My boyfriend and I were talking about the possibility of having a child together, one day, and I mentioned how I'd really, very strongly, prefer to use his sperm, if possible, because I'd want the child to be OURS through and through. His DNA and my DNA, our genes combining to make a single miniature version of ourselves.
He and I both have blue eyes, curly, brown hair, and fleshy noses, among other things. I'm sure people will most certainly mistake him for my father. In any case, if/when we have a child, he/she will most certainly have these traits, I would imagine. But to be sure, I decided to look up the trait information online.
Blue eyes are recessive, so we both have 2 sets of the recessive gene in our DNA, when we pass it along, the only possible outcome is 2 recessive genes in our child, resulting in a blue-eyed child.
Free hanging ear lobes are a dominant gene, but that dominant gene may be masking a recessive gene, so that is an unknown factor. Either one, or both, of us could have 1 recessive and 1 dominant gene and our child could have either because of that factor.
The genetics that make up the fleshy nose, specifically, are neither dominant nor recessive. Instead, they are comprised of several different traits that are either recessive or dominant to create that look. I assume, however, since my boyfriend and I both have the fleshy noses, that our child will as well, but that is a factor that is impossible for me to predict.
Just wanted to share a bit. :-)
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