Can two parents with curly hair have a child with straight hair?

If both of your parents were born with curly hair, chances are that you'll be born with curly hair, too. But there are cases where two curly haired parents can produce a child with straight or wavy hair. Curly hair is considered a “dominant” gene trait.

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Does curly hair come from mom or dad?

Curly hair is determined by factors you inherit from your biological mother and your biological father. There's no single gene that determines the way that your hair looks. The way your hair looks when you're born is also a clue into the genetic information you'd pass to your own children if you have them.

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Why do both of my parents have curly hair and I don t?

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If both of your parents have curly hair, you are more likely to inherit the trait of curly hair. This means that you have received both copies of the curly hair gene from your parents. However, one parent could have straight hair while the other has curly hair.

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What are the chances of having a straight haired child?

There is a 25% chance the child will have straight hair.

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Is curly or straight hair gene more dominant?

Curly hair is dominant, so someone is more likely to have curly or wavy hair if at least one of their parents does. Recent research points to trichohyalin, a protein in hair follicles, as having primary influence over hair curl. However, there are many genes contributing to hair curliness, most of them unknown.

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Why do I have straight hair but my dad has curly hair?

Curly hair is considered a “dominant” gene trait. Straight hair is considered “recessive.” To put that in simple terms, that means that if one parent gives you a curly-haired gene and the other parent gives you a straight-haired gene, you'll be born with curly hair.

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What nationality does curly hair come from?

The story of human migration and evolution is written in hair DNA. In sub-Saharan Africa, genes favour tight, curly hair. But in east Asia, mutations have led to straighter, thicker hair. In Europe, other mutations brought wavy and straw-coloured hair.

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Which parent determines child's hair?

Is Hair Color Inherited from Mother or Father? Hair color comes from both parents through the chromosomes passed onto their child. The 46 chromosomes (23 from each parent) have genes made up of DNA with instructions of what traits a child will inherit. The results can be surprising.

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What gene gives you straight hair?

Common Variants in the Trichohyalin Gene Are Associated with Straight Hair in Europeans.

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Which parent carries the hair gene?

One popular myth is that hair loss in men is passed down from the mother's side of the family while hair loss in women is passed down from the father's side; however, the truth is that the genes for hair loss and hair loss itself are actually passed down from both sides of the family.

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How rare is curly hair?

Yes, only 11% of the population have curly hair.

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Which is more attractive curly or straight hair?

In fact, more people prefer curly hair to straight hair. Though beauty is seen differently by everyone, one thing is for sure; curly hair is getting a lot of love lately. In fact, in a survey conducted by StyleCaster, a surprising 58% of guys thought curly hair was sexier than other hair textures.

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How rare is straight hair?

Hair morphology is one of the more conspicuous features of human variation and is particularly diverse among people of European ancestry, for which around 45% of individuals have straight hair, 40% have wavy hair, and 15% have curly hair.

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Does height come from mom or dad?

The genetics of height

If they are tall or short, then your own height is said to end up somewhere based on the average heights between your two parents. Genes aren't the sole predictor of a person's height. In some instances, a child might be much taller than their parents and other relatives.

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What races have curly hair?

Curly hair is not certain to a race or ethnicity, it appears all over the world in many forms. White, brown, black and everything inbetween! There is also a scale on which curly hair is classified (2a-4c).

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What is the genetic reason for curly hair?

There is evidence that trichohyalin (TCHH) may affect hair curl in most/all world populations and that other genes such as EDAR and WNT10A only affect specific populations. Hair curl variation in native Africans is very likely a complex trait with multiple genes influencing curl.

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Is straight hair the rarest hair type?

Type 1: Straight Hair

Type 1A hair is very straight and fine, with no hint of wave or curl. As it is so straight and fine, when the natural oils travel to the ends, it tends to cause it to look like oily hair. It is the rarest hair type and is common among women of Asian descent.

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What European countries have curly hair?

What European country has curly hair? No, curly hair is found in every European country and very common in Dutch, Irish, English, Welsh, Scottish, etc decent. These people don't have African admixtures.

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What race usually has straight hair?

What nationality has straight hair? People from countries like Japan, China and Korea tend to have mostly straight hair, while Africans have curly hair and Europeans are mostly a mixed bag.

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Which parent determines eye color?

Each parent will pass one copy of their eye color gene to their child. In this case, the mom will always pass B and the dad will always pass b. This means all of their kids will be Bb and have brown eyes. Each child will show the mom's dominant trait.

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What genes are inherited from mother only?

Unlike nuclear DNA, which comes from both parents, mitochondrial DNA comes only from the mother.

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What hair Colours make a ginger baby?

Blonde DNA + blonde DNA = blonde hair. Red DNA + red DNA = red hair. Red DNA + blonde DNA = strawberry blonde hair.

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Do Irish have curly hair?

While there are people with natural curls it is certainly not the majority. Every country in Northern Europe has a few curly heads amoungst the straight, Ireland is in no way unusual that way.

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How rare is curly hair in Europe?

Evolutionary trait

It is known that 45% of European people have straight hair, 40% have wavy hair and 15% have curly hair. They had previously established the heritability of curly hair, finding there was as much as a 90% chance of it being an inherited trait.

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What does curly hair symbolize?

Curly hair is often associated with a fun-loving, warm hearted and outgoing personality. If you have curly hair you are perceived as being courageous, outspoken, and spontaneous.

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