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Predicting Baby's Appearance: A Heritage & Genetics Guide


Question
I am very interested in getting an educate dguess on what my baby will look like.  I am english, german, and bohemian, with drk brown hair and bright blue eyes.  My mother and father have naturally drk brn hair and blue-green eyes.  The father of the baby however is 1/2 vietnamese, norwegian, and german.  He has black hair brown eyes.  His mother has blonde hair brown eyes.  Im stumped I have no clue what our baby is going to look like...PLEASE HELP  i am very excited

Answer
That's a very interesting genetic mix there!  Honestly, you could end up with almost anything, from blonde hair to brown, blue eyes to brown.  It all depends on how many fair-skinned genes the father got from his mother, and whether or not he passes them on.  You probably have about a 25% chance of blue eyes, and 25% or less of blonde hair.  But, technically speaking, I and my husband had about the same phenotypes, as a Swedish American and a Native American, and we have five fair-skinned, blonde- or red-haired children, two with blue eyes and three with brown.  So you can never tell!