I used to believe that if a white couple had a baby in, say, Japan, the baby would look Japanese, i.e., darker skin, straight black hair and almond eyes. If a white couple had a baby in Africa, they would have a Negro baby with Negro features.
A childhood belief about nationalities

others believed things like this
- I used to think that if a white person and a black person has a baby it would be mexican.— J
- on "highway to hell" i always thought it goes "baby see, baby do" instead of "hey satan, payin´ my dues"— Miss Understood
- That because Gerber Baby Food had a baby on it real babies were put in there. Thanks a lot cousin!— Nicole
- I used to believe that a baby shower was a tiny bathtub with a showerhead just for the baby.— Amy
- i used to believe that white skinned people sheaded skin and became black
— help[help - I thought that old movies were black and white because the world was black and white then. — K