"SimmerGeorge;c-17751093" wrote:
"Chicklet453681;c-17750836" wrote:
"SimmerGeorge;c-17750195" wrote:
"Sallycutecat;c-17750064" wrote:
I noticed she said that Sims 2 was more realistic with black and brown hair being dominant and blonde and red being resesive, but that is not how it works in real life. I'm glad they moved away from that idea for Sims 3 and 4 and hope they never go back to it.
@Sallycutecat Wait what? I'm pretty sure black and brown hair is dominant and blonde and red is recessive in real life too...
Red hair can definitely be dominant in RL. I have 3 girls, who are all grown now, 2 of them are brunette, and my youngest is a red head. Her hair was the color of a brand new shiny copper penny when she was born and thru-out most of her life, now her hair is a little darker. She has 3 children by her ex-boyfriend who has jet black hair (he's half Mexican), and 2 of her children are red-headed! The other is ash blonde.
When my redhead was born I was freaking out because I'm blonde and my ex-husband had dark brown hair. I found out after she was born that both of my great-grandmothers on my dad's side were redheaded (they were both dead so I had never met them nor saw pics of them). And the really odd thing was that all of my cousins on that side of the family had red-headed children too, and none of the parents were redheaded!
@Chicklet453681 That happens if two people have the recessive gene for red-hair in their DNA from past generations and if they have a baby there is a high chance the two recessive genes overpower the dominant one. It's the reason why red-haired people don't go extinct, if you've ever thought about it.
Also a recessive gene, doesn't mean it will never be passed on to the child's actual appearence, it only means it will be much less likely to be passed on instead of the dominant one. That doens't make the red-hair "dominant", it's still a recessive gene. It can still get passed on though
Source: Biology classes
This. Recessive doesn't mean it can't be passed on. It just means it's less likely to happen.
