Having covered almost every sim in this group, let’s review our findings.
Similar to last time, all of the information for each sim is split into several charts. Like in the individual entries, everything is color-coded, and I will give a special mention to any oddities found in a sim’s genetic code when they come up.
Genetic Profiles
Capp
Skintone
Oddity 1: Hamlet Dane Jr.’s S2 Skintone
To explain this Hamlet Jr.’s skintone discrepancy, we would have to assume that he either had a tan or that there were some unknown factors involved.
I recently discovered that there is a way to explain this discrepancy, so this blurb is no longer relevant.
Hair Color
Oddity 2 1: Tobea Dane’s Brown Hair and Richard Norman’s Black Hair
I ended up grouping Tobea and Richard’s hair color discrepancies together since they’re very similar. Tobea could have had brown hair if her mother had a brown allele in her genetic code. As for Richard, his black hair makes sense if his mother had a black allele in her genetic code.
Eye Color
Oddity 3 2: Consort Capp’s Grey Eyes
One of Consort’s grandparents would have needed an allele for grey eyes in their genetic code. We know that that grandparent could not have been Eetion because he was the only sim who could have passed down a brown allele to Andromache. If that grandparent was Queen, then Hecuba was likely homozygous, and Priam would have been the source of Hector’s green eyes. Were Hecuba or Priam the source of the grey allele, the other would have needed an allele for green eyes to pass to Hector, and Queen would have likely been homozygous.
Oddity 4 3: Anne Norman’s Dark Blue Eyes
To explain Anne’s dark blue eyes, we would either need to assume that she wore color contacts (and that her real eye color was either grey or green), or that there were some unknown factors involved.
As A Whole
Monty
Skintone
Hair Color
Oddity 5 6: Judith Dottore’s Blonde Hair
To explain Judith’s blonde hair, one or both of her parents would have needed a blonde allele in their genetic codes.
Eye Color
As A Whole
As A Whole
Skintone
Hair Color
Oddity 6 5: Contradictory Hair Colors
Contessa, Consort, and Patrizio’s hair colors differ between the storytelling pictures and SimPE. Contessa and Consort are both blond(e) in the storytelling images, yet SimPE lists their hair color as black. When looking at their genetic histories, you can see that the only option of the two that works is blond(e). Patrizio has black hair in the storytelling images, yet SimPE lists him as a brunet. He could realistically have either one, but making Valentine a brunet is required for brown hair to work.
SimPE lists Isabella as a blonde. Despite that, many simmers interpret her as a brunette. For Isabella to have brown hair, making Vincentio a brunet is required, whereas she could be blonde without any problems. Because of the contradictions in her genetic profile, we are unable to rely on Francisca to help us here.
Eye Color
As A Whole
Planned Additional Essays
Just like last time, I have some additional essays planned for specific members of this group. While I already mentioned them before, two of those essays belong to Anne Norman and Hamlet Dane Jr., two sims with nonsensical genetics. That said, I may wait until I’m done with the next generation to post them since there are parts of both essays that may inadvertently spoil their descendants’ genetic profiles.
In addition to those two sims, I also have an essay planned to look at Patrizio and Isabella’s hair colors. That said, this essay will have to wait until all their descendants are covered, as it relates to them as well.
Visual Profiles
Even though I covered a whopping twelve sims in this section, two sims are missing from that group. These sims, Prospero and Sycorax Gale, do not have any ancestors. As such, I decided to save their visual profiles for the summary since they will show up in some entries down the road.
Visual profiles for Caliban Capp’s parents
Who’s Next?
It was probably a good idea for me to put Prospero and Sycorax’s genetic profiles in this summary because their son is the first sim up in the next group.
As of this summary going up, I have completed the first three entries. I would have done more, but I haven’t been feeling that great mentally for the past week or so, so I’m a little behind. That said, I’ll try to get them all done soon.
With all of this group’s Capps out of the way, our next four entries will focus on Montys. The first entry of the four belongs to Olivia Monty’s mother, Judith Dottore.
Judith Dottore’s Genetic Profile
According to the Monty family tree, Judith was the daughter of Thurio and Lucetta Brighella. As you can see in her genetic profile, Judith’s parents are her only known ancestors. As such, this entry will likely be somewhat short compared to those belonging to her daughter and other descendants.
Judith Dottore’s Visual Profile
As Olivia’s mother, and grandmother to her sons with Claudio Monty, Judith will be present in each of their genetic profiles and will be given a mention whenever necessary.
Skintone
As the daughter of an S1 father and an S2 mother, Judith’s S2 skintone makes perfect sense.
Hair Color
As the daughter of two red-haired parents, both of whom were progenitors, Judith’s blonde hair does not make sense without taking hypothetical genetics into account.
Judith’s hair color could make sense if at least one of her parents carried an allele for blond(e) hair in their genetic code. Since both parents had recessive red hair, it doesn’t matter which one it comes from, and could even come from them both if you’re a big fan of hypothetical genetics.
Eye Color
As the daughter of a dark blue-eyed father and a brown-eyed mother, Judith’s dark blue eyes make perfect sense. Since her parents had different dominant eye colors, Judith would have likely been heterozygous.
As a Whole
Judith Dottore’s filled out genetic profile. Her skintone and eye color both make sense, whereas her hair color only makes sense with hypothetical genetics.
Who’s Next?
Our next entry belongs to the last of the four elders. Join us next time as we cover Veronaville’s resident llama ranching nonno, Patrizio Monty.
As some families chose to side with the Capps, other families (that were no where near as powerful as the Summerdreams and Gossamers, to afford being neutral) like the Arlecchinos and Dottores sided with the Montys. Was it a coincidence that the divide ended up being based on color lines, and phenotypes? No one can answer that question.
It also was not a coincidence that the children of the Arlecchinos and Dottores (Hero and Olivia) married into the Monty family, especially with all three families having the same values, and living on East Veronaville. It pained Patrizio and Isabella to see not only their friends pass away young, but their daughters to follow that same fate was too much to deal with. They both knew how it was like to lose their parents young, and their grandchildren having that same fate fueled a new sense of anger and layer in the feud.
