Expert: Walter Hintz - 4/22/2007

Question
I am 25 weeks pregnant and am interested to know what colour hair and eyes my baby is likely to have. I have mousy brown hair and hazel eyes and my partner has ginger hair and brown eyes. My mother has ginger hair and brown eyes and my father has dark hair and blue eyes. My partners mother has very dark hair and brown eyes and his dad is fair (not sure of eye colour)  

Answer
Hi Laura
In most cases coming up with any predictions is tricky.  In your case dark hair and eyes seem to be dominant and it is likely that the baby will also have dark hair and eyes.  Since your father is blue eyed you would be carrying genes for blue.  Whether the child would have blue eyes depends upon the fathers genes.  If one of his parents has blue eyes there is a 50/50 chance the baby will have them