Coloring trees : which is the average size of a connected same color area?

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Give a tree with n vertices, the vertices are randomly colored with two equiprobable colors. Thus, connected hoods of the same color are formed.

1) Which is the average size of such a neighborhood?

2) Which is the average size of such a neighborhood that contains a special vertex V ?

If the tree is a linear one, the size of a neighborhood is almost 2. A pointed neighborhood has a size of almost 3.

While trying to solve it, I had the impression that the same sizes are valid for any tree.