The hypo mutant gene is dominant to the corresponding normal gene. Mating a normal to a hypo would be expected to produce 1/2 hypo and 1/2 normal. IMO, the former owner meant that your normal's aberrant markings could be inherited by both the hypo and the normal babies.
Note the previous sentence says "could" instead of "would". If the aberrant markings are caused by something in the embryo's environment, than the offspring probably would not have the aberrant markings. Even if those aberrant markings are genetic, there are too many variables for me to predict what the offspring would look like.
A paradigm boa has a gene pair made up of a Sharp albino gene and a boawoman caramel (AKA Sharon Moore hypo) gene. A parahet is a normal looking baby from a normal x paradigm boa mating. A parahet is either het Sharp albino or het boawoman caramel, but you do not know which because both look normal. I would advise against getting a parahet because of the uncertainty of what you are getting, and particularly if you are getting snakes that are Kahl albino or het Kahl albino. A moonglow is a hypo Kahl albino anerythristic. A ghost is a hypo anerythristic. A ghost het moonglow is also known as a ghost het Kahl albino. Mating a Kahl albino to a Sharp albino produces 100% normal looking babies (both het Kahl albino and het Sharp albino). Such babies are practically worthless because people want to avoid mixing the two types of albino.
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