what colour hair do you think my baby will have?

Question

Hi, i have brown hair my mum has red my dad has black, my mums mum had blonde and her dad had black, on my partners side nhe has reddy brown, his mum strawberry blonde and i am not sure about his dad i think he was the same as him??? i was bald when i was a baby by the way lol thanks xx ( p.s i am just so exited i can't wait to see him!!! )

wow thanks for everyone that has answered so far i will def let you all no when he comes along!! wooo 14weeks to go!!!

Answer 1

there is no way to know for sure hon. my ex husband's family ALL had jet black hair, i have reddish brown hair, and all my family are a mix of blonde, brown and red.

my son came out blonde.


my husband now has jet black hair too, my daughter w/him has reddish brown hair, he has a son from a previous marriage...his ex wife's family has light colored hair, but his son has the same jet black hair that he does.

it's all a matter of genetics which are unpredictable w/out scientific meddling.

Answer 2

I would think your baby would have reddy brown or brown hair!
Lets take the blonde out of the equation as it is recessive and your brown hair will take over this recissive gene. The reason your partner has reddy brown had is because red is an incomplete dominant gene which means it will take over a recessive gene such as blonde and may blend with a dominant gene such as brown, creating a reddy brown, or auburn! So working on that theory your baby could have brown hair as this is a dominant gene, or, it could have reddy brown or auburn as your partner oviously has a red gene which may blend with yours and his brown genes!!

So there you go!

Answer 3

I think it depends on how strong the genes are on your or your partner's side of the family. In my experience, the children usually take on the grandparent's physic and color. My Mom has green eyes and light brown hair and both her parents had black hair and brown eyes. But her grandma had the same as my Mom. Unless there is a dominant gene that is common on both sides, (i.e. everyone has blue eyes on both sides of the family, or everyone has blonde hair.), it really depends. Congrats.

Answer 4

My vote is for reddy brown since you have brown and your partner has reddy brown.... Whatever color hair you will think he is the most special baby in the world! Best of Luck and enjoy your sweet bundle.....just rest up before he comes out crying.....

Answer 5

i am a very dark auburn, almost chocolate and my husband was blond as a child and now dirty fair and my daughter is strawberry blond but i was advised when she was born that 80% of babies with dark haired parents start life as blond and keep some kind of red tint to their hair.

also 95% of babies take their fathers eye colour!!

Answer 6

Good chance of either red or blonde you will have to wait and see though god luck with the new baby

Answer 7

Ginger me thinks - theres alot of red and strawberry blondes mentioned and ginger is a very dominant colour and so would win over black or blonde hair in the gene wars!!!!

Answer 8

you never know, Like babies eye color you never know where the color change is going to stop. I have dark brown, my mom is blonde, my dad has black, my husband has red, his mom has light brown, his dad has black, I have one red head and one brown head child.

Answer 9

I think it could be dark brown with a hint of red.

Hope all the best for the future.

Answer 10

I'd put money on a light brown color =), blond is a recessive trait but still possible.