If you’ve heard someone tell you something like, ‘You are a copy of your mother,’ you should know that this is a false statement. In fact, we are more like our fathers, and not our mothers. Besides, there is a theory that a father’s lifestyle before the conception of the baby, including the food he eats and how he feels, are the basis of the future health of the baby. This article will tell you about the traits that are inherited from the father and which are from the mother. Even if you have good Gᴇɴᴇs, you should still maintain a healthy lifestyle . Because, in the end, your lifestyle is the key factor to how you will look and feel. Most of the time, children inherit the shape of the tip of their nose, the area around their lips, the size of their cheekbones, the corners of their eyes, and the shape of their chin. These are the key areas highlighted during facial recognition, and people whose have similar-looking areas that we mentioned above. And the area between the eyebrows is often very different .
Reese Witherspoon’s daughter inherited her mother’s blue eyes, the shape of cheekbones, chin, and nose tip.
Mother’s Gᴇɴᴇs are usually 50% of a child’s D.N.A, and father’s Gᴇɴᴇs are the other 50%. However, male Gᴇɴᴇs are much more aggressive than female ones, that’s why they are usually more prominent. So, there are usually 40% of active female Gᴇɴᴇs and 60% of active male Gᴇɴᴇs. However, it is still possible to find out which traits a child can ɪɴʜᴇʀɪᴛ from their father and which they get from their mother.
The s.ᴇ.x of the future baby depends on the father. From their mother, a baby always receives the X-ᴄʜʀᴏᴍᴏsᴏᴍᴇ and from father either an X-ᴄʜʀᴏᴍᴏsᴏᴍᴇ (which means it will be a girl) or a Y-ᴄʜʀᴏᴍᴏsᴏᴍᴇ (which means it will be a ʙᴏʏ). If a man has a lot of brothers in his family, he will have more sons and if he has a lot of sisters, he will have more daughters. Only some men have a relatively equal number of X- and Y-ᴄʜʀᴏᴍᴏsᴏᴍᴇs in their sperm and they are equally likely to have boys or girls . Y-ᴄʜʀᴏᴍᴏsᴏᴍᴇs have fewer Gᴇɴᴇs than X-ᴄʜʀᴏᴍᴏsᴏᴍᴇs and some of them are responsible for the development of male ɢᴇɴɪᴛᴀʟs. This is why a ʙᴏʏ is more likely to look like his mother. When it comes to girls , they receive X-ᴄʜʀᴏᴍᴏsᴏᴍᴇs from both parents, so it’s impossible to predict what they will look like.
Intelligence
The Gᴇɴᴇs responsible for intelligence are contained in the X-ᴄʜʀᴏᴍᴏsᴏᴍᴇ. This is why sons inherits their intelligence from their mothers. Daughters receive their intelligence from both parents. However, only up to 40% of a mother’s intelligence is inherited, the rest is received over the course of their lives. So, nothing can replace hard work. On average, boy’s IQs are about 15 points different than their mothers’.
Inclination for mental ɪʟʟɴᴇss: With age, the quality of sᴘᴇʀᴍ decreases. This is why elderly people can pass on mutated Gᴇɴᴇs to their children. This increases the risk of developing mental ɪʟʟɴᴇsses, ᴀᴜᴛɪsᴍ, ʜʏᴘᴇʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴠɪᴛʏ, or ʙɪᴘᴏʟᴀʀ ᴅɪsᴏʀᴅᴇʀ. Also, children born to fathers who are over 45 years old or more are more likely to be sᴜɪᴄɪᴅᴀʟ and have learning difficults . At any age, men who have coronary heart disease are likely to pass it on to their sons. And men who were infertile and the conception was done artificially, often have sons with the same problem.
Height
Fathers impact the height of their children more than mothers. Tall men usually have taller children. On average, about 60 to 80% of a person’s height depends on their father and mother, the rest is the result of the diet, lifestyle, and health. Besides, not all children from the same parents have the same height. Usually, the younger children are shorter than the older ones. There are 2 formulas to determine the height of your future baby.
If you have a boy, take the mother’s height, add the father’s and then add 5 inches on top. Divide the sum by 2 and this is your son’s height. If you have a girl, then add mother’s height to the father’s height and subtract 13. Divide the result by 2 and this will be your daughter’s height. Memorize the height of your girl when she is 18 months old and your ʙᴏʏ when he is 2 years old and multiply the number by 2. This is the height (give or take about 4 inches) of your future adult child.
Eye color
Brown eye color is a dominant ɢᴇɴᴇ. So, if one of the parents has dark eyes, and the other has blue or green eyes, the child is more likely to have brown eyes. The chances of having a blue-eyed child are not zero, but it can happen only if one of the parents has a ɢᴇɴᴇ responsible for the blue color. Blue and green are recessive Gᴇɴᴇs, and blue is more dominant than green. But still, it’s possible that 2 blue-eyed parents could have a brown-eyed child.
Dimples:Dimples are a ʀᴇᴄᴇssɪᴠᴇ trait . If at least one of the parents has dimples, it’s likely that the child will have them too.
Curly hair
Curly hair is really beautiful and many mothers dream of having a child with curly hair. But, despite the fact that curly hair is a dominant trait, even if one of the parents has it, it doesn’t mean the child will have this hair. The simple system is like this:
If both parents have curly hair, the child will have curly hair too. If both parents have straight hair, the child will have straight hair. If one of the parents has curly hair and the other one has straight hair, the child will have wavy hair. Also, if both parents have curly hair and someone in their family had straight hair, the child may have straight hair too. Look at the family photos of both parents. Pay attention to the traits that are found in most relatives (a crooked nose, curly hair, dark eye color). These traits are dominant and it is highly likely that your future baby will have them too.
