Is it possible for a Black haired caucasian male + Red haired caucasian female to produce a blonde girl?

Question

Genetics are so freakin complicated, maybe someone with expertise can really help me out... thanx!

Answer 1

I'm no expert, but i know it is possible. i knew a couple who had a baby.....both parents were white...and the baby came out black.....of course the father thought his wife cheated....but it turned out one of them had a black great grandfather or something and his genes came up in this baby.............so it is definatly possible........genes can skip generations....but chances are no......dark hair is the dominant gene

Answer 2

Yes it is. Genes play a big part on what your children will look like and what color eyes and hair they have. In my case my husband and I both have light brown eyes and dark almost black hair. Our first child, son, was born with very light hair. It has darkened a little but not much and his eyes are hazel. My mom had snow white hair when she was born and has blue eyes and my husbands mother has red hair and green eyes. Our daughter on the other hand has very dark eyes and dark hair. My dad has very dark eyes. My uncle also had one blond son out of three dark haired sons. He and the mother of the boys has black hair. My husband's mother has red hair and his father has black hair and one of my husbands sisters has blond hair.

Answer 3

Yeah, because well simply the girl (or the guy) could have ancestors who had blonde hair and that gene is lying dormant in one of them and by chance it became the dominant gene in the baby so it has blonde hair.

Answer 4

Yes, there could be a recessive gene somewhere along either of their famillies lines that produces blonde hair, inherited from a relative as distant as a great great grandma...

Answer 5

Remember also that many blond children turn darker as they grow up. Some black haired people were blond as toddlers.

Answer 6

Yes. Not terribly likely, but a reasonable chance if both parents have blonde in their family tree.

Answer 7

No, because both blonde and red hair are recessive, therefore, you would need both alleles to be blonde to become blonde. But the red haired female means both her alleles are for red hair, so even if the black haired male has a recessive allele for blonde, you can't make a blonde child.

Answer 8

If there are any blondies in the family tree somewhere sure....

My parents have dark hair, and dark eyes... one of my siblings has blue eyes, and one has blonde hair.

Answer 9

yes
simple answer but the complicated answer is very complicated - the simple way to see it is forget YOUR genes and think about the fact that you carry the genes of every ancestor you have had back to the beginning of time

Answer 10

Are there any blondes on either side of the family? If not, then probably not.