We just want to know what our baby will look like, its not that it is important, we'll love whatever we get but just curious if her hair and color will take after him.
2007-11-30 06:17:10 · 15 answers · asked by Keri 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
It's really impossible to tell.
While dark colors (with hair and eyes, in particular) are dominant genes, it's not unheard of at all for a recessive trait to show up, especially if someone in your ancestry bred with someone of another race (it happened a lot back in the day, really). For example, if your great-great-great grandmother was forced to have sex with her blonde, blue-eyed slave trader, and got pregnant from it, all of her descendants will carry the blonde and blue-eyed genes, even if they don't show up. What that means is that the genes you're carrying could combine with your fiance's blonde, blue-eyed genes, to create a baby with blonde hair and blue eyes. If you don't carry these genes, the chances of having a baby with other than brown hair and brown eyes decreases substantially, because the trait would only be coming from one dna donor, and again, dark colors are dominant.
For the record, hair color doesn't come from the mom...It is just like any other trait, in that each parent provides half of the dna.
Due to the fact that darker colors are dominant with hair and eyes, and combined with the fact that both parents carry these dominant genes, chances are very high that the baby will have dark hair and dark eyes.
2007-11-30 06:32:14 · answer #1 · answered by abfabmom1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could really vary. I'm half black and half white and my boyfriend is black and he's pretty dark where as I'm fairly light and most people can tell I'm mixed. We have a 3 year old boy who is right in between our two skin tones from the time he was born. He had really straight hair so he almost looked dark skinned hispanic. By the time he was about 1 he had big curls and had darkened up a little. Now he has pretty nappy hair honestly and is quite a bit darker. He now looks fully black. He's always had dark brown eyes like both me and his father. We just had a little girl on sunday and she is super light. With the straight hair right now she honestly looks white to me. She's lighter than I am. I'm assuming that as she gets older she will have the curly hair and things as well and will probably be about my tone since she's just a tad bit lighter than I was when I was born. I'm assuming her eyes will be dark brown as well but she's still pretty little so they still look kind of bluish grey. You really never know it can be so different from child to child. I know why you would wonder ahead of time because I know that I did the whole time I was pregnant both times. Everybody has their own preferences as to what they prefer in skin tone etc but once they are here it doesnt make a difference. You wont even care.
2007-11-30 11:12:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm mixed with black and white and my husband is black. Our baby looks completely black. My sisters are mixed as well and have children with black men. Their children look black as well. We all have light skin light brown hair and green eyes. None of the kids have our coloring, hair, eye color, etc.
2007-11-30 06:26:57 · answer #3 · answered by G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's all up to genetics. And there's more than just you and your fiance's genetics at play, it goes back through several generations. For example, the baby may have lighter hair, even though neither of you do, because a distant relative did. You won't know until the baby's here.
2007-11-30 06:26:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your baby could be anything from blonde haired, blue eyed and pale white to black haired, brown eyed with dark skin.
There are many generations of traits that can show up....just hope for a healthy baby.
2007-11-30 06:23:11 · answer #5 · answered by Sally G 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ha. Yeah, if we could only know what our babies could look like b/f they were born...(which would totally spoil the fun!)
You chances are 50/50...So if i had to guess id say black. But you can never be to sure--just take a look at this link =)
Good luck mommy to be♥
2007-11-30 06:26:52 · answer #6 · answered by "ωнαтєνѕ!" 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The baby could look anywhere from black to white.
2007-11-30 06:27:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's not important, why ask such a superficial question? With so many cases of infertility, you should be happy that you have such a wonderful blessing in your life. If this baby comes out green with purple polka dots, you should be thrilled!
As for your question, the odds are endless. Remember the couple in Britain who had twins....one was black and one was white.
2007-11-30 06:27:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe your baby will look black more than white
2007-11-30 06:25:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your baby will probably have brown to black hair and brown eyes. Darker genes seem to be more dominant.
2007-11-30 06:21:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋