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A question to people here that have more knowledge of William & Catherine genes (through their parents..etc...). What are the probabilities of this baby bein' born with blue/green/brown eyes and blonde/auburn/brown hair?
I always find genes the most interesting^^
Molly2101 said:I think the child will likely be blonde as there are many blondes on William's side (Philip, Anne, Edward, Peter, Zara, William, Louise and Savannah to name a few in the "immediate" line up) as well as his mother's side. Zara was very blonde until an older age but she now of course dyes her hair, but Louise has got very blonde hair for a 9.5 year old as most children's blonde hair fades, as William's did though I think he inherited his hair colour from his mother.
Anne isn't blonde; she's dark brown. But she did have blonde hair when she was young.
kathia_sophia said:That's right, Anne was so blonde as a young child, her hair sure darkened a lot!
I agree that its usual for blonde hair to eventually turn darker with time and finally brown, unless you're called Willem-Alexander
My brother has brown eyes, and he has no brown-eyed parents or grandparents. So, if this baby has any brown-eyed ancestors it is possible the trait could reappear.I think there is no chance that William&Kate's baby will have brown or hazel eyes, as I do not remember any of William's grandparents having dark eyes ( close line), but the baby could have green, blue or grey eyes.
That was the theme I chose for my son, 25 years ago. My grandmother had given me a set of Winnie the Pooh books for my 5th birthday.
The plot thickens, people. Where is Hercule Poirot at this pivotal moment??
Did Kate let slip she's having a daughter... or a son? | This is Grimsby
Dymphna: I was quite appalled, as I think you will be, if you do a quick image search for WTP. Disney acquired the rights and have turned our beloved water colored line drawings into screaming bright cartoons. Fine if you like them, but not my cup of Winnie the Pooh! The water colours are still available, just less easy to find.
Catherine and William are fans of the old standards, I am sure.
I always heard brown was a dominant eye color but I don't know how all the genetics change things.
My dad had brown eyes, mom had blue/green eyes. Sister and I both have brown (so it would appear brown is dominant).
DH has blue eyes, I have brown...1 child has hazel, the other two are blue eyed. DH's parents - 1 brown eyed the other blue eyed.
DH has 5 siblings - 3 blue and 1 brown (another brown but is adopted).
I'm sure there is some scientific formula explaining why but it does seem kinda random.
LaRae
Impressive - Ish!A simplification: you get 1 gene from your mother and 1 gene from your father. So, we assume your father is BB (brown eyes) while your mother is bb (to simplify, blue eyes). You're Bb and display brown eyes. One of DH's parents would have also been Bb, to give your husband the b to make him bb.
As such, your kids have a 50/50 chance of being Bb or bb, and 0 chance of being BB.
That's just a simplification though. It's not an either or - either you have brown eyes or blue eyes - and that's why we get other variations like grey, hazel, green, etc.
Genetics fascinate me, so I have read quite a bit about eye color inheritance. Here's something from The Tech Museum of Innovation / Stanford University:I always heard brown was a dominant eye color but I don't know how all the genetics change things.
My dad had brown eyes, mom had blue/green eyes. Sister and I both have brown (so it would appear brown is dominant).
DH has blue eyes, I have brown...1 child has hazel, the other two are blue eyed. DH's parents - 1 brown eyed the other blue eyed.
DH has 5 siblings - 3 blue and 1 brown (another brown but is adopted).
I'm sure there is some scientific formula explaining why but it does seem kinda random.
LaRae
Genetics fascinate me, so I have read quite a bit about eye color inheritance. Here's something from The Tech Museum of Innovation / Stanford University:
How Blue Eyed Parents Can Have Brown Eyed Children | Understanding Genetics
Eye Color | Understanding Genetics
I heard the red hair gene is a recessive gene. I had red heads on both sides of my family, and I was a mildly red headed person (not firey read). I married a man with no redheads in his family, but our son was a bright redhead like Prince Harry. My son the redhead married a light brown haired woman, and their children are either brunette or dark blonde. The red gene seems out of here. I am guessing Baby Cambridge will probably be similarly deprived of the redhead gene that Harry has, because the Middleton dark hair will triumph. I am of course guessing, as recessive genes can pop up unexpectedly.
There is also the red hair gene from Diana. How does that fit in?
While the Middletons have dark hair, any recessive hair color could be lurking in their DNA, one of which they passed onto Kate. Both my husband and I have dark hair, and to our surprise, our youngest was born blond which has darkened to only light brown. So we both had recessive genes for lighter hair, even most of our families are dark haired.
Regarding Charles and Diana, I would guess, from their sons, that Charles had a dark haired gene and a blond haired gene. Diana had a red haired gene and a blond haired gene. Dark hair dominates over blond hair and it must be that red hair dominates over blond. Will has two blond genes and Harry has one blond and one red, if I have calculated correctly.
So the Cambridge baby will have one blond gene and the other either Kate's dominant brown or whatever other gene she carried - either brown or some other color.
The plot thickens, people. Where is Hercule Poirot at this pivotal moment??
Did Kate let slip she's having a daughter... or a son? | This is Grimsby
I think she should have triplets - that would be fair to everyone: one boy, one girl, one transgender; one white, one brown and one asian.
Now - that would be fantastic
mmhh - or else, we just wait another couple of month and than we know.
Dymphna: I was quite appalled, as I think you will be, if you do a quick image search for WTP. Disney acquired the rights and have turned our beloved water colored line drawings into screaming bright cartoons. Fine if you like them, but not my cup of Winnie the Pooh! The water colours are still available, just less easy to find.
Catherine and William are fans of the old standards, I am sure.