I'm stupidly into genetics and nerdy bs so I basically have figured out what our chances are for all of our combos. We are most likely going to have a baby with brown hair and brown eyes - the H has both of these and they are dominant. But he has a chance of carrying the green eye gene and I am blue eyed so I am hoping for a green eyed baby (the two counterbalance each other being both recessive and my eyes tend towards green as well). It would be cool for the baby to end up with light hair or red hair (I am blonde genetically with a carrier for red hair, and he carries the red gene but it only really shows in his beard). So the chances of us having a light eyed baby are somewhere around like 25% and the chances for a light haired/red hair are closer to 12%, chances of both together are approaching a mere ~7% or so. haha but it would be a cool combo if it happened!
Feb'16 September Siggy Challenge: Favorite thing about fall
I am olive skinned with dark brown almost black hair and brown eyes. DH has blonde hair with green eyes and light skinned. DD has DH skin tone and my hair and eyes. DS has is a Xerox copy of DH but with a light tan. Lol. Sooooo...I expect pretty much the same or anything in between for next baby.
My eyes are actually grey so I was trying to research if I carried the same genetic traits as blue and I found this awesome article that explains why our eyes look brown blue or green. It's so interesting! https://genetics.thetech.org/ask/ask232
Both of my parents have brown eyes. I have blue. Which I got from both of my grandfathers. Its difficult to say with my husbands biological parents. He adopted and doesn't know anything about them. But we both have blue eyes. Which I know whatever the father has is dominant. Correct? So I'm predicting light hair and blue eyes. I have brown hair, and my husband has dirty blond..
Even though DH and I are both blonde with blue/gray eyes, I keep imagining the baby with dark hair. My dad had darker hair/eyes/skin and it was a surprise when I came out with opposite features, so I keep wondering if the same thing will happen with me and my baby.
@MamaFroFro the genetics info is interesting- thanks for sharing!
My parents, all six of my siblings, and I have dark brown hair and dark brown eyes, but all six of my siblings have blue or green eyed children. My DH's eyes are very light blue so I am assuming our LO will have light eyes too.
@MamaFroFro - that article was great and definitely helps explain why my brown eyed family is making so many light eyed babies!
@aaanderson23 - The parent doesn't determine what is dominant except in some sex-linked traits that will be either there or not based upon the baby's gender. The article they posted is pretty good at explaining it! (eye color is not a sex-linked) but here's to hoping you get what you want!
Feb'16 September Siggy Challenge: Favorite thing about fall
I have medium-dark blonde hair and green eyes but I was born with dark brown hair and gray eyes, when I was 1, ALL that dark hair fell out and I got platinum blonde fuzz that darkened as I got older. DH was born looking exactly like he does now, haha--thick, very dark hair and dark brown eyes!
I'd be floored if this baby has red hair, and we've joked about it because we do both have some Irish in our family trees!
I expected ds to have brown hair and eyes like dh. He popped out blonder than I've ever been with blue eyes! Still looks the same 2 years in. I'm thinking the hair will darken around grade school so we will see. As for this kid... When I thought ds would like like dh I was kind of bummed but now I want this lo to look like him! We'll see!
DH and I both have dark brown hair and olive complexions. My eyes are green, but were dark brown at birth, and DH has brown eyes. In my mind, I picture dark hair and brown eyes...who knows though, I take after my father who was 1/2 Cherokee but my mother has strawberry blonde/light brown hair and grey eyes so it's still a toss up.
There's a possibility of light hair and blue eyes or a complete Mexican/Native American looking baby.
I have been called a 3D printer before b/c my 2 kids looked so similar at birth. needless to say, I'm expecting their triplet lol. Although they do have different colored eyes now. DD has brown and DS has grey which i love and is super different. I'm expecting this baby to come out with a full head of dark hair (i'm hoping black this time since H has black hair), and will develop brown eyes. that's what I'm expecting. we shall see though...maybe this time i'll have a bald one!
H jokes about this all the time with me (even before I got pregnant). I have red hair and freckles and he has dark brown curly hair. He is convinced our child will look like Ronald McDonald's twin - curly, red, and unruly hair and freckles. H was born with blonde hair that turned brown and I always had red hair - though it seemed to have gotten darker since when I was a little kid. We'll have to see if brown hair or red hair wins out with our first LO.
Ha! That's exactly how my parents described my sister at birth! She had bright red, kinky,curly hair (people thought she was wearing a wig), and very pale. Her hair did eventually turn to a very pretty blonde. No offense to the Ronald's of the world, but she would not have been what was considered the most conventionally beautiful baby that had been born. Yikes
I'm expecting this baby to look like my DS, no matter what the sex is of the baby is. Edited for not saying he's got beautiful blue eyes and he's 2 and a half.
I think it's easier to know what to expect when you already have one child together, but my brother and I have the same parents and look nothing alike. I had white blonde loose curls/waves, blue eyes and fair skin as a child and my brother has dark brown extremely curly hair and dark brown eyes. My parents both have dark hair, my dad's eyes are green blue and my mom's are dark brown but her father's (full Irish) were blue. My husband and I have less variety than my parents though.
I now have dark blonde wavy hair and blue eyes. DH has medium brown straight hair and green/ gray eyes. Our daughter was born with a head of black hair, but that fell out and now it's light brown and slightly wavy, and she has blue eyes that are close to my color, just slightly lighter. We're both tall but DH is super skinny and I'm more naturally muscular, and she seems to be a little bean pole like him.
I secretly want this baby to be a curly blonde like me with DH's greenish gray eyes, but for some reason I'm expecting that he or she will resemble their sister.
I have dark brown hair and light brown eyes. I was born with black hair and brown eyes. My husband has light brown hair and gray/blue eyes. He was born blonde with blue eyes. I have olive skin and he has fair but tans beautifully.
My mom is blonde/green eyes and my dad is Hispanic. I am thinking this little one will be dark hair/ light-ish eyes. Those Hispanic genes are strong lol my half brothers Daughter looks exactly like my mom. It's freaky. Who knows!!!!
I'm expecting this baby to look like my DS, no matter what the sex is of the baby is. Edited for not saying he's got beautiful blue eyes and he's 2 and a half.
Our babies look similar (blonde hair blue eyes!) except I have a dd! This is what my next kid will most likely look exactly like
A lot of people think H and I look like siblings, so I would expect this LO to have a full head of dark hair, and look strangely enough like the both of us that you can't quite say "he/she looks like mom/dad"
Also, H is Hungarian and his whole family, and every Hungarian person I know has a crease above their nose at their brown ridge. LO might have one of those!!
Re: Picturing what your kid will look like
So I'm predicting light hair and blue eyes.
I have brown hair, and my husband has dirty blond..
@MamaFroFro the genetics info is interesting- thanks for sharing!
@MamaFroFro - that article was great and definitely helps explain why my brown eyed family is making so many light eyed babies!
I'd be floored if this baby has red hair, and we've joked about it because we do both have some Irish in our family trees!
Married since 8/7/10
There's a possibility of light hair and blue eyes or a complete Mexican/Native American looking baby.
DD1: 9/19/11
DS: 1/1/14
DD2: 1/31/16
Edited for not saying he's got beautiful blue eyes and he's 2 and a half.
I now have dark blonde wavy hair and blue eyes. DH has medium brown straight hair and green/ gray eyes. Our daughter was born with a head of black hair, but that fell out and now it's light brown and slightly wavy, and she has blue eyes that are close to my color, just slightly lighter. We're both tall but DH is super skinny and I'm more naturally muscular, and she seems to be a little bean pole like him.
I secretly want this baby to be a curly blonde like me with DH's greenish gray eyes, but for some reason I'm expecting that he or she will resemble their sister.
My mom is blonde/green eyes and my dad is Hispanic. I am thinking this little one will be dark hair/ light-ish eyes. Those Hispanic genes are strong lol my half brothers Daughter looks exactly like my mom. It's freaky. Who knows!!!!
He's adorable btw!!