed on too.

MaggieMarley · April 2020

Yes, skin details can be inherited and I have even found it to be very common. I have had moles, freckles and even wrinkles inherited on many occasions. Lots of kids in my 100 baby challenge inherited skin details. My patriarch was Vlad and quite a number of them inherited his wrinkles! Some also inherited freckles or moles from their other parent.

MaggieMarley · April 2020

I have had plenty of skin details inherited in other saves but I have pictures from the my 100 baby challenge closest to hand so here are all the kids from my 100 baby challenge who inherited skin details:

Kellen inherited Vlad's forehead wrinkles

Ken inherited Vlad's forehead wrinkles

Stefanie inherited Vlad's mouth wrinkles

Connie inherited Vlad's mouth wrinkles

Marciela inherited Leila Illes' freckles

Anaya inherited Vlad's mouth and forehead wrinkles and Johnny Zest's mole

Reece inherited Inna Cent's mole

Robyn inherited Katriana Caliente's mole

Carina inherited Katrina Caliente's mole and Vlad's mouth wrinkles and forehead wrinkles

Rez inherited Vlad's forehead wrinkles and mouth wrinkles

Dan inherited Vlad's mouth wrinkles and forehead wrinkles

Harold inherited Vlad's forehead wrinkles and mouth wrinkles

Eugi inherited Vlad's forehead wrinkles and mouth wrinkles

Tonya inherited Kat Cave's brow wrinkles and cheek crack

Karen inherited Vlad's forehead wrinkles and mouth wrinkles

Gianni inherited Ulrike Faust's mole and Vlad's forehead wrinkles and mouth wrinkles

Abel inherited Ulrike Faust's mole and Vlad's forehead wrinkles and mouth wrinkles

Casey inherited Liberty Lee's freckles and Vlad's forehead wrinkles and mouth wrinkles

Jayme inherited Liberty Lee's freckles and Vlad's forehead wrinkles and mouth wrinkles

Rogelio inherited Vlad's forehead wrinkles and mouth wrinkles

Bernardo inherited Grace Anansi's freckles:

alyssa123 · April 2020

@MaggieMarley really interesting that you've found it to be common while others haven't. i guess it's still a little up in the air. i'll try it for myself and see what i get!

MaggieMarley · April 2020

@alyssa123 it is strange. I don't have any mods which might affect it. Maybe others just don't use parents with skin details very often?

allmyfriendsaresims · April 2020

I haven't had it happen yet either!
and yes freckles are beautiful!

Frn0731 · April 2020

I must say those are some unfortunate looking sims...
I have quite a few sims that have inherited freckles and moles, I don't have any pics but they are all related to Caleb Vatore whose wife had freckles.

Arzekial · April 2020

alyssa123 wrote: »

if i have a sim with freckles or beauty marks, could those features be passed onto their children?

If you have MCCC there is a setting you can choose to have physical traits of parents pass on to offspring. You can even set the %

It is random though. You can't specify which will pass on.

Arzekial · April 2020

Double post.

Admiral8Q · April 2020

I was going to test this, but obviously it's already been observed. @MaggieMarley

Mariefoxprice83 · April 2020

I've had freckles inherited in a save once.

SimQueenie9 · April 2020

I had a Sim who inherited freckles from his mother. c:

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