Looks Can Be Deceiving

Every since Michael Jackson has had his children, there has been a lot of speculation of whether or not they are his biological children. Since Michael Jackson's untimely death, there has been even more chatter on the net, the tabloids, as well as actual legitimate news programs about the issue. Most people have come to the conclusion that because Michael Jackson's children look more like their mother instead of him, then they must not be his children. Actually I’m gonna stop being politically correct and say what the talk is, just because they appear to look like a white child with a tan, instead of having more color to them, like he did when he was a child then, they must not be his children. There has even been a man who claimed to be Mr. Michael Jackson’s friend in life who is claiming to be the real father of Paris. This "friend" actually went as far as to place his own biological daughter in front of the camera on CNN and try to compare the features of the two girls. (His child didn't look anything like miss Paris.) Well guess what people, looks can be deceiving. I know from personal experience what it is like to have a child (that I know for a fact is mine because I was the one who laid in the hospital bed and pushed her out),and then to have people question her parentage. 


For example, every time I take my five month old out in public, the first thing people like to say is “That baby is so beautiful, is she your baby?” like I would be carrying someone else’s baby on my hip while they chew on my new business suit. When I say “yes this is my baby.” the next question is “really?” when I say “yes really” they act like I’m still lying or something.


I guess I could explain a few things about the situation by showing you guys a few pictures. Here is one of me:


And here is a picture of my baby:




I personally think that there is no question about it and she looks just like me to me with the exception of the straight hair and lighter complexion (and the bigger ears), lol, but when we are in public, it is always assumed that I am either the babysitter or the nanny of a Hispanic or Italian baby depending on the neighborhood we are in at the time. 


Once we were in our local grocery store where a white mother and her child once again spoke those words that I have grown to love to hate “Oh the baby is sooo cute, is she yours?” Once again I replied “ Yes she’s mine.” and as usual, the mother says “ Oh, okay” and then the two of them walk off. I then hear the child say “that’s not her baby. That baby is white.” then the mother says “maybe she is the stepmother or maybe the baby is adopted, anyway it goes it’s rude to question it”. Although I believe that adoption is one of the most beautiful and selfless things a person can do for another human being, it truly hurt my feelings when that mother and child assumed that she is not my daughter, only because of the tone of her skin. I guess this is one of the “hardships” of being a parent of a biracial child ( her father is Honduran and I am what we in the United States call a black or African American. More on that subject later) that all of the other parents talk about. Then I began to think, if it hurt me to have a few people around town call my parental status into question, how awful it must have felt for Mr. Jackson to have most of the entire world question his parental status of the children that he loves so much.


I personally believe that he is their biological father and I believe that he and his children’s facial features look a lot alike once you compare them side be side with his, “before the cosmetic surgery”, pictures. Here is a link to a site that does just that  :


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEWCFDG7b2E



In conclusion, to those of you who have viewed the video and still believe that Mr. Jackson’s children were not born of his own seed ( like it is any of our business anyway) let me throw this out there. Just because a person is a sperm donor, it does not make that man a father. It is the person who loved and took care of all of the child’s emotional, mental, educational and physical needs that is the true father. If there are any doubts about whether or not Michael Jackson was an excellent father his own child said it best when she said “ Daddy was the best Daddy I have ever known.” I think that should put all speculation to rest.