Sentence 1: Alice's father had always held prejudiced views about others. 
 Sentence 3: She tried very hard to convince her father to change his ways 
 Sentence 4:  For a very long time he would not 
 Sentence 5:  He'd changed his mind when Alice gave birth to his mixed grandchild 
 Option 1: Despite this Alice was always welcoming to other's differences. 
 Option 2: Alice was starting to take after her father.