Does red hair automatically yield red hair in children?

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cincycrack

i have brown hair (my mom has brown hair and dad has black hair) and my wife has red hair. we are just curious: will all our kids have red hair or is there a formula to it? (i know there is, i just don't remember how to figure out the odds).
any help is appreciated!

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Red hair is a recessive gene. That means that you need to get a copy of the gene from both parents to have red hair.

If your wife passes the gene to your children, and if you have the gene also, then your kids may have red hair. You may have the gene from somewhere back in your family history, especially if you have Scot or Irish ancestry.

My wife has brown hair, I have brown hair, but a red beard.

Two of our three kids are red heads.

If you have platinum blonde hair and use red depositing formulas, will your hair turn slightly pink?

lafemi

I want a very slight pink in my platinum hair, and don't want to go to a salon. I used Fekkai's red color depositing shampoo and John Frieda's Color Glaze when I had red hair and the dye did make my hair a richer red. What will happen if I use it on platinum hair? Will it be a mess?

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Um it'll more likely make it look like a horrible blotchy dye job, unless you get a pink clear color glaze it won't actually be pink.

mine
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ApXMBj51zDbrpjhoTejCdpTty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20110330132131AAjwBYn

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Would the baby come out with red hair, black hair or brown hair?

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Q. Just to clear this up, I'm not pregnant or planning to have a baby soon but I'm just wondering the genetics:

If my mother has red hair, my grandfather has red hair and many other people on my mother's side has red hair, and if I the father of my child has red hair but I don't have red hair (I have black/brown hair) would the baby come out with red hair or black hair?

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Red hair is NOT the recessive form of the dark pigmentation gene. Red hair is caused by having a defective copy of the MCR1 gene. It doesn't break down red pigment in the hair or skin, allowing it to accumulate. Whether or not you have dark or fair hair is determined by the formula you've seen in some of the other posts-- BB or Bb for brown, bb for blonde.

...Except genetics is way more complicated than that. Genes can be present but not express themselves. Gene might only express themselves partway (these qualities are called permanence and expressivity). There is of course the likely possibility there are more genes involved than we know about.

Your child's chances of having red hair could be 50/50 or they could be zero. Why? If you're heterozygous (one copy of each allelle), and your husband is homozygous (two copies of the red hair allelles) then he will definitely pass one onto your kid. It's just a 50/50 shot that you will. That's the most likely.

Did your mother have strawberry blonde or auburn hair? Maybe she only had one copy, and you didn't have any. Now your kids definitely won't have it... unless they inherit one copy from their Dad and end up with the lesser redhead version.

I linked you to some more reputable sources on the genetics of hair color. Hope this helps.

How can I remove the red out of my hair so that I can go back to blonde?

Hannah

I've had red hair for about...9 months now? I really want to go back to my natural hair color..blonde, but have my hair dyed blonde not my natural color? I want to be able to go back to blonde safely, WITHOUT damaging my hair with a color stripper & hopefully some cheap way? I heard that putting tide (non-bleach formula) and washing your hair with that & shampoo will take out the red fast but gradually. Any suggestions?

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try bleaching?

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If you have platinum blonde hair and use red depositing formulas, will your hair turn slightly pink?

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lafemi

I want a very slight pink in my platinum hair, and don't want to go to a salon. I used Fekkai's red color depositing shampoo and John Frieda's Color Glaze when I had red hair and the dye did make my hair a richer red. What will happen if I use it on platinum hair? Will it be a mess?

Answer
Um it'll more likely make it look like a horrible blotchy dye job, unless you get a pink clear color glaze it won't actually be pink.

mine
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ApXMBj51zDbrpjhoTejCdpTty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20110330132131AAjwBYn

Will mixing a hair dye and conditioner together to lighten a dye work when put onto hair?

lucy m

basically iâve mixed a red hair dye and conditioner together, and its come out a really nice pink, will that work when i dye my hair or will it simply not dye my hair at all and wash out?

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Seriously, i don't think so and i don't recommend it at all. you must know that dyes are properly proportioned to obtain the color it says, now if you're going to mix it with other products like conditioners, it might cause the formula to work improperly. my advice to you is get the right color that you want rather than mixing it just to get a lighter dye. you should see this site, http://www.hair-color-ideas.net/choosing-hair-color/. i'm sure this will be helpful for you.

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