Why Do People Have Different Kinds of Skin?

Everyone has different kinds of skin because it's like having different colors of paint. Some people have light, smooth paint (like a white wall), and others have darker or rougher paint (like a bumpy brick wall). This is decided by the family you come from and where you live.

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A girl with fair skin might look just like her mom, who grew up in a cold city.
A boy with dark skin has a dad who spends most of his time outside working on the farm.
Sometimes, two siblings can have very different kinds of skin even though they are twins.

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