I, along with both of my parents have brown hair, so I think it's pretty dominant there. My fiancee has about the same shade of brown that I have, but she dosen't know her birth parents.
How probable do you think our kid(s) will have about the same hair color as us?
2006-11-21 15:07:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
On your side, the probability to have brown hair is one. Your fiancee have 0.75 chance of both parent had brown hair, I guessed.
So your baby will have >.75 probability to have brown hair.
2006-11-22 11:50:19 · answer #1 · answered by chanljkk 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It can go back several generations...I have two parents with straight medium fine brown hair. I came out a coarse curly thick dark auburn haired kid.
Mom has blue eyes, Dad brown. Mine are hazel-dark muddy green. My face thoroughly resembles my father's mother's face at the same age. My hair color is a perfect match to my mother's mother at the same age.
But none had the coarse curly hair - that goes back three generations. My cousin has it too, but she's blond. Two hits in this generation, but no hits in the two generations before for the curly thick hair.
I have eleven cousins and we all have different hair/eye/skin tone combos.
My answer is your child could have any color of hair that's in the mix. No probability given.
2006-11-21 23:22:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
How probable? Very probable. Exactly how probably though? Not sure.
A relevant question for you: Did you and your fiancee share the same hair colour, even as babies/children?
My fiance and I have brown hair, although mine is very light and his is very dark. However, we both had blond hair as small children, and our son (5mos) also has blond hair. We have no idea what colour his hair will be when he's older, though. "Probably" some shade of brown! =)
2006-11-21 23:12:47 · answer #3 · answered by heathersak 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to my years-ago 7th science class, there is a 75-100% chance of brown hair in your child. This depends on which hair color chromosomes you both have. Amazing that I can remember this stuff... :)
2006-11-21 23:23:41 · answer #4 · answered by KatamaDama 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3:1 says brown hair, however, the recessive gene could push through at a 25% chance.
2006-11-21 23:17:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
pretty likely. Some brunettes start out as blonds and get darker as they age, but its not as common
2006-11-21 23:10:48 · answer #6 · answered by parental unit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fidelity is a variable.
2006-11-21 23:17:03 · answer #7 · answered by Wanderer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋