No Freckles??

"drakharis;c-16695658" wrote:
Outside of the game, freckles are the result of how the sun is exposed to the skin.

While this isn't incorrect, it also isn't definitive. Genetics play a role as well

The very article you linked to:

Research in twin siblings, including pairs of identical twins and pairs of fraternal (nonidentical) twins, have found a striking similarity in the total number of freckles found on each pair of identical twins. Such similarities were considerably less common in fraternal twins. These studies strongly suggest that the occurrence of freckles is influenced by genetic factors. The variations in freckle counts appear to be due largely to heredity.

Anyway, I don't think anything in the skin detail section of CAS gets passed down genetically.

I would just like to mention that while I do love the game obviously, I feel like the generic componant is seriously lacking. It's one of the most interesting and interactive part of the game for me and I really do wish that it could be more complex and realistic. I think it's a very missed point in the game.

I've always had to add skin features, sadly. A shame because freckles really suit some sims.

"Cupid;c-16695664" wrote:

"drakharis;c-16695658" wrote:
Outside of the game, freckles are the result of how the sun is exposed to the skin.

While this isn't incorrect, it also isn't definitive. Genetics play a role as well

The very article you linked to:

Research in twin siblings, including pairs of identical twins and pairs of fraternal (nonidentical) twins, have found a striking similarity in the total number of freckles found on each pair of identical twins. Such similarities were considerably less common in fraternal twins. These studies strongly suggest that the occurrence of freckles is influenced by genetic factors. The variations in freckle counts appear to be due largely to heredity.

Anyway, I don't think anything in the skin detail section of CAS gets passed down genetically.

Sadly it no it doesn't.

I wish sims in TS4 had DNA like on TS2.

No genetic for freckles, nothing in the skin details category is enabled for random.

I thought it was impossible to pass freckles genetically in-game. So I always added them manually. But then I saw it happen ONCE in all my thousand of hours of playing. I was ecstatic.
This is the Mom:
https://i.imgur.com/ZnOc5qo.jpg
This is her son:
https://i.imgur.com/VrYSyEm.jpg
He came out looking like this. So the freckles were there the instant he aged up into a toddler
https://i.imgur.com/VMb6iBD.jpg

So... it's possible to pass them on genetically in-game, but I'd argue it's the rarest event I've ever seen. You'd be better off adding them manually.

I would love for a guru to answer this so we know once and for all :)!

Outside of the game, freckles are the result of how the sun is exposed to the skin. With a concentration of melatonin. I don't know if this is applied to the game mechanics or not. You could always just add in freckles to the kids too. I don't know if the Season's pack takes that into consideration with gameplay or not.

https://www.medicinenet.com/freckles/article.htm#what_are_freckles

"drakharis;c-16695658" wrote:
Outside of the game, freckles are the result of how the sun is exposed to the skin. With a concentration of melatonin. I don't know if this is applied to the game mechanics or not. You could always just add in freckles to the kids too. I don't know if the Season's pack takes that into consideration with gameplay or not.

https://www.medicinenet.com/freckles/article.htm#what_are_freckles

Ah. That would explain it. Don't know why I always assumed it was a heritable thing. Thank you for the info

"Cupid;c-16695664" wrote:

"drakharis;c-16695658" wrote:
Outside of the game, freckles are the result of how the sun is exposed to the skin.

While this isn't incorrect, it also isn't definitive. Genetics play a role as well

The very article you linked to:

Research in twin siblings, including pairs of identical twins and pairs of fraternal (nonidentical) twins, have found a striking similarity in the total number of freckles found on each pair of identical twins. Such similarities were considerably less common in fraternal twins. These studies strongly suggest that the occurrence of freckles is influenced by genetic factors. The variations in freckle counts appear to be due largely to heredity.

Anyway, I don't think anything in the skin detail section of CAS gets passed down genetically.

I did once see a sim whose mother had a beauty mark and he inherited the beauty mark too. He's somewhere in this thread https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/941218/vlad-the-progenitor