Can two people with dark hair have a baby with red hair?

Red hair is a recessive gene, so your husband has two red hair genes. The only way for your child to have red hair is if you have a recessive red gene (being covered by the dominant brown hair gene) and that is the gene that gets passed onto the baby.

Is red hair dominant over black hair?

One theory used to be that red hair was a recessive condition: ie that both your parents carried a gene for red hair while also having one for dark hair. The “dark-haired” gene would have been dominant, giving them the dark-hair phenotype.

Can non redhead parents have a redheaded child?

In order to be a redhead, a baby needs two copies of the red hair gene (a mutation of the MC1R gene) because it is recessive. This means if neither parent is ginger, they both need to carry the gene and pass it on — and even then they will have just a 25\% chance of the child turning out to be a redhead.

Is black hair recessive?

Black hair is the darkest and most common of all human hair colors globally, due to larger populations with this dominant trait. It is a dominant genetic trait, and it is found in people of all backgrounds and ethnicities. It has large amounts of eumelanin and is more dense than other hair colors.

Can black hair be a recessive gene?

Black hair is the darkest and most common of all human hair colors globally, due to larger populations with this dominant trait. It is a dominant genetic trait, and it is found in people of all backgrounds and ethnicities.

Can 2 blondes have a red haired baby?

The gene for red hair is recessive, so a person needs two copies of that gene for it to show up or be expressed. That means even if both parents carry the gene, just one in four of their children are likely to turn out to be a redhead.

What Colour hair will baby have?

Hair Color Changes Throughout Life Hair color is not set for life. A baby born with dark hair may change to having light brown on blonde hair during the first six months. Even then, babies and toddlers with blonde or red hair often develop brown hair as they age.