Serious question: What are the chances my children will be red heads?

Question

My wife is half Irish, her father's family members are 99% red heads with green eyes and freckles, the whole works!

My wife takes after her mother in the look departments will brown hair and brown eyes. (Thank God)

I have brown hair and brown eyes too with no Irish blood. (I am French)

What are the chances our children will look like her Irish family?

Yeah, it sounds horrible, but we don't want our kids to be red heads AKA Gingers.

Should I maybe expect a little red head in our family?

Thanks!

Answer 1

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Answer 2

hahaha. Watching South Park have we? There is always the chance of a red head if someone in the family is. My grandparents on my moms side were both brown hair and brown eyes and my mom took after her grandfather who has the red hair, green eyes and freckles. I took after my father with dark hair and blue eyes, and my daughther took after her father with blonde hair and blue eyes. I am due with my second and wonder if this one will be a red head. I actually like red hair though and would love it.

Answer 3

It all depends on your wife. If she is a carrier of a red headed gene, then the chances that you will have red headed children are 1 in 4. But, since she looks like her mother, those genes might be more dominant coupled with your genes.

Bottom line is...who knows. :) There's a chance I suppose!

Answer 4

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Answer 5

There is a 25% chance that your children will have red hair....Because you both share the dark haired gene, the chances of your child having darker hair is the most likely. For example, everyone in my family is blond, except for me and my mother....We have dark hair. Everyone in my husbands family have blond hair, including him. We have a 2 year old son, with surprise surprise blond hair. Since my husband shared the blond gene, the chances were very likely....Even though dark hair is the more dominant

Answer 6

Wow! As a proud red head I sure hope not since you are so hostile on the subject of us "Gingers". If your wife has one parent that is a red head then she definitely has at least one gene for red hair. If you have at least one gene for red hair then there is a chance. It doesn't matter that you are are of French descent and how many non-red heads you have in your family. It only takes one hidden, lurking gene for red hair to match up with her hidden gene for red hair to get that red headed baby.

Answer 7

If there are red haired people in your family. There are chances you will have red haired children. I don't know the percentage. What is wrong with having red heads?

Answer 8

My mother and my grandmother were both PURE red heads with BLUE eyes.. ~ Irish too! They were covered in freckles...my mother had 3 of us and only I had red HIGHLIGHTS..NOT RED hair...just highlights of it...NOW..I have 4 children...my oldest daughter, has blue eyes, strawberry blonde hair (highlights of red!) and she has the VERY fair irish skin..burns easily! My oldest son, has dark hair and dark eyes(looks tan all year round..doesn't burn!)! Fast forward 9 years..

I had my 2nd son, and he's A FULL HEADED RED HEAD!! BUT when he was born...one loneyly little freckle on his butt! Now across the bridge of his nose and cheeks..he's covered in freckles...and he's got the blue BLUE eyes..and burns easily! Now, my last son...has blonde hair and hazel eyes~ and tans nicely..so it's a possiblility that you MIGHT end up with a red head...BUT watch their tempers!!!

Answer 9

Be expecting red heads!

Answer 10

you have a very good chance of one of your children being red heads. both my sisters have red hair, yet neither of my parents do. if you are basing your decision to have children on the color of their potential hair color, then perhaps you shouldn't be raising them in the first place.

Answer 11

there is a possibility but if both you and your wife have brown hair chances are your children will too. what's so bad about redhair anyway??