Expert: Walter Hintz - 6/2/2009

Question
QUESTION: hello i am 3 months pregnant and my partner is a red haed and have light blonde hair and we was wondering if you could tell what color hair our baby would have
if you are unable to answer our Question and know of any one who is alble to help please e-mail me
thank you for your time
Sarah

ANSWER: Hi Sarah;
Genetic traits are dependent upon chance so all I can do is make an educated guess. In this case both red hair and blond hair are recessive traits so I think that the odds are about 100% that the baby will be a blonde or a red head or perhaps a strawberry blond

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QUESTION: hello thank you very much for your answer on my babys hair colour so i wondered if you could help on another questoin that has occoerd in my life.
my 4 yr old has been limping on his right foot 4 8 months i have taken him to the gp and thay diagnosed growing pains.
but 6 months later he is still limping so i took him to
A and E were they done a X RAY the Dr said that his naviculiar bone was fractured and were it haven't set bk and were there has been no blood getting to the bone has caused it to rot away and would need a little operation we was made a appointment @ the orthopedics and the clinic was 2 hours behind so they called in local gps he said there is nothing wrong as the bone is not there due to his age could you please tell if this is true as he is still limping after haveing the plaster cast off
thank you very much for all your time i really do appreciate it

Answer
Hello again Sarah.
I am not an Medical doctor and I cannot second guess the doctors you have visited. If I did so I would be breaking the law.
You have to put your trust in these doctors. If you are dissatisfied you can always ask for a second opinion