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Will baby be a red head or too early to tell?

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Nicnoc86 · 20/06/2026 22:22

Hi, baby is 3 weeks old and looks a very light ginger 😍 white eyebrows and what looks like blonde/warm lashes. Anyone’s child born this colour and it’s stayed or changed completely? Curious 😁

Will baby be a red head or too early to tell?
Will baby be a red head or too early to tell?
Will baby be a red head or too early to tell?
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WhatWouldDianeLockhartDo · 22/06/2026 17:37

I think that’s a lovely shade of hair, I wouldn’t call it ginger although there is a tinge in the blonde. I don’t think you can say because these things do change massively. I hope you come back and update us in 20 years 🤣

I was white blonde and now darkest brown. DD was normal blonde and now brown with a red tinge. My eyes were brown for years and now bright green, getting brighter by the day and I’m touching 40.

Kingfisherfly · 22/06/2026 17:40

I was very ginger when I was born. But have been 'baby blonde' since I was about 3yo.

My sister and both my DSs stayed ginger.

SeriouslyWhataMess · 22/06/2026 17:40

Mine had newborn hair like this, he’s a teen now and has the most bright orange hair I’ve ever seen, and I say that as a red head.

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GhoulWithADragonTattoo · 22/06/2026 17:43

Gorgeous baby! Definitely looks ginger to me…

SaraHoliday · 22/06/2026 17:48

Nicnoc86 · 20/06/2026 22:22

Hi, baby is 3 weeks old and looks a very light ginger 😍 white eyebrows and what looks like blonde/warm lashes. Anyone’s child born this colour and it’s stayed or changed completely? Curious 😁

Congratulations! Beautiful baby!

Personally I love this hair colour.

One of my first jobs was working with children so I can say that while it does look strawberry blonde at the moment, it may change colour quite soon.

Loopylalalou · 22/06/2026 18:57

As a lifelong redhead (more titian) and having suffered the brickbats throughout life, I prayed that my children wouldn’t have it. I was pretty sure not - you can work out the likelihood through Mendel’s theory.

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