okay i'm confused. i have #9 & #12. what would the child look like?

A 9 and 12 would average a 10 or 11 child. You may get another 9 or a 12, but it'll most likely be a 10 or 11.

9 + 12 = 21

21 / 2 = 10.5

Therefore, the average is equally split between 10 and 11, making either child equally as possible. But if I were to make a guess on which one you'll get, I'd go for the 11. It seems the higher number is more prevalent than the lower.

thank you!

it worked i had a #12

If the numbers of the parents are wayyy different, does this still apply?

This is really a great help. Thank You!

My tribe is still very young and only ten children have been born yet. I only had one exception until now. I will list them and maybe it will help to figure out how the exceptions occur.

(m=male; f=female)

m8 + f2 = f5 (average: 5)
m8 + f2 = f4 (av: 5)
m12 + f24 = f19 (av: 18)
m25 + f5 = m9 (av: 15)
m12 + f24 = m17 (av: 18)
m23 + f4 = f14 (av: 13,5)
m12 + f5 = m7 (av: 8,5)
m25 + f4 = m14 (av: 14,5)
m9 + f19 = f14 (av: 14)
m25 + f14 = m18 (av: 19,5)

Congratulations on your new #12, Erica.


Krystal, so far it seems to apply. I've had a 9+22 (average 15.5) give me a #17 child. A 10+22 (average 16) gave me two #16 children. And a 10+23 (average 16.5) gave me a #15 boy, a #15 girl, and a #17 girl.

I'd love to see other examples of even a wider gap between the parents. A 1+30 would be interesting to see!

This is why I believe most tribes will tend to have more brown and red heads as it matures because (almost) every couple will give a child of their average with the middle numbers being more often the average than the lower or higher numbers. To keep (or bring back) the lower and higher numbers, you have to maintain careful breeding to ensure only the lower parents breed to get lower numbered children (black hair) and higher number parents breed to get higher number children (blondes). If you mix any of them up, you'll get the middle numbered children (brown/red hair).

I've recently had an interesting experience of a child with NO parents listed! I'm sure he came from a couple of my villagers, but his voice is different from the others and all through his childhood (2-17), he did not show parents behind him when checking the details page on him. His hair color fits the villagers I have, but he seems to have come from thin air. Maybe a glitch in the software to prevent his parents from showing? Strange whatever happened. I'm just disappointed that he has black hair when I'm trying so hard to get blondes in that tribe.

Dio, welcome to the board! Can you post a picture of this child with its parents from the detail page. I'd like to include this in my list, but I have to see the actual picture to include it. Thanks!

Okay, thanks for clearing that up. I have an 18+30... Can't wait to see what the child looks like!
He may have come from an event... I've noted this happening when new children come into my tribes from events.

Thank You, Complexity!
I would really like to do that, but unfortunately he is grown up and fathered children of his own already.
I will take pictures of my next exceptional children.