Monday, July 20, 2009

Can 2 people who dont have red hair in their family have a red headed child.?

Yes - red hair is a recessive trait and even if red hair hasn't shown up in a family for generations it can still reside in the parents' genes. If both parents contribute the red-haired recessive gene, they'll get a redheaded child. Often, though, the child's hair will darken over time to auburn or brown.



Can 2 people who dont have red hair in their family have a red headed child.?

you know my baby came out super white with a sandy hair color. It's crazy because her dad is black with black hair, and i'm a mocha latina with dark brown hair. (yes he is the father lol!)



Can 2 people who dont have red hair in their family have a red headed child.?

Yup!!



Just because you don't know of the red-head doesn't mean there isn't one. In fact there quite obviously is one somewhere as this trait can skip multiple generations



Can 2 people who dont have red hair in their family have a red headed child.?

I'll see if I can remember my facts right. Oo-er.



Skin and hair is made of two types of 'melanins': Eumelanin (control of dark-hair) and phaeomelanins (control of red and blonde hair)



Dark-haired people will have more eumelanins than phaeomelanins, and blonde/red haired people, vice-versa.



Wait, I'll find the site...



"This means, in practice, that both your parents may not have red hair, but both could be carriers for the gene for red hair. If this was the case, perhaps one in four of children might have red hair. If one of the parents has bright red hair, and therefore carries two of the changes (one on each of their chromosomes), and the other parent is a carrier, then perhaps 50% of the children might have red hair."



The source site will be more help than I will. I accidently found it when searching around for red hair dyes, and it was really quite interesting, heh.

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