AboutSophia Jane Expertise I can answer basic questions related to heritable diseases, and moderate level questions regarding genetics and biology in general. Please, no questions on what your future children will look like. I will happily answer questions regarding the inheritance of hair or eye colour, genetic diseases, genetic traits, etc..., but anything phrased as "I look like X and my partner look like Y; what will our baby look like?" will be sent to the question pool.
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Education/Credentials BA (biological) anthropology, UC Berkeley.
Expert: Sophia Jane Date: 2/12/2008 Subject: fun question about genetics
Question Hi. I just have a fun curious question about the likelyhood of traits our baby will receive from us.
Me: blue eyes, dark hair, ivory skin complexion,
hubby: brown eyes, dark hair, medium-ivory skin tone
my parents: both blue eyed (obviously) with dark hair
his parents: one brown set, one blue-ish, both dark hair
Thanks!
Answer Thanks for the question, Kristin. Based on the pedigree you listed, your child will have a 50% of having blue eyes, and a 50% chance of brown eyes (though hazel or green is possible). Your child will more than likely be dark haired, though other hair colours are possible.
