This is my perception on why so many are confused by Rita looks
- Genes are very complicated and can skip generations so for someone like Rita although she may not have direct African heritage as long as its somewhere in her family lineage it is possible for her to come out with features that differ from her parents or siblings.
Michael Jackson having some white and native american in his not-that-far-away ancestry. But then again it's not really surprising when you look at his kids and his father's green/blue eyes.
Rita doesn't really look black here though:
She really does look mixed with black here though. I always assumed she was black. I still couldn't believe it when she showed her parents. Rita girl, you know they found you abandoned behind that one store in the neighborhood
Alicia Keys isn't fully black. And Bruno Mars is so racially ambiguous, I thought he was mixed black, but apparently he just has really strong filipino genes.
Bruno Mars is half Puerto Rican, so he most likely has black ancestry from his Puerto Rican side.
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I also thought Nicki was of 100% African ancestry, but she's Afro-Indian