Would the baby have RED hair or BROWN?

1. Which is the dominant trait brown or red?

2. And if one parent had freckles, would the child most likely get freckles?

3. More likely to have blue/green or brown eyes?

I'm just curious, I'm not preggo or anything again.

Would the baby have RED hair or BROWN?

1. In order to have a red head both parents need to carry the red gene. So brown would dominate.

2. Don't know. I have freckles, and all three of my kids have them.

3. Supposedly brown is dominant, but I proved that wrong with two blue eyed blondes.

Would the baby have RED hair or BROWN?

I only know the answer to number 3 - The eyes will be brown. Brown is more dominant over blue and green.

Would the baby have RED hair or BROWN?

red hair is more dominant, so are freckles and brown eyes.

Would the baby have RED hair or BROWN?

1. Brown

2. There is a good chance.

3. Brown

You could always visit with a geneticist if you want all your odds.

Would the baby have RED hair or BROWN?

Brown hair is dominant.

freckles are a recessive trait.....so it would go back into your parents and his....if any of them have freckles

and brown eyes are dominant, blue are recessive

Would the baby have RED hair or BROWN?

well it is really hard to say. I know they say one is dominant but not sure which. I know in my dads family red and blonde are more common but there are people with brown and black. On my moms side brown is the common color but there are a lot of blondes being born lately on that side as well. In my moms family brown eyes are dominant but on my dads side everybody seems to be born with blue even when one parent has brown (usually that married into parent). I have a son with brown eyes and a son with blue/hazel eyes and I have blue and their dad has hazel.

Would the baby have RED hair or BROWN?

The dominant trait is brown. However, your questions #2 and #3 are almost impossible to predict. For example, two parents could both have brown eyes, and their newborn is born with blue eyes. It depends on the entire family traits. My husband and I both have naturally brown hair, however our son was born with bright red hair. You can not just simply predict what an unborn child will look like.

Would the baby have RED hair or BROWN?

The thing with brown hair and red hair is, that brown is a dominant trait, yes, but red hair is actually a different allele. Getting red hair is a recessive trait, you have to get a gene from both parents. However, if a person with red hair has a baby with someone who does not have red hair, say a blond, the baby could have blond or brown hair because the red hair trait would have no affect without its counterpart.

Feckles are a dominant trait, so there is a 50/50 shot of getting the gene from one parent. The odds can go up depending on the allele make up of each parent. Example, both my parents have freckles. My sister and I also have freckles. I either have 2 genes for freckles, or just one maybe. My husband also has freckles, so the odds that our kids would have them are VERY high (if we had kids).

As for eyes, it depends on what you are starting with. Brown is dominant over green and blue, but green is dominant over blue. There are actually 4 different genes on 2 different chromosomes that code for eye color, so that's why we all have varying shades of colors. Both my parents have green eyes, I have green eyes, but my sister has blue eyes.

One thing to take into account with the red hair gene though is that it is often accompanied by a fair skin/freckles gene, and is rarely split while crossing over during meiosis. This particular trait isn't associated with the normal freckles/ fair skin trait. It's a very special trait, which is why most people with red hair have pale skin and freckles.

An interesting case involves my husband and his sister. They are from El Salvador. Both their parents have dark tan skin, dark eyes and hair, your typical Hispanics. However, my husband and his sister have the brightest red hair you have ever seen, pale skin, and tons of freckles. You'd think they were Irish until you hear their names! Now, his sister married a white guy. However, he has no red hair in his family. It pretty much looks like they kidnapped their kids. The kids have dark skin, dark eyes and hair, just like her parents. Without the red hair trait to cover it up, that's what her kids were programmed to be!

Genetics, they absolutely fascinate me. Always have.