Although Hal has brown hair, viewing his SimDNA in SimPE shows that his dominant genetics are for black hair, and his recessive genetics are for red hair, which means that Hal's natural hair color is black. He also has the recessive allele for grey eyes. Hal has the same facial structure as Curtis Ryan, minus the eyebrows. When the family is first played, Hal is 4 days away from becoming a teenager. Also when editing in SimPE, Hal's zodiac sign is not recognized. This could explain why he doesn't have a zodiac sign mismatch in-game like most pre-made playable Sims from the base game do.