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Old 11-09-2016, 18:28
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Has it been explained how the new Morgan family are multiracial? Have I missed something? Also was this ever mentioned with the Barret brothers Andy and Josh or do the casting agents just throw a couple of semi decent actors together to make a family? 🙄🙄🙄🙄
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Old 11-09-2016, 18:53
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Andy and Josh had different dads so completely plausible one was a different race to the other.
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Old 11-09-2016, 21:25
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Andy and Josh had different dads so completely plausible one was a different race to the other.
Aw ok that's cool. Didn't watch regularly back then. Am getting back into it now again though. Really enjoying Hunter and Olivier and Marilyn, John and their new foster child. Also the return of Duncan.

Maybe the Morgan's are a blended family too.
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Old 11-09-2016, 21:35
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Saying that though the older brother and younger brother could possibly be of Māori or Polynesian decent but look nothing like the other siblings. lol
Sure it's just stupid casting.
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Old 11-09-2016, 21:50
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I do think that Justin and Mason look to be part Maori but I don't think that tori and Brodie look so different as for it to be impossible for them to be full siblings, just two taken after their Father, and two after their mother.

A very good friend of mine is married to a man who is half Pakistan but you wouldn't evern guess to look at him. Their eldest child has blue eyes, blonde hair and very pale skin. Their second child is very dark, hair, eyes, skin and you can see his Pakistani heritage - n fact he is a miniature version of his Granddad.

So i think it is quite plausible.
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Old 11-09-2016, 21:53
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they have a half sister coming into is soon they didnt know about, can never have just a normal family anymore
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Old 11-09-2016, 21:59
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I do think that Justin and Mason look to be part Maori but I don't think that tori and Brodie look so different as for it to be impossible for them to be full siblings, just two taken after their Father, and two after their mother.

A very good friend of mine is married to a man who is half Pakistan but you wouldn't evern guess to look at him. Their eldest child has blue eyes, blonde hair and very pale skin. Their second child is very dark, hair, eyes, skin and you can see his Indian heritage - n fact he is a miniature version of his Granddad.

So i think it is quite plausible.
Oh ok this is interesting. Thank you.
Yeah I think it's plausible that Tori and Brodi could be related too. Maybe like you say there are families that are mixed race that just take specific features etc from each parent and is possible to not look anything like each other ethically. Interesting point thanks 🙂
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Old 11-09-2016, 22:04
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they have a half sister coming into is soon they didnt know about, can never have just a normal family anymore
Ha Ha Ha this is funny lol Liam
Maybe she'll be played by my favourite Portugese transgender big brother contestant Nadia Almada. 😎
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Old 11-09-2016, 22:20
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Aw ok that's cool. Didn't watch regularly back then. Am getting back into it now again though. Really enjoying Hunter and Olivier and Marilyn, John and their new foster child. Also the return of Duncan.

Maybe the Morgan's are a blended family too.
I missed a fortnight and can't get back into it now, I don't like the Morgans especially Mason. He was crap in Neighbours as a tortured soul type musician but as a thunder thighed, gormless looking fool he's even worse. At least now I know why he wore the hat before.

Josh turned out to be a Braxton and Andy was mixed race. There are so many variations with kids. Two of mine are very fair then I got one who has dark hair and tans instantly. He has his dad's features but is very different in his colouring to both of us. He's also really tall - I think he's more like my dad in stature and colouring and it's skipped a bit and missed me out.
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Old 11-09-2016, 22:59
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I missed a fortnight and can't get back into it now, I don't like the Morgans especially Mason. He was crap in Neighbours as a tortured soul type musician but as a thunder thighed, gormless looking fool he's even worse. At least now I know why he wore the hat before.

Josh turned out to be a Braxton and Andy was mixed race. There are so many variations with kids. Two of mine are very fair then I got one who has dark hair and tans instantly. He has his dad's features but is very different in his colouring to both of us. He's also really tall - I think he's more like my dad in stature and colouring and it's skipped a bit and missed me out.
Didn't realise Josh was a Braxton. Wondered what the connection was to the Braxton's as they hated them at first didn't they.

Interesting what you said about your children. Come to think of it my sisters children all have red hair despite both parents having dark hair. Probably left over from our ancestors. Two different ethnicities though is a stretch surely H&A?! lol
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Old 11-09-2016, 23:00
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I missed a fortnight and can't get back into it now, I don't like the Morgans especially Mason. He was crap in Neighbours as a tortured soul type musician but as a thunder thighed, gormless looking fool he's even worse. At least now I know why he wore the hat before.

Josh turned out to be a Braxton and Andy was mixed race. There are so many variations with kids. Two of mine are very fair then I got one who has dark hair and tans instantly. He has his dad's features but is very different in his colouring to both of us. He's also really tall - I think he's more like my dad in stature and colouring and it's skipped a bit and missed me out.
I didn't even realise Mason was in Neighbours. Is he the youngest brother?
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Old 11-09-2016, 23:23
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I didn't even realise Mason was in Neighbours. Is he the youngest brother?
Yes - he was Noah who fancied Kate. Sophie had a crush on him. Him and Kate kissed while she was his teacher. He wasn't memorable
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Old 11-09-2016, 23:36
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It really isn't that unusual for physical characteristics to skip generations - eye or hair colour, skin tone, even if it is indicative of a different ethnicity to your parents or siblings.

It's down to regressive genes I think.

I'm pretty sure that there have been cases where paternity was doubted and the DNA tests have come back confirming parentage and it has transpired that there has been an ancestor who was of different ethnicity.
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Old 12-09-2016, 09:16
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Josh turned out to be a Braxton and Andy was mixed race.
Did he? I know Casey turned out to be a Barrett and not a Braxton but I don't remember anything about Josh being a Braxton.

Josh and Andy are half brothers with a different father so their differences are easily explained.

I don't think the Morgans are difficult to explain either. Two obviously have maori/Polynesian features and two don't but if one of their parents had Maori/Polynesian heritage then it can come out in future generations.

It really isn't that unusual for physical characteristics to skip generations - eye or hair colour, skin tone, even if it is indicative of a different ethnicity to your parents or siblings.

It's down to regressive genes I think.

I'm pretty sure that there have been cases where paternity was doubted and the DNA tests have come back confirming parentage and it has transpired that there has been an ancestor who was of different ethnicity.
Exactly this.
The recessive genes can manifest themselves further down the line.

I'm sure there have been well publicised cases of twins born where one was black and the other white.
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Old 12-09-2016, 09:22
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Did he? I know Casey turned out to be a Barrett and not a Braxton but I don't remember anything about Josh being a Braxton.

Josh and Andy are half brothers with a different father so their differences are easily explained.

I don't think the Morgans are difficult to explain either. Two obviously have maori/Polynesian features and two don't but if one of their parents had Maori/Polynesian heritage then it can come out in future generations.



Exactly this.
The recessive genes can manifest themselves further down the line.

I'm sure there have been well publicised cases of twins born where one was black and the other white.
Duh - shows how much I concentrate. It was Casey who was a Barrett not Josh who was a Braxton. H&A does tend to be background noise these days but I also think I'm getting old and befuddled .

Wouldn't Andy have an indigenous Australian dad (are we allowed to say Aboriginal?) - Maori is NZ.

There's definitely been twins born with one being white and one black. I even knew a white couple who had a mixed race baby as he had a black grandma and it had skipped a couple of generations. That shocked people looking in the pram.
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Old 12-09-2016, 09:49
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It really isn't that unusual for physical characteristics to skip generations - eye or hair colour, skin tone, even if it is indicative of a different ethnicity to your parents or siblings.

It's down to regressive genes I think.

I'm pretty sure that there have been cases where paternity was doubted and the DNA tests have come back confirming parentage and it has transpired that there has been an ancestor who was of different ethnicity.
That's really interesting thank you Kitkat. 🙂
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Old 12-09-2016, 09:49
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Duh - shows how much I concentrate. It was Casey who was a Barrett not Josh who was a Braxton. H&A does tend to be background noise these days but I also think I'm getting old and befuddled .

Wouldn't Andy have an indigenous Australian dad (are we allowed to say Aboriginal?) - Maori is NZ.

There's definitely been twins born with one being white and one black. I even knew a white couple who had a mixed race baby as he had a black grandma and it had skipped a couple of generations. That shocked people looking in the pram.
Duh. My turn to be dumb now. I saw Maori earlier in the thread and blithely used it without thinking. Of course it would be aborigine.

There was the guy who was in both neighbours and home and away ( the nurse who was a love interest for Chris in neighbours) who was also the same sort of mixed race I think. His father was Peter Baker in home and away and he clearly wasn't mixed race.

They do tend to use an awful lot of artistic licence when casting soap stars.
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Old 12-09-2016, 09:53
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Duh - shows how much I concentrate. It was Casey who was a Barrett not Josh who was a Braxton. H&A does tend to be background noise these days but I also think I'm getting old and befuddled .

Wouldn't Andy have an indigenous Australian dad (are we allowed to say Aboriginal?) - Maori is NZ. K

There's definitely been twins born with one being white and one black. I even knew a white couple who had a mixed race baby as he had a black grandma and it had skipped a couple of generations. That shocked people looking in the pram.
Ha Ha love this reply! Old and befuddled lol That's the same with me. Back in the day I could probably tell you Pippa Fletcher's second cousins neighbours cats name! 😼 Nowadays it is a bit of background noise for me also + buffudeledness lol
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Old 12-09-2016, 09:56
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Duh. My turn to be dumb now. I saw Maori earlier in the thread and blithely used it without thinking. Of course it would be aborigine.

There was the guy who was in both neighbours and home and away ( the nurse who was a love interest for Chris in neighbours) who was also the same sort of mixed race I think. His father was Peter Baker in home and away and he clearly wasn't mixed race.

They do tend to use an awful lot of artistic licence when casting soap stars.
Yeah I agree Sweetiecat
That's part of the reason I started this thread. I'm sure they just find a couple of semi decent actors and chuck them together as a family.

Bob Morely who was the actor that played Chris' nurse bf is half Filipino on his mum's side (Wikipedia) lol Not sure what his characters ethnicity in H&A or Neighbours was supposed to be though. I too think he looks similar to the actors that play the Morgan brothers.
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Old 12-09-2016, 10:06
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Yes - he was Noah who fancied Kate. Sophie had a crush on him. Him and Kate kissed while she was his teacher. He wasn't memorable
Oh I do remember him now you say it! 👍🏻
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Old 12-09-2016, 10:11
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Of course Jade in Neighbours was never explained either. The actress is half Thai and very obviously not the full sister of a white, blonde haired girl. Genetics might be funny but you generally don't get one blonde and one Thai. All they had to say was that they were half sisters.

A couple of years ago I referred to my friend as Aunty to my son. She's Chinese and it's a respectful thing in her family to call a family friend Aunty. Someone then asked me if she was my sister. I'm blonde and pale and she's Chinese. I couldn't stop laughing.
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Old 12-09-2016, 10:12
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I missed a fortnight and can't get back into it now, I don't like the Morgans especially Mason. He was crap in Neighbours as a tortured soul type musician but as a thunder thighed, gormless looking fool he's even worse. At least now I know why he wore the hat before.

Josh turned out to be a Braxton and Andy was mixed race. There are so many variations with kids. Two of mine are very fair then I got one who has dark hair and tans instantly. He has his dad's features but is very different in his colouring to both of us. He's also really tall - I think he's more like my dad in stature and colouring and it's skipped a bit and missed me out.
Bib. I thought it was Casey who turned out to be a Barrett.
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Old 12-09-2016, 10:21
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Of course Jade in Neighbours was never explained either. The actress is half Thai and very obviously not the full sister of a white, blonde haired girl. Genetics might be funny but you generally don't get one blonde and one Thai. All they had to say was that they were half sisters.

A couple of years ago I referred to my friend as Aunty to my son. She's Chinese and it's a respectful thing in her family to call a family friend Aunty. Someone then asked me if she was my sister. I'm blonde and pale and she's Chinese. I couldn't stop laughing.
This post made me laugh lol lol

Forgot about Jade - also Zeke and Rachel's sister in Neighbours. Dichen Lachman who played her is Nepalese. I'm sure they were supposed to be full siblings too.
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Old 12-09-2016, 10:24
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Ha Ha Ha Patrick Trueman will fly into Summer Bay next week claiming to be the Morgan's long lost grandfather lol
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Old 12-09-2016, 11:07
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Bib. I thought it was Casey who turned out to be a Barrett.
You're not the first one to point out my dopiness . I'd edit my post to make me look less thick but I think that ship has well and truly sailed.
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