Sounds like the world of horse breeding. People breeding their mare because she is "pretty." Regardless of the facts that she is toed-in, goose-rumped, swaybacked and mule-eared.. Taking a mare that does not even have papers herself and calling her a "quarterhorse type." And breeding her to their friend down the road's "arab-type" stallion to get a quarab!
No offense if you like Quarabs; they are not bad and I am not trying to single them out.. but when the parents' lineage is not even known, how can you even be sure that the parent is/was that breed at all!?