For a recessive trait to be expressed the individual must be pure breeding, hence two red heads can not produce any other colour in a child. If red hair is dominant, the chances are one in four that a child will NOT be a red head if mum and dad are both ginger nuts.

Can two red haired parents have a red haired child?

So what does that all mean for your chances of having a red-headed child? Since you need two pieces of “red hair” DNA to have red hair, your child will only have red hair if s/he receives “red hair” DNA from both parents. Even if you dont have red hair, you can still pass on a red hair allele to your child!

Do redhead babies stay red?

Answer: It is very unlikely that his hair will turn red. People with red hair generally display the phenotype at birth (it is more likely for a redhead to go from having red hair at birth to a darker hair color as they age because you naturally produce more eumelanin as you mature).

Will my baby have red hair if I have red hair?

While they may display the dominant genes, they still have — and can pass to their kids — the recessive genes. For example, if both parents have red hair, a child receives mostly the genetic information for red hair, so the chances they will have red hair is almost 100 percent.