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Lets say that your dad has brown hair, and your mom has red hair. The brown would be the dominant gene (B) and the red hair would be recessive (b). So you would most likely have brown hair since it is dominant. But if both parents had red hair (b) it would still be recessive. So the genes you inherited would be bb. You would then have red hair. If they both had brown (BB) then you would have brown. But if your parents did have brown and red hair, then you would have Bb. You would still then have brown hair since brown is the dominant color. But then if you have children, They would get one of each, so if you married someone with red hair, there is a possibility of your child of having red hair. I am not entirely sure if this answers the question, so I am sorry if it didn't. Hope it helped.

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