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You need to learn some things about genetics to understand how this could happen. If your boyfriend cheated on you - someone else would have had a baby - not you! The question would be if you cheated on him - but really - there are cases of a "black" couple having a "white" baby or a "white" couple having a "black" baby. The thing is that any genetic combination is possible but the likelihood of certain traits becoming dominant is more or less depending on the genetic combination. It's like playing the lottery - sure the chances of that happening are slim- but it can happen. Hey - guess what - "black" people aren't black - if they were - their skin would not be able to process necessary vitamins through the sun. "White" people are not really white - if we were we would all die from skin disease and have NO protection from UV rays of the sun. We all have a skin pigment called melanin. If you have a little then your skin is lighter in color and if you have alot - it's darker in color. If 2 light skinned people have a baby - the odds are really good for having a light skinned child - but alternate gene combinations are possible it's just not likely. Go to the library and check out a book about DNA and melanin and how the integumentary system works because then you will learn and understand what I'm talking about. Also do remember that many many generations of people have gone by before this baby came along so there was a high likelihood that a distant relative carrying a darker skin tone trait married into the family at some point. Contrary to popular belief - one's skin tone does not reveal a "pure" bloodline as far as race goes.