I seriously doubt it just on a programming point of view. That would require that the software maintain a database of the grandparents for each and every villager (once your tribe gets beyond its first round of villagers). Given that it's possible to have as many as 115 villagers at a time, that's a lot of data that has to be maintained.

I'm not saying it's not possible or the reason for the odd children, but it just doesn't strike me as being something important enough in the game to merit a full database of genetics.

Instead, I think the software merely takes the average of the parents at the time in which they breed. They do maintain the genetics until the child is 18, but they drop it after that.

The more examples of these "odd" kids that turn up, the better chance I have of finding any kind of pattern. Could it be 1 in every 10 births? Or the time of day or night in which the child is born (if born at <hour>:15, then it'll be a random child which results in a 1 in 60 ratio due to there being 60 minutes each hour)? Maybe there's a basic calculation of the general tribe, and when it's found to be too far out of balance (or too balanced with all villagers' numbers being rather close to each other), then a "new" kid is mixed in? I doubt any of these are the case, but it's important to consider various possibilities.

I just think however it's done, it's done at the time the child is selected (when they turn 2 and we can finally see the child), and it's done using some kind of mathematical equation.

Yes, the sounds are always inherited from the mom. I didn't know that orignally so my oldest tribe only has hehehe and hahaha. A newer tribe has six different kids with sounds thanks to a barrel of babies all girls. (Makes chart to keep sounds going which means each woman has to have one girl child. Sounds easy but I had to go through 5 boys before I got a girl on one)

how long did it take you ?? i have been doing this in 'my head" for over a year . i have certain villagers that are
my favs . so i always try to make them

Are you asking how long did it take me to figure it out or to start getting the villagers I want?

Regardless, I'm happy to say that I now have 4 very blonde children running around. The only problem is that they're all female and the last male blonde is 72 years old. I let him breed one last time with 3 females which I'm using to get the blonde children so I'm hoping for at least 1 male in the bunch.

I'm just so happy to get my blondes back, especially the girl with long blonde hair. She's my favorite. I now have 3 of them!

Awesome! Thx!

(By the way, does this also work for VV1? I hope so!)

No. In VV1, the heads are completely random.

wow that looks like a lot of work! good job! this is a very interesting topic

Well, Vicki, I've done some equations for some of my children (my tribe has had 57 babies as of this moment, so it's only a small percentage of them). Anyways, their averages all fell within their parents' expected averages, but I will post the pics of some of them anyways. One of them I am having trouble figuring out. I can't figure whether his dad is a six or a sixteen, so I'll post his pic first.


Next, here are some of the other children I did equations for.


9+7=16/2=8 real #7


7+13=20/2=10 real #10


9+19=28/2=14 real #15


9+19=28/2=14 real #15


9+7=16/2=8 real #7


8+12=20/2=10 real #10


7+13=20/2=10 real #10

The dad in this picture is a 6. So that would make it 6+9=15, 15/2=7.5, real child=8. So that also falls within the average of the parents.

I double checked all your other ones and agreed with what you came up with. I've added them all to my list. Thanks for supplying the pictures so I could be certain my list is as accurate as I know how to make it.

With all the proof I have so far, I believe I did figure out how the children are determined. Almost all of them are the average of the parents, give or take a couple of points. I'm not finding very many exceptions so I can't get a hold on why that happens, but I do have a tribe that's quickly becoming dark haired (the tribe I named Vicki's Blondes! LOL! :D) so maybe that will trigger an exception baby? I'm hoping so because I really don't want that tribe to be completely void of blonde haired villagers!

Wow I like this thanks for posting. It looks like a lot of work right on