What color will baby's hair be if mother has black hair and father has red hair?

Answer 1

The characteristics of offspring are not determined by the parents' phenotypes, but by their genotypes. The genes for hair color that a parent caries are not immediately apparent by the parent's own hair color. Only genetic testing will reveal what inactive genes the parent may have. A parent with brown hair may have recessive genes for blond, black, or red hair, or maybe a total dominance of brown-hair genes. If both parents have homozygous brown hair, the offspring will have brown hair. It is more likely, however, that the code for brown hair is heterozygous, in which case the color of the offspring's hair is essentially impossible to determine without DNA testing.

Answer 2

Red hair is a recessive gene. To have it, both of your parents must have it. That means that both mother and father have two red-hair genes, and that's the only gene they can pass on. The baby will have red hair.

But of course "red" covers many shades from blond to brown, and children often have lighter hair when they're young, darkening as they get older. But expect to see a little copper-top.

Blue eyes are a recessive gene. The mother must have two blue-eye genes in order to have blue eyes. So that's all she has to pass on. But brown is a dominant gene. The father could have a brown and a brown or a blue and a brown. If the father passes on a blue-eye gene, the baby will be blue-eyed. If the father passes on a brown-eye gene, it will win, and the baby will be brown-eyed. Look at the father's parents to answer this one: does either one have blue eyes?

If the baby has brown eyes, it will still carry a recessive blue-eye gene from the mother and can have a blue-eyed child.

This is the simple picture, not taking into account green, hazel, gray, etc.

Best way to find out is to wait and see.

Answer 3

Well, If both parents and grandparents have brown hair, The babies hair will be brown, If a grandparent had a recessive gene colour (EG Ginger) The child has a chance of being ginger, If one parent, has brown, the other, another colour, It depends which has a dominant gene.

Answer 4

The baby will probably have brown hair with red tints. Like in the sunlight.

Answer 5

I really have no idea but my best guess is brown because it is a dominant gene and red is recessive!

Answer 6

i would guess light brown goldish looking light brown

Answer 7

Irrelavant. Baby can carry dominate trait (Black hair) if someone in your bloodline has black hair.