Why does Raditz not resemble the rest of his family?

[RandomGuy96]

Raditz is about 6'3-6'4, has naturally extremely long hair, a deep voice, and a widow's peak.

Goku, Gohan, Goten, Bardock, Gine, and Pan are all average to short in height, have different hair (Goku, Goten, and Bardock even all have the exact same hair, and Pan has Gine's), and all have high pitched voices.

Is Raditz even Bardock's son? If so, it seems weird that he's not remotely similar to his parents and nephews.

[TheGmGoken]

Freeza said Raditz looks like Gohan. Raditz hair looks like a boy versions of Gine hair. Raditz(anime) has his father's skin tone.

Also my older sister doesn't look like anyone in the family. Its not unheard of.

[Low Tone G]

Maybe Raditz has a hair style from Gine's father like Trunks has hair from Mr. Brief in colour(anime). And I do think Bardock was taller than Goku. And in some issues Gohan seems to be taller than Goku, and Goten was shorter than Goku even if he would look like him if didn't change his hairstyle.

[RandomGuy96]

Maybe Raditz has a hair style from Gine's father like Trunks has hair from Mr. Brief in colour(anime). And I do think Bardock was taller than Goku. And in some issues Gohan seems to be taller than Goku, and Goten was shorter than Goku even if he would look like him if didn't change his hairstyle.

Gohan is officially 1 centimeter taller than Goku. I'm fairly sure Bardock is no taller than Goku. Neither are anywhere near as tall as Raditz.

[Kid Buu]

Raditz was actually Vegeta's little brother, but due to his inferior power level, they just brushed him aside and pretended he was related to low life scum like Bardock.

[KentalSSJ6]

Gine initially had long hair and she cut it?

[Low Tone G]

Gine initially had long hair and she cut it?

Unlikely. Saiyans are too proud of their hair style to change it (do not count Vegeta from GT). It could be considered that Full blooded saiyans' hair is a real part of their body like their tail is. Maybe Gine did cut it, but I don't think so.

[Marco Polo]

Something I've noticed is that, generally speaking, when a series is young, there tends to be more variation in the appearances of characters from the same family. And when a series is older, there tends to be more "clone" designs in families because the series becomes less realistic, more "self-referential" and goes for more "obvious" stuff.

This is true in Dragon Ball -- early on, Freeza says Gohan looks like Raditz, even if it's not really obvious from our perspective, and much later Goten appears and then clearly he looks like Goku.

This is also true in Back to the Future, for example. In Part I, Marty's family members are all played by different actors. But then in Part II his son AND daughter are played by Michael J. Fox. And then in Part III his ancestors are played by Michael J. Fox and the actress that plays his mother (lolwat).

So I guess my point is that, even though Raditz doesn't seem to look much like Gohan, we are supposed to assume that he does.

[flashback0180]

I don't know about you but SSJ3 Goku looks exactly like Raditz

[Usingnero]

Well, when it comes to humans, we tend to take on much more of our grandparents qualities then our actual parents, so it is possible that Raditz took on the appearance of one of his grandparents then either Bardock or Gine, thus explaining the differences between him and the rest of the family.

[KentalSSJ6]

Gine initially had long hair and she cut it?

Unlikely. Saiyans are too proud of their hair style to change it (do not count Vegeta from GT). It could be considered that Full blooded saiyans' hair is a real part of their body like their tail is. Maybe Gine did cut it, but I don't think so.

Bardock - "You should cut you're hair. It makes you a easy target and i'm tired of saving you."

Gine - "So..you like Saiyans with short hair Bardock..?"

Now we wait for fanart

[soulnova]

Gine initially had long hair and she cut it?

Unlikely. Saiyans are too proud of their hair style to change it (do not count Vegeta from GT). It could be considered that Full blooded saiyans' hair is a real part of their body like their tail is. Maybe Gine did cut it, but I don't think so.

Bardock - "You should cut you're hair. It makes you a easy target and i'm tired of saving you."

Gine - "So..you like Saiyans with short hair Bardock..?"

Now we wait for fanart

Hahahaha! This is exactly what I thought. She might have cut her hair when they were part of that team. xD

[Hitiro]

Raditz doesn't need to resemble anyone in the immediate family though, does he? I've been told I look more like my uncles on my mothers side. I also don't get my height from my parents because I'm a great deal taller than both of them and my brother. My uncles are also giants. Genetics is a weird thing. Just because my mother isn't tall doesn't mean she lacks the genes for being tall. They just aren't active. When they were passed on to me whatever genes my father passed on didn't overwrite the tall gene and that became the dominant gene for my height. Who's to say Bardock's brother, mother or father don't have long hair? Gine's parent's? There are inconsistencies in families. It happens from time to time. I also apparently have half-cast ancestors and my grandmother also turned out half-cast despite her family members being white. My great grandmother had hair that is more traditional with black people too. Despite her immediate family being white.

[i'mfuckingevil]

I'd say he does. Goku inherited Bardock's facial features and hair but Raditz inherited his skin tone and eyes (Raditz always has those serious eyes like Vegeta, and they're both darker than Goku).

[Kamiccolo9]

According to Freeza, Gohan resembles Raditz. So in-universe, there are similarities.