My spouse is Japanese and I'm green-eyed and red haired. Is it possible to have a red-haired child?

Question

I've heard that its not because the dark hair and dark eye genes are very dominant and red hair and green eyes is recessive. I'm not sure.

Answer 1

It's possible; I'm half-Mexican, and my husband has blue eyes and dark brown hair. Our son is darker, like me, but our daughter has blonde hair and blue eyes. There are recessive genes from your parents and his that make differences, as well.



There's a really neat little program on the internet that will, after you answer a few questions about your family's eye colors, give you the percentages and likelihood of different eye color combinations for your future children. I used it when pregnant with my last child, just for fun. :)



http://www.thetech.org/genetics/index.php - click on the lower left hand box that says "What Color Eyes Will Your Children Have". Pretty fun!



ETA: Referencing another poster that said in pure Asian cultures it's impossible, that is incorrect. Famous anthropologist Kazurou Hanihara (professor emeritus of Tokyo university) wrote that Japanese have two types of genes. One is Jomon’s (original habitants) other is Yayoi‘s (mass migrant from Korean peninsula or continental Asia, in 5th century B.C.). And these were mixed, but Yayoi’s overwhelmed Jomon’s. Also professor Hanihara wrote that an Ainu people and an Okinawa people might be direct descent of Jomon people. (Reference book: “origin of Japanese(people)”, published by The Asahi Shimbun).



It IS possible for "pure" Japanese to contribute genes for lighter haired and eyed offspring.

Answer 2

You heard right. There is a probable chance that a person with dark hair and dark eyes could produce a blond, blue-eyed baby, but not if that person is pure Asian. This is because there are NO red/blond genes even present, nor blue/green-eye genes either. They would have been eliminated long ago, if they ever existed in this gene pool. It IS possible for a very dark Greek, today, to produce a blond-haired, blue-eyed child, because these genes were quite wide-spread in Greece only a few thousand years ago. Alexander the Great, being a Macedonian, was of course blue-eyed and blond. The Greeks most likely became "dark" due to the "predominance" of these genes with the introduction of them from, for instance, both freed and "un-freed" dark-skinned slaves. But these recessive genes are still "hiding out" waiting to meet up with another.

Answer 3

I actually like blonde hair or red however it depends on what the particular person looks like.

Answer 4

It depends on just what the girl looks like. I like both, but I'd say blonde generally goes well with everyone. Some can't pull black off.

Answer 5

My husband still talks about a woman he seen on the subway that was Asian with red hair and green eyes and freckles as the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. That was like 14 years ago.

It would make me feel like crap, but I'm a very confident person :)

Good luck

Answer 6

although dark hair is coined to be the "dominant" trait, hair colour is not a mendelian trait. it is a multifactorial trait. so, it's both the combination of genes present and the environment that will help determine your kid's hair colour. so, basically, it's possible.



my dad is persian (has brown eyes, and all of his family has brown eyes), and my mom is american (blue eyes, but has a lot of brown eyes in the family), my older brother came out with blue eyes, and i came out with green eyes.

Answer 7

Yes. It depends on which chromosomes are dominate in the baby.. There is a 50/50 chance.

Answer 8

Let's HOPE NOT a red haired green eyed asion DOES NOT sound attractive!

Answer 9

Pray And Ask?(:

Youll Never Know, Until You Find Out.