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FM_LEGENDARY t1_iy80fo4 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in You only ever hear like father like son, like father like daughter, like mother like daughter but never like mother like son by Olovpob

Your mum was bald?

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Gaoler86 t1_iy8vu29 wrote

Baldness is passed down the mother's side. So whilst his mum probably wasn't bald, HER dad was.

Turns out I'm wrong. A quick Google told me that it can be passed down both sides.

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ArtyWroagh t1_iy8x1up wrote

I think that is just something people say that isn't always true, and it had me needlessly paranoid for years. My mom's dad was bald by mid 20s, but here I am with a full head of hair in my mid 30s. The rest of my male cousins on that side, all from mom's brothers, were all bald by their mid 20s. I actually have the hair of my dad's dad, down to the color and curls.

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SirDeviantRicky t1_iy95mst wrote

Genetics mostly comes down to probability. That means something can be more likely to happen but isn't guaranteed.

Let's pretend and say that a gene like that has an 80% chance to be passed down. That would mean that each person mathematically has a 4/5 chance to get it, and a 1/5 chance not to get it.

Consider yourself blessed to inherit those better hair genes!

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Tia_Mariana t1_iy971zw wrote

Me and my 3 siblings beat that probability's ass, we all have glorious hair (like dad), and our mom has very little hair since her 30-40's and her dad was bald.

The likeliness just kept going up with each child. I am now glad my mom didn't birth a fifth. We are truly TRULY blessed.

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ArtyWroagh t1_iy989ns wrote

This actually helps me. I guess I won the genetic lottery, but was always hung up on "it didn't happen to me and caused me stress to think about" and didn't take the time to think I may just be the exception, not the rule. I sincerely thank you.

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Vasevide t1_iy98l8c wrote

That’s bullshit. my whole moms side has luscious wavy hair, all my dads brothers are bald. I got that gene.

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Yakstein t1_iy98v51 wrote

I keep hearing that, but my games on my moms side died with a full head of hair. Fathers side is bald af and guess what? Sigh.

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