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Can my son get hair and eye color from his grandparents even if it differs from mine and my husbands?
Certainly! You and your husband have received heredity factors from your parents and you pass those traits to your children. For example: If you and your husband have dark hair and brown eyes. Could your child be a blue eyed blond? Yes if both you and your husband received a genes for blond hair and blue eyes from your parents. All traits come in pairs. What appears depends upon which sperm fertilizes which egg.
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Walter Hintz
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Science teacher for over 50 years. MSc. in biology. I can answer questions in general biology, zoology, botany, anatomy and physiology and biochemistry.
Experience
I have a MSc in biology and have been a science teacher for over 50 years. At present I am a faculty member at a college and a science consultant at seven catholic schools.
Publications
The Ohio journal of Science
Momentum-The Journal of the Catholic Education Association
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