Not a biology major

By babymomma - 14/09/2009 14:13 - United States

Today, my boyfriend of 5 years almost broke up with me. Why? Our one month old's hair is growing in blonde, and we both have dark hair. Did I cheat? No. I had blonde hair as a child until I was 4... As did everyone else born in my family. I guess this factor doesn't count when you're paranoid. FML
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Same thing different taste

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Aw hell, this is going to start the "YDI, get married first" comments.

You could explain to your BF that two dark-haired people could have a blond child due to recessive genes, or just get a paternity test and make his dumb ass pay for it.

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Father of your child is an unspeakable idiot. Don't try to convince him, don't try to show him any proof. Just dump him! He is retarded. Even if it wasn't for the complete unpredictability of genetics, it's totally not rare that the hair changes with growing up. But as someone said, maybe he isn't a retard and he just needed an excuse to dump you because he realised he doesn't want any child yet. In this case he's a bastard and you still don't try to convince him and just dump him. And all the people that say that you should have get married first are retards. It would only make things worse with divorce and property composition and such. Consider yourself lucky that you weren't married.

The point is not to be married to that idiot, the point is to not try to raise a child with an irresponsible father and instead find someone willing to make a commitment.

Hate to break it to you, but he was looking for an excuse to get out.

Actually many babies are born with different colour hair and eyes and gradually change to look like their parents. I know some white babies born with blue eyes and blond hair even though their parents did not look like that. Some asians are born with brown hair too, then gradually changes to black. You guys shouldn't really get mad at normal things like these.

I have to agree with some of the comments about kids out of wedlock, and it's not a religious thing. I don't care if it's a gay marriage, it still makes a difference to the kids. BUT- that has nothing to do with this. Whatsoever. AND- It's not about genetics. The problem is that the guy thinks she is cheating on him because of hair color... Which is either stupid or ignorant. Something alot of non-Caucasians are not aware of is that caucasian hair color changes in the early years. That is something they taught in beauty school, whether it's blonde turning to black, black to blond, or red turning darker (it's also the only hair that changes color when it gets wet). It's not an absolute, but it's very common. Perhaps the father is a different race and was simply unaware? Or he's just a paranoid mofo who should have his nads kicked so hard he can't reproduce again.

nemo3590 0

That sucks. I was blond for about six or seven years before turning dark-headed. Your boyfriend doesn't know shit about genetics or how alleles work.... ....And, you know, it really wouldn't have taken too much research for him to find out....Just type it into Google, really. I hate to say it, but it seems like your boyfriend was just looking for any excuse to get out of the relationship and fatherhood. Good riddance to him, then. Someone that desperate for such a lame excuse wouldn't have been a good father anyway.

You deserved it. Your child is a bastard and now always will be.

YDI for having the kid out of wedlock. You've just shown why. Boyfriends have no real reason to stay around. There is no commitment. Also you both are morons for not knowing how genetics work. I have red hair, yet nobody on my father's side has red hair. Does that mean my mom cheated? No. It is a recessive trait and could have gone for generations without popping up. Plus i have quite a few other genetic traits that are in common with my dad. (also having a twin sister who takes after my dad's family helps).

Good riddance to your idiot boyfriend. It is a good thing you aren't married to him. It would be that much harder to sever things with the paranoid loser.