r/BeAmazed • u/GinaWhite_tt • 14d ago

Miscellaneous / Others Great moment between a father and a son.

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u/Astrodm 14d ago

Its not actually from your father that you get the genes for baldness its from your mother, so if your mother's father isnt bald then you have little to worry about

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u/Tangata_Tunguska 14d ago

That's a myth. Inheritance is strongest from the father, about 80%, suggesting its actually partially y-linked or due to epigenetic factors passed on from the father

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u/Neither-Attention940 14d ago

My husband has a full head of hair at age 50 and his brother who is 47 is half bald. Their mother‘s father had a full head of hair.

I would tend to agree with you, but it doesn’t seem like genetics are for certain

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u/BricksAbility 14d ago

I should have a full head of hair so… but alas

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u/lochmoigh1 14d ago

Nope. My mom dad had a full head of hair in his 70s. Her brother full head in his late 60s. I'm bald as fuck like my dad.