Will i have a red haired baby?

[yorkshirepud]

I am pregnant at the moment. I have red hair and my partner has dark hair. My partners dad has red hair as well. My parents both have brown hair. What are the chances of us having a red haired baby?

[devilwoman]

dont know yorkshirepud, but!! i can guarantee 100 %
that you will fall in love with that baby he moment you lay eyes upon him/her. xx

[mountainboo]

I think there is a higher chance of your baby having dark hair, but I'm not a 100% on that. Congratulations yorkshirepud, I too am pregnant. Myself and partner both have dark hair but my red hair runs in my mums side of the family, so who knows!

[caz247]

i have red hair but neither of my two children have

[yogasun]

I think that if your partner has inherited a red hair gene there is a one in four chance of a red-headed baby for you as I believe it's a recessive gene. I'm sure a more knowledgeable person than me would be able to comment with more authority

[isymcd]

My friends both have v.dark brown hair and baby is very red!! They don't know where it came from

[Le Chat]

I have black hair (in its natural state) and my husband has red hair; as does his mother and brother. My mother's grandfather had bright red hair and a beard like a rodedendrum bush (just for visual imagery!!) Our son has medium brown hair, which is going darker - probably to almost black when he is older ....and not a hint or glimmer of red ....not even a freckle!!

[fairkatrina]

Red hair is a strange gene, as it is dominant, but only in 2nd generation. This means a child of a red haired person is unlikely to have red hair, but their child is likely to. If your child is a redhead it is most likely to be inherited from it's paternal grandparents, rather than from you.

[Pippa68]

Every sinflge red haired person I have met have never had red haired parents!

My grandfather had red hair, and none of his 6 children did. Only 2 of his grandchildren have red hair. One of my uncles married a redhead, so we thought that their child was bound to have red hair.

She is blonde.

[Goodsoulette]

You need two cpies of the ginger gene to have a ginger child. You with red hair have 2, if your partner has brown hair he may well have a brown and a ginger gene or he might have two brown. IF this is the case you will have a 50/50 chance of having a ginger child. Because you have two and it will be a 50 50 chance of what he lays down. If your partner hasnt inherited any ginger genes then the chance is 0.

I have a ginger son, I have black hair and the ginger gene came from my grandfather. Although my mums hair looks a little auburn I suppose.

[spudqueen]

My Mother-in-Law had red hair, none of her children have, neither of my children have. My sister-in-law has three children, one with strawberry blonde hair, one brunette and one blonde. Who knows what colour hair your child will have. Just love it!

[lankeela]

If my mum ever saw us out with boys, she would say "if you're not careful you'll end up with ginger kids"

[jodie73]

My son has ginger hair! Whats the problem with it? It's only a hair colour! Lots of people dye their hair red.

[Backdrifter]

No-one's saying it's a problem - apart, it seems, from lankeela's mum!

Red head girls... oh, man. They are the sexiest. I have such a major thing for redheads (natural or dyed).

[hussy]

does it really matter what color of hair your child has?
your going to love him or her even if god forbid it turned out to be an alien. i have natural blond hair and lots of people tell me how lucky i am but i would love thick dark hair so....... we always want what we dont have. goodluck yorkshirepud on your little yorkshirepudding. xx

[yorkshirepud]

hi thanks for all your answers. I don't mind if i have a red haired baby at all. I just wanted to know what the chances are! Just keep wondering what the baby will look like!!!