why do parents look different from their kids

Question: why do parents look different from their kids
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Asked by 586bm1926 to Doris, Ann on 31 May 2019.
- Doris Nyamwaya answered on 31 May 2019:
  
  Offsprings or children carry the genes of the mother and the father. Ideally they should be half copy of each parent. However in some instances a child can be a true copyright of the father or mother. This is just a matter of genetic inheritance of the phenotypic characteristics i.e the physical appearance

Question: why do parents look different from their kids