Red & black hair genes....?

LiebeMama

Okay, anyone see what the result of a black haired and a red haired parent produced? My DH has black hair and I have red hair. DH's parents had black and brown hair, my dad had dark blonde w/ red beard (yes weird) and my mom with dark brown.

My cousin has red hair, and her DH with black hair and they produced a strawberry blonde haired baby.

I'm curious to here what other babies of red and black haired parents popped out to be.

byrne15

not exactly red and black....

but, my hair is black/dark brown (always has been even since birth) and dh's hair was strawberry blond, now lightish brown.

ds was born with strawberry blond hair, it all fell out and now he has the cutest blond hair...

pebbles18

lol Im right there with you! My Fiance is african american, so he has black hair and I have white and have red hair.. soo everyone keeps saying what is your child going to look like. His Uncle had the same situation with his wife amd there son came out with light brown, blondeish hair and is gorgeous. So were hoping it looks more cute then interesting lol! oh and my dad has a red beard too with brown hair lol... so i understand!

Good luck with everything..

Its just the luck of draw of genes lol!

tlquist

One of my good friends has 2 beautiful girls as a result of "red/black hair genes". She (the mother) is Portugese and has very curly black hair and big dark eyes. Her husband is as Irish as they come! He is fair skinned, blue-eyed, and red hair. Both of their girls have strawberry blond hair with mounds of curls and blue eyes. Besides my own DD, they are truly the 2 most beautiful girls!    You never know what the "genes" will do!! I'm sure the result will be beautiful!!!

Love Sugar Sweet Minxy

From what you described, your baby has a 75% chance of having dark hair, either brown or black, unless your DH has a recessive gene for having red hair, but it is unlikely as both his parents had dark hair as well. 

My DH has black hair as well but mine is blond, so I guess we will find out when he gets here! 

LiebeMama

Now here is a question... DH has straight black hair I have curly red hair... Can the genes alter things, like my curly hair but DH's color and vise versa?

Blackvelvet

There is about a 50% chance of a red haired baby if one parents is a redhead and the black haired parent is a carrier. About a 25% chance if both parents only have one gene for it.  There are several red hair genes though so it can be very hard to guess.

lesuth

I'm just a lurker on 2nd tri right now, but I have a friend who is asian so she has black/brown hair and her husband is caucasian with red hair.  They have three children.  The oldest has the darkest hair pretty much like his mom's.  The 2nd child's hair is a lighter brown and their youngest child originally had red hair.  They shaved his head for the summer last summer and now it is brown with hints of red in the sunlight.

LiebeMama

DH has a red haired cousin. the red haired cousin has a blonde haired wifey, and they produced a redhead. Hmmmm.... This has got to be one of the most exciting things I can't wait to see when DS pops out!

angie05161

Good question.  I'm really curious to see our little boy also.  I have blonde hair, but DH has really dark black/brown hair.  I'm so pale complected that I've told DH that we're going to have crazy family pictures someday with all the dark hair, dark complected children and then me the albino!

anakin

I have red hair.  My dad is blond my mom has brown hair.  My husband is Asian.  He and his whole family have black hair.

Our DD has medium brown hair with a lot of red and blond highlights.  In the summer it gets very light colored.

There are so many genes involved in hair and eye color that it is almost impossible to tell what the baby will have.  And what we all learned in high school bio isn't even close to the way it really works.

I'm really interested to find out what our other children will look like.  DD has almond shaped eyes but no one would say she looked part Asian unless they knew already.  I wonder if people will be surprised to find that our children are siblings when they get older.

MarineWifey1106

my cousins husband has bright red hair while my cousin has dark brown (i know its not black but still dark) there son has the cutest blonde curls