genes

Jackies mum said "she'll have ginger hair, you know, it skips a generation." Bah! I thought. Not a chance, she'll be blonde like me. Agh! 2 years later, she's blonde like me :) ah!

that was, she was red when she was born, but now she's blonde. I was black when I was born (my hair, that is) like my dad, then went blonde in two years like me mum. But my eyebrows are still black..lol

Occult twaddle now?

There's some sort of "deep magic" here that gives the urge to reproduce even though, financially, it's a crazy thing to do, and Funky Seagull's described it brilliantly! My father-in-law was overjoyed when he saw his second grandson for the first time as he could clearly see his Hungarian heritage in Nathan's hair and eyes and facial structure. Apparently the recessive ginger hair gene is dying out through exactly this kind of inter-breeding, so get some while you can is my motto.

It is amazing. My brother in law and his girlfriend have a one month old baby who, although she doesn't really look like Tim, has the absolute essence of him. It would be spooky if it wasn't so beautiful. Now we know the sex of ours, it's so exciting imagining what she's going to be like and who she's going to become. For me the magic is that, how every much you love your partner / husband / wife etc, there is nothing that binds you physically until you create a child together. All the pieces of paper in the world can't make up for this one. I don't think I've ever been so excited or weed so much in my life. Better dash, being hoofed in the kidneys.

i agree it is amazing ... it can also be annoying ... both my sons have expressions and particular gestures that remind me so exactly of their father that it is like having him in the room with me at times ... this is in spite of not living with him since they were 7/9 ... it just isn't FAIR! ...

Interesting thread this. For me, the genes pool is fascinating. Firstly my eldest son is adopted from my sister. Then I give birth to two more boys. Both very fair and blue eyed. I am dark and swarthy (Italian descent). My eldest boy has 4 half bro's and now lives with my sister. One of his half brothers looks very much like my eldest birthchild and yet my sister had a different father, so these genes had to come from my mother. I lost my hubby a couple of years ago now and my two boys living with me seem to be two halves of their Dad. The older one is darker haired now, a little like me and yet he has his dads face shape, body shape and eye colour, whereas my youngest, has very fair hair like his dad, blue eyes like his dad, and body shape similar to the men on my side of the family. It is almost as if by putting the two boys features together, you would get the Father. Their personalities are split like this too. The older being the comedian and trickster, as was his dad and the younger one being more sensitive and loving, as was his dad too. My sister is blond and blued eyed and yet we both have our mothers telephone voices and unfortunately some of her more negative traits!! Keep trying to iron those out, by the way. There's nothing like it though, to see those features come slowly out. A miracle by any other name. All the best Tai

*is so deep it makes me look at the stars and wonder how?* I've spent 30 years of my life asking that question Funky. I'm still asking.

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