DH and I both have blue eyes (as do all our siblings, parents, grandparents, etc). If our kids didn't have blue eyes he would have been suspicious.

My husband and I have straight hair (very) his mother has curly, but DD has super curly kinky hair.

Anonymous wrote:Recessive genetics: Two blue eyed parents can only have blue eyed children. (unless their eyes are not really blue, but are grey --that is a dilution of the brown gene) Green eyes are a mix of brown + blue gene. Dilution gene is an aspect of another gene -- make it lighter, and is recessive.
True blondes, who remain blondes in adulthood without a trip to the hairdresser: If both parents are true blondes, all off spring will be blonde. Blonde + recessive dilution gene = white blond hair.
Blonde as kids, brown as adults have dominant brown gene. It is possible to have a double recessive blonde hair child, but (80% against) unlikely if both parents carry the brown gene. Genetics!

Hmm that's interesting. My mom has green eyes, my dad brown. I have green eyes just like my mom, while my sister has blue eyes. Always wondered where she got those and why neither of us wound up with my dad's brown eyes, since I figured brown was dominant.

Anonymous wrote:To the 9:11 PP - how do genetics come into play for IQ? I've always been curious about this. My IQ was higher than either of my parents' IQs. My husband is in the 140's and I'm in the high 130's; I'm curious about what that means for our daughter.

Nope. I don't believe your claims, for if your IQ were that high, presumably you'd know how to use the intent, if not remember from school that IQ is changeable over time, related to genetics, nutrition, and experiences, etc., and even if one had an IQ of 219, not terrifically predictive of anything. It is how hard someone works more than anything that is predictive of success. So that's what it means for your daughter.

My sister has dark brown hair with green eyes (that started out blue til she was about 12). Her DH has medium brown hair and blue eyes.
Their oldest (7) has their father's coloring. Their younger son (5) looks exactly like his mother, but has platinum plond hair...just like her DH's brother. A few family members have made some not-so-funny jokes about that!

I have light green eyes and DH has dark blue eyes. Our son got light blue eyes and our daughter got dark green/hazel eyes.

DH was a tow head as a child, then brown as an teen/adult, before he went gray and it fell out. I started out as a baby with red hair, then dark blond, then finally medium brown as a teen/adult. Both of my kids ended up with "dirty blond" with some gorgeous natural highlights.

Me: Very dark hair, forest green eyes, fair-medium skin
Huband: Dark, curly hair, brown eyes, medium skin
Daughter: red/auburn hair, navy blue eyes, fair skin. WTF???? She's absolutely gorgeous, but we look at her and go, where did you come from?

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Anonymous wrote:I have red hair and my parents both have brown. No idea where that came from.

Red hair, like blonde, is recessive. Somewhere in both of your parents' families, there was red hair.

My parents both had red hair and of their seven children, only one (I) had red hair. I married a redhead and we have three redheads - but we could as easily have had none.

Somewhere. None of my aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents have red hair.

Maybe PP was right about the mailman.

PP here. It could be generations back. My DH's father was a redhead, but his mother had brown hair, and no one in her family had red - and yet, DH and his sister are redheads.

I think you do need it on both sides of the family, somewhere, in order to produce a redhead (which is why red hair is relatively rare).

So here's the interesting part. My mother's side is Jewish and they are Eastern European Jewish going back at least 100 years- and before that I think it was rare for Jews to marry non Jews (although reproduction at least is certainly possible). Dad's side is Irish/Scottish so that's explainable. I wonder where the red was on my mom's side, though.

To the PP who thinks red headed men are gross: I get what you're saying, but I am specifically attracted to ginger dudes because I want to maximize my chances of having pretty ginger babies.

What color is the mailmans hair?

IQ is genetic. I learned the hard way: go for the smart man! First husband, IQ in the 140s. Second husband, IQ in the low 110s. My IQ is 140. 1st DC=144, 2nd/3rd DCs with DH#2= not tested yet but not high. I feel like they got robbed by their dad...

Anonymous wrote:You have to look at your wider family gene pool. We were both blonde kids. Our siblings were brunette. Our children are half and half.

On the IQ point, IQ is highly heritable.

Sadly, that is why Legacy is so hard to beat!

I am blonde. DH is brunette. DS is red head!

You have to look at your wider family gene pool. We were both blonde kids. Our siblings were brunette. Our children are half and half.

On the IQ point, IQ is highly heritable.

I have dark brown hair and blue eyes.

DH has blonde hair and green eyes.

Both my boys are blonde with blue eyes.


My sister has jet black hair and brown eyes--married to a blue-eyed blonde. All 2 of her kids are blonde, one brunette. I assumed my kids would be brunette---and hers as well, but not the case.

My husband is aa, I'm Hispanic, dark brown eyes and hair. My first has the coarse hair, but dirty blonde and her eyes are hazel.