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Today, my wife and I both have blond hair and blue eyes, we just had a red headed son. FML

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its possible to have red hair kid if youre both blonde its a recessive gene

you obviously never paid atention in high school...ever.

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@SparklingTurtle what's wrong with gingers I'm one oh wht u believe that the myth gingers don't have souls is real? F**** you to

Maybe u should be nice

kuzcoandpacha 3

Adolph? Is that you?!

Both my parent have dark brown hair, my brother has bright reddish orange hair. There's no doubt that he's my father's son. It's definitely possible! Recessive genes are are complicated, but your situation is possible for sure.

Deadpools_Finest 10

My boyfriends parents are both blonde and he has red hair. I don't see what the problem is.

Um, maybe his wife was done by a ginger? I'm ginger though :D

Recessive genes. My entire family has blue eyes, I have hazel, for example. It happens.

She cheated on you

It's possible for hair color to change as an infant I was a born with blonde hair but now have black hair

SailorSolaris 43

Has anyone in either family ever had red hair? If yes, it's entirely possible that the child is indeed yours. If no, she cheated.

CaroAurelia 12

But how would you necessarily know, if the family member died a long time ago? My mum and I are into genealogy and I know a lot about my ancestors but I couldn't tell you what color hair they had.

Red hair is a recessive gene, which means that it is only expressed if you receive that gene from both parents. Just because someone has blond hair doesn't mean that they don't have a red hair gene, it just means that they don't express it. If both partners have a recessive red hair gene and a dominant blond hair gene, there is a 1/4 chance that the child will have red hair. I do not know the OP or his wife's genome, but the child having red hair does not in itself prove that the OP's wife cheated in him. OP, if you are suspicious of cheating, you could have a paternity test done, which is incredibly more accurate than hair colour.