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Hair color is a complex interplay of multiple genes. Even if your hair is dark brown, you might carry a recessive gene for blonde hair, which you could pass on to your child. This unexpected twist adds an element of surprise to the hair color prediction game.
Our hair color calculator lets you input the parental and grandparental hair colors to forecast your baby’s hair color. Use below hair color predictor to see what the hair color of your future bundle of joy might be.
The inheritance of hair color follows basic Mendelian genetics. Certain hair colors are dominant over others. Understanding which hair colors are dominant or recessive can help predict the likelihood of a child having a particular hair color based on their parents’ genetics.
Your hair color is determined by the amount of melanin in your hair. Your genes influence this amount and the type of melanin in your hair. Our physical traits result from a combination of genes inherited from our parents. Among these features, hair color is a prominent example of genetic influence.
To determine what possible hair colors your baby will have based on mom and dad’s hair, use our Baby Hair Color Prediction Chart below and read further for a more detailed explanation of each hair color probability.
Genes determine how much and what type of melanin we have, leading to various hair colors. While black hair is the most common and dominant due to high eumelanin (dark pigment), blonde hair is rare, with low eumelanin. Red hair, even rarer, results from high pheomelanin (light pigment).
Hair color is influenced by both dominant and recessive genes, with certain genes having a stronger impact on hair color than others. For example, the gene for dark hair color is often dominant over the gene for light hair color.