2007-06-07 06:36:21 · 34 answers · asked by priya r 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
both my parents are fair and when i was born and my sister - we both had a mop of black hair !!! but as we got a bit older we started to go lighter - i went dark blonde and my sister went really light blonde she was practically white , but as the others have said your baby might have inherited a dark gene it doesnt really matter - as long as the baby is happy and healthy what difference does it make what colour he/she is x
2007-06-07 06:45:44 · answer #1 · answered by Jordana T 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If everyone in both of your family trees are blonde and blue eyed (example) since the begining of time then your baby would also be blonde and blue eyed. But that is highly unlikely. All it takes is one person with different traits/genes somewhere in your family history to make the possibility that the baby looks nothing like either one of you.
So look into both of your family backgrounds. And if the father doesn't think the baby is his then take them to the doctor and have blood tests done. Then everyone will be satisfied and stop wondering!
2007-06-07 06:45:39 · answer #2 · answered by LJ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Genetics. You and your husband must be carrying the Recessive gene for brown eyes if your daughter has brown eyes and parents don't. Same for the color of skin and hair.
Recessive and Dominant genetic traits are really interesting to learn about and not that difficult, you can learn about it in a basic college biology class. Or, there's always Wiki lol
Here's a page on Dominant and Recessive Genes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominant_gene
If I remember right from college biology, brown eyes are actually a recessive trait, so both parents would have to have those recessive genes for the baby to have brown eyes.
2007-06-07 06:46:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with those before me who say that even if both parents are dark - a fair haired baby can be made!
Brown eyes are meant to be dominant - but I have blue eyes & fair hair - my partner has black hair & brown eyes.... our son has green eyes & brown hair & our daughter has fairish hair and blue eyes. Even though everyone said they'd both be like my partner!
And yes, later on in life her fair hair can turn darker - so I wouldn't worry.
Bev
2007-06-07 07:54:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
She has inherited genes for dark hair, simple enough.
I had fair hair as a child. By the age of 5 I was chestnut brown.
But all three of my children have fair hair now and will stay that way.
2007-06-07 06:38:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was born with dark hair then it turned fair, so don't worry, it could also carry down the line to granparents. I knew a couple who had a son with bright light blue eyes where neither of them had blue eyes- but they were exactly like the grandmothers.
2007-06-07 14:12:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both my parents were very dark haired yet my brother and myself were both very blonde and my other two brothers were very dark haired, its all to do with family genes, but at the end of the day does it realy matter what colour her hair is as long as she is well and healthy, she will have enough time when she is in her teens to change her hair colour if she wants to, so stop worrying about it and just enjoy her young years cos they pass so quickly
2007-06-07 06:54:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your baby must have inhereted the genes of other family members. Just because you and your husband are light doesn't men you'll have a light baby. You have to understand that light skin is a recessive gene. On the other hand brown eyes and dark hair are dominant genes. Just accept how your baby is, love her for her.
2007-06-07 06:41:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Most babies hair will fall out by 2 years of age and change color as to if it doesn't be blessed that your baby is healthy,but i know what you mean....my son 10 months old looks nothing like me or my family...he look like his father and his Fathers MOTHER!!! ...i'm so mad but he's the cutest smartest little boy i ever saw so i cant complain lol good luck
2007-06-07 11:37:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question is open to some interpretation!
First answer - Someone else in your family must be dark, maybe you mother, his mother, his father, his grandfather etc. There was a white lady who had a boy who was black because her great grandfather was black and that gene came through with her child. (The father was white.) That's genes for you, it really depends.
Second - how can she be fair? - her colouring is her colouring it's totally natural.
Third - Is your baby unreasonable? I'm sure as she gets older you can teach her to be 'fair'
2007-06-07 06:52:54 · answer #10 · answered by Cherrypink 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋