My dad is a proper ginge (bless him) My mum had very dark brown hair (almost black). My hair is dark brown.
2006-08-15 02:53:21 · 13 answers · asked by Munchkin 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
My dad is a proper ginge (bless him) My mum had very dark brown hair (almost black). My hair is dark brown. My husbands hair is dark brown with no gingers on his side of the family.
2006-08-15 03:07:56 · update #1
depends on who you have children with. We each contribute 50% of our childrens dna. You will probably have a recessive "ginger" gene. If your husband/partner etc also has a "ginger" gene then your children will have a 50% chance of being ginger.
2006-08-15 03:00:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
red hair is a ressissive trait, so the browns and blacks usually come out on top in the genetic world. I'd say its possible to have ginger haired kids, but not the most likely outcome. Chances will increase if the dad is ginger or his family
2006-08-15 03:01:12 · answer #2 · answered by Gatorgal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Going on the basis of your phenotype being Brown with Ginger carried, the chances of ginger children are the following:
If you marry someone with no history of ginger anywhere - 0/4 chance but your children may have ginger children.
If you marry someone with the same situation the chances are 1/4 of ginger but you may have ginger grandchild.
If you marry a ginger person, 2/4 chance of having ginger children.
PLEASE don't ask about the chances of you having ginger grand children because thats just complicated and will take me ages to work out.
2006-08-15 03:03:25 · answer #3 · answered by ty_rosewood 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could happen. As your dad has ginger hair you could carry the gene. However it's just ginger hair. Just be glad it's not a gene for Cystic Fibrosis or something else that's potentally life threatening.
2006-08-15 03:05:50 · answer #4 · answered by Dawn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Low chance really. Brown hair is less dominent than ginger. But...your kids could take after your father, so you never really know.
2006-08-15 03:01:28 · answer #5 · answered by Jenn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whew! for a second there I thought you were having too much fun in a bakery!
You're kids will have dark brown hair. Do I really have to explain Mendels Square here?
2006-08-15 02:58:48 · answer #6 · answered by saphires77 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1 in 4 plus ginger quotiant of 0.95.
2006-08-15 02:58:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dark hair has more dominant genes so low chances~
2006-08-15 02:59:03 · answer #8 · answered by ET 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 out of 4 chance you will have ginger kids- that's not a bad thing though is it....
2006-08-15 02:59:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
60% dark & 40% red
2006-08-15 03:01:44 · answer #10 · answered by pa69oldfart 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋