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Man Threatens Divorce Over Baby’s Hair Color, Wife Laughs In His Face When Results Come In
Waiting for your child to come into this world is a time full of wonder and anticipation, which often involves trying to guess what the baby is going to look like.
When this redditor gave birth to a blue-eyed bundle of joy with blonde hair, her husband went into shock as both of the parents were brunettes. His wife tried to explain it was genetics at play, but the dad did not want to listen and chose to take a paternity test instead; only to receive an “I told you so” a few weeks later.
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Soon-to-be-parents often try to imagine what their baby is going to look like
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This man didn’t expect his newborn to have blue eyes and blond hair, so he asked for a paternity test
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The color is determined by the pigment in our hair
The OP shared that she tried talking some sense into her husband, saying that it was genetics that led to the unexpected color of the baby’s hair. The husband didn’t want to listen, but the redditor was right; because of our genes that are passed down from generation to generation, children might be born with hair or eye colors the parents didn’t expect.
According to LunaDNA, the color of one’s hair is determined by two types of pigment, eumelanin and pheomelanin; abundance of the former results in darker, brown or black, hair, while the latter colors the hair orange or red. Every person’s hair contains some eumelanin—the darker pigment—low levels of which result in lighter hair, while high levels lead to darker colors.
The fascinating ways our bodies are programmed mean that people with an abundance of tightly packed eumelanin will have black hair, while those with tightly packed pheomelanin—red hair. (As a matter of fact, the latter is reportedly the rarest hair color in the world, with Ireland and Scotland being the countries where you are most likely to meet individuals with fire-colored hair.) As for blondes, they usually boast a very small and thinly dispersed amount of eumelanin.
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Tens of millions of people globally have taken a paternity test for one reason or another
Even though hair color is inherited, passed down through a person’s DNA, certain gene variations can determine that it differs from that of both the little one’s parents. A child typically receives 46 chromosomes—23 from their mom and as many from dad—which determine their looks. However, sometimes the parents unknowingly carry an unexpressed hair color gene that they can pass to their kid. That’s why sometimes the color of the child’s hair differs not only from their parents, but from their siblings, too.
For the OP’s husband, such a lack of resemblance was a cause for concern; to such an extent that he even asked for a paternity test. For one reason or another, millions of people every year seemingly do, as by 2017, the number of direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic tests exceeded 30 million globally.
In the redditor’s case, the test results proved that what she was saying was the truth; hence, the “I told you so”. And even though she soon started wondering if she was a jerk for uttering these words, fellow redditors in the comments made sure to let her know that she wasn’t.
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Netizens shared their thoughts in the comments, they didn’t hold back their opinions on the father’s request and reaction
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Poison Ivy/Boo 1 year ago
WTAF??? I really hope she divorced this POS! She needs to get out of this toxic relationship as it's not going to get better. Genetics can be funky at the best of time. My husband is a redhead, but all his family have dark hair. There was an Irish branch generations ago and his great-great grandfather had red hair. Myself, I was born blonde and my family all have dark hair, my hair changed when I was about 7....it's now mousy brown (well mostly grey as I'm 53 lol) but holy hell, I feel so sorry for this poor woman having to deal with a newborn and healing whilst he saunters off to his mummy....the apple doesn't fall far from the tree with this one.
Papa 1 year ago
My wife and I both have brown hair and eyes. Our son has reddish blonde hair and blue eyes. So what? My father was a blue eyed blonde and my mother-in-law was a redhead.
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Auntriarch 1 year ago
His grasp of simple genetics is so feeble that he probably thinks that child looks like his side piece
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Alexandra 1 year ago
Which father, for the love of God, goes to stay with his parents when his wife brings home a newborn? Are there any redder flags than this one? This man should grow a spine and be a husband and a father, not his parent's doormat! This is a make-or-break moment: if he doesn't shape up, it's better to rid yourself of him, because it won't be getting any better, only worse. Oh, just for the record: OP is so obviously NTA. It's a bad sign that she even feels she has to ask.
Poison Ivy/Boo 1 year ago
WTAF??? I really hope she divorced this POS! She needs to get out of this toxic relationship as it's not going to get better. Genetics can be funky at the best of time. My husband is a redhead, but all his family have dark hair. There was an Irish branch generations ago and his great-great grandfather had red hair. Myself, I was born blonde and my family all have dark hair, my hair changed when I was about 7....it's now mousy brown (well mostly grey as I'm 53 lol) but holy hell, I feel so sorry for this poor woman having to deal with a newborn and healing whilst he saunters off to his mummy....the apple doesn't fall far from the tree with this one.
Papa 1 year ago
My wife and I both have brown hair and eyes. Our son has reddish blonde hair and blue eyes. So what? My father was a blue eyed blonde and my mother-in-law was a redhead.
Load More Replies... Auntriarch 1 year ago
His grasp of simple genetics is so feeble that he probably thinks that child looks like his side piece
Load More Replies... Alexandra 1 year ago
Which father, for the love of God, goes to stay with his parents when his wife brings home a newborn? Are there any redder flags than this one? This man should grow a spine and be a husband and a father, not his parent's doormat! This is a make-or-break moment: if he doesn't shape up, it's better to rid yourself of him, because it won't be getting any better, only worse. Oh, just for the record: OP is so obviously NTA. It's a bad sign that she even feels she has to ask.
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