Do Babies With Red Hair Stay Red
Its a bit on the lighter side.
Do babies with red hair stay red. My son had 3 hair colors before he stuck with one. As we age we produce more eumelanin which leads to the hair darkening. It is very unlikely that his hair will turn red.
Natural redheads and blondes are born with hair whose cells produce a pigment called pheomelanin Ortega explained. If youre a redhead you definitely have the gene and you will always pass this gene on to your children. His complexion though was somewhat that of a redhead--freckles.
He was born with auburn dark brn with red hair which turned very red at 6 mos. You plus your hubby equals redhead baby. Many redheads start out with very little or no hair at all and in the beginning that first fluffy drift can be more of a blonde than red.
Her father and I are both dark blonde but he has reddish facial hair. My red head is the only baby whos hair didnt change hes still fiery red and 4. Neither me or my DP have red hair but my Dad does - it often skips a generation if you dont have 2 parents with red hair themselves.
His was bright ginger as a child but has grown darker over the years and is a chestnut brown now. A red-blonde genotype presents as strawberry blonde and a red-brown genotype presents as auburn. Ive got red hair and am the first on both sides as far back as anyone can remember although Ive seen a tinted photo of one of my great-great grandfathers and he has red hair or faded brown.
Also if someone in your direct bloodline has red hair you will also carry the ginger gene but wont necessarily be a redhead see table below. IIRC the short answer is that red hair is a simple combination of blonde and brownblack hair. My baby girl was born with beautiful red hair.