Children Born to Original Townies - Sims 3

[Alexandria_]

You're welcome, Pam. It was interesting to see what happened.
By the time I had tested the Keaton boy 4 times, and was awaiting the birth of the Ursine girl, I was so sure she'd be the same. It was a bit of a surprise that the final time she turned out different.

I also noticed that at the start of the game, the townies start with the same wishes. For example, Justine starts with the wishes to interview Blair and Hank, where Claire starts with the wishes to fish with live bait.

[RubyLovesSims]

No, I don't recall doing anything differently.
Maybe it's just like the chances of having a single child, twins or triplets. The more children, the less chance of having them. Maybe there's a scale for genetics, say it's more likely to have thin lips, then big lips, then normal lips.

Thank you for that very interesting study, Alexandria. With the last Ursine girl having big lips and nose, it could be put down to "dominate" and "recessive" genes, or just chance. According to Sims Wiki, genes were a lot more complicated in the Sims 2. In the Sims 3, they supposedly rely on chance. I doubt the chance is completely equal and unaltered, though.
Take a look- http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Genetics

I suppose that leads to the question:  at what point are a sim's genetics decided?  And is it possible to do anything to alter that, like there is with the gender?

I think the babies genetics are decided just before birth, as is the gender (Although that can be influenced beforehand.).

[jeanamariex3]

This is Ramin Keaton, son of Marty and Justine Keaton.

Ramin kinda resembles Bruno Mars in this picture.

[xFezIsAFreakx]

That's exactly what I was thinking, Jeana!

[Gogowars329]

I just realized that my sim from my decadynasty can be posted here. Her parents are Pauline and Hank Goddard. Here she is.

[xFezIsAFreakx]

Woah, she really is a double of Pauline!

[TheChronicR]

As I said before, Maddy is one interesting Sim. I love the mix of features, especially facial ones - it's great! I mean, she is.

[Gogowars329]

Woah, she really is a double of Pauline!

The only things that are from Hank are the hair colour and eye colour. The rest is Pauline incorporated.

[RubyLovesSims]

Oh, Gogowars, that is one very pretty girl. She does have a rather remarkable combination of facial features.

[jeanamariex3]

So Walter and Yvette Grisby had another child after Laurel. Her name is Shana and she's really not that bad looking. She's got the ears, but that's it. What do you think?

NOTE: The Grisby Family is a premade family in Riverview, and they're well known for their appearance.

[Tommyo3000]

They're not really too ugly besides the ears which could be covered by a different hairstyle.

[jeanamariex3]

They're not really too ugly besides the ears which could be covered by a different hairstyle.

I agree. My Stylist actually made the whole family over. I have pictures of Laurel and Yvette in this thread.

[Katluvr]

My dynasty founder ran into Claire Ursine and Jared Frio's daughter at the consignment shop recently.  This is Alexis Ursine...



She takes a little too much after Claire for my taste.

[jeanamariex3]

I knew I wasn't the only one who had my Ursine-Frio babies look like that. Although, Jared kind of has a weird nose, so I assume she got her father's nose. Thank goodness for Edit in CAS cheat.

I plan on making their baby a daddy's girl and a school bully in a future game.

[matrona99]

This thread is a lot of fun. Here are the children born to Christopher Steel and Jamie Jolina in my game:

Jolie, the eldest:

Her sister Jeanne-Marie:

Their teen-age brother Alexandre:

And their youngest brother, Laurent, who looks a lot like his father:


Jolie has married Sam Sekemoto and Jeanne-Marie has married Mortimer Goth. They've got some good-looking children between them. I'll share those pictures later, if pics of grandchildren of townies are acceptable here.