Beauty and the Blog

I’m Melungeon I turned out a lot darker than my family (people will think I’m adopted). My mom has a redder tone to her skin with dark hair and eyes (she’s Cherokee) and my dad has a reddish tone to his hair, blue eyes and pale skin (he’s Irish). Anyway I was born platinum blonde, blue eyed and very pale skin (Nicole Kidman had nothing on me). Now that I’m older, my hair turned darker (but still has a red tone like my dad’s), I still have blue eyes and my skin turned very dark (even though I’ve tried sunscreen and wearing a hoodie outside). It’s not like a tanned white person color. I’m darker than Alecia Keys but it’s basically the same base tone. Basically I don’t look anything like my family. When I tan, I get even darker (like Queen Latifah). How can I lighten my skin? People say my blue eyes and hair look weird against my skin tone. Do I sound weird looking?