Not necessarily. you only need one parent with the red head gene fo it to be able to pass down.
Not necessarily. Hair color is determined by multiple genes inherited from both parents, so it is possible for two brown-haired parents to have a child with a different hair color, such as blonde or red. It depends on the specific combination of genes that the child inherits.
This phenomenon is due to the presence of recessive genes for red hair in both parents. When these genes are passed on to their offspring, there is a chance for a red-haired child to be born, even if the parents do not have red hair themselves.
It depends. If both parents are pure for brown hair then no. But if they have hidden genes (genes that are there but don't show themselves) It can be possible. However both of the parents will need to carry the hidden gene because if the baby gets one blonde haired gene and one brown haired gene then the baby will have brown hair because brown hair is dominant. But if the baby gets two blonde genes then they will have blonde hair. This can be highly unlikely because there is no way to tell which genes the baby will get but it's still possible. Even if a set of parents are brown haired, it is entirely possible for this child to have blonde hair in infancy. It is common for babies to be "born tow haired" and the hair gradually to darken througout his babyhood. It is one peculiarity of genetics concerning a dominate and a recessive gene concerning hair. The presence of blonde hair on a child can indicate that the color is temporary if both parents are brown haired. While the child might have an almost white hair color during infancy, in such cases as this, by puberty the child usually has the color of his parent's hair. This anomoly is also observed in children with "red" hair. There is a recessive gene which gives the child red hair in infancy, but the hair color fades to brown by puberty.
no!! never The above answer is incorrect--the red-headed gene is recessive--just because brown hair is dominant does not mean that those brown-heads don't carry the gene mutation for red hair! Research on this question suggests that freckled skin on non-red-heads may be a sign that the recessive gene for red hair is present.
Definitely. You could have a recessive gene from 4-5 generations ago, that was awakened by the gene of the other parent. Result could be red hair, blonde, or green, blue eyes. Without knowing the genectics of each parent at least 5 generations back, anything is possible for anyone.
Not necessarily. Hair color is determined by multiple genes inherited from both parents, so it is possible for two brown-haired parents to have a child with a different hair color, such as blonde or red. It depends on the specific combination of genes that the child inherits.
YES!!!! Both of my parents have dark brown hair. My oldest sister has blond hair and my other sister and I have copper red hair!!!
Yes. One or both parents have a gene for red hair therefore the child could have red hair.
Yes.
because some one in the family had and and it recessive trait
This phenomenon is due to the presence of recessive genes for red hair in both parents. When these genes are passed on to their offspring, there is a chance for a red-haired child to be born, even if the parents do not have red hair themselves.
I think it was holland taylor. she plays on two and a half men.
Simple genetics. Red hair is a recessive gene (one which both parents must carry) If the mothers hair is blond and the fathers is red, then both parties must have a red gene somewhere down the line. Also, children's hair color often changes as they grow older.
If brown hair is dominant over red hair, then a person who is heterozygous for brown hair will have a brown hair phenotype. Red-haired offspring with two brown-haired parents are fairly common.
Kurt's hair was dark brown when he was an adult and he was a child his hair was blond. He dyed his haired red for the first half of 1992 until Frances was born.
The child could have almost any hair color. It all depends on the past history of the family. Hair color is determined by 2 polygenes. One that is Blonde or Brown. The other is Red or not red. The father has a brown allele present, which is dominant to blond. Blond and red are both recessive hair colors, so the likelihood of the child having either is lower to begin with. Because of the father's brown allele there's a 50% chance of the child having darker hair, and depending on the allele that the mother possesses, there's either a 50% or a 0% chance of the child having red hair. So there could be a 50% chance of the child being blond, a 50% chance of the child being dark haired, and depending on the mother's allele a 50% chance of being a darker red haired individual. Hopefully you can make sense of that.
Obviously if a child has pink or blue hair, that doesn't mean that either parent also had pink or blue hair. There are several genes involved with hair color which can allow varying shades of colors. Also, hair color may change with age, especially blonds darkening. Like many genes, there are both dominant and recessive genes with hair color. Red hair and blond hair are both recessive genes (at least in their most common form). So, two parents could be carriers of the red hair gene, but only their child receives both genes and has red hair. However, if the two parents have red hair, then the child should also have red hair. Likewise, parents with brown hair can have a blond child, but two blonds wouldn't have a black haired child. There may be more subtle issues causing an apparent mixing of hair shades.