WhoRUSupposed2Be Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 I was just discussing with my fiancee the other day how my son does not have any of my facial features. He has her nose, cheeks and lips (his mother's are very voluptuous, mind you and most attractive) but she constantly swears that he has my eyes. Well, both of our eyes are a shade of black. :mad: I did a little research and found this: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Do_children_inherit_more_dna_from_their_mother_or_father It is comonly known that the Nucleic DNA (DNA in the nucleus) in a human baby is half Paternal and half Materna. This is because each Chromosome in our genome has a partner that is very similar to it but with denes coding slightly different. Onc chromosome comes from the father and the other from the mother. They come from the Haploid cells (cells with only half the normal number of chromosomes) the Ovum (egg) and the Spermatozoa (sperm). These cells are haploid because they split from precurser before the DNA had been copied so one chromosome from each pair ends up in each haploid cell. When the sperm and the egg join (fertilisation) one cell is prodiced which has both partners in each of its pairs, one from the mother and one from the father. This means that both parents contribute the same amount of nucleic DNA. Although this isnt strictly true in males because he Y chromosome (which comes from the dad) is significantly shorter than the X chromosome form the mum. This means that in boys the mother has contributed slightly more nucleic DNA. On top of that... The mithochondria in a cell contain some Mitochondrial DNA. The mitochonria in the sperm cell that power its motion are in the Mid-Peice which drops of once the head of the sperm has penetrated the ovum. This means that all the mitochonria and therefore all the mitochondrial DNA comes form the mother ovum. So it is true that the mother contributes more DNA to a baby than the father Now make no mistake, my son is the most precious spirit to ever come into this world... but, part of me still wishes he looked more like me rather than his mother. Do any of the father's out there have this same birth defect (I mean problem) ? Perhaps it's just me over-exaggerating and not taking into consideration that he's only a week and 3 days old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RammsteinSkins Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 As time passes he will look more like you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggins77 Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 I was just discussing with my fiancee the other day how my son does not have any of my facial features. He has her nose, cheeks and lips (his mother's are very voluptuous, mind you and most attractive) but she constantly swears that he has my eyes. Well, both of our eyes are a shade of black. :mad: I did a little research and found this: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Do_children_inherit_more_dna_from_their_mother_or_father Now make no mistake, my son is the most precious spirit to ever come into this world... but, part of me still wishes he looked more like me rather than his mother. Do any of the father's out there have this same birth defect (I mean problem) ? Perhaps it's just me over-exaggerating and not taking into consideration that he's only a week and 3 days old. No, why in the hell does it matter if your son looks more like your wife? Be glad you have a healthy baby boy, not all parents are that fortunate. Of course, my baby girl looks just like me, but I wouldn't have cared if she looked like her mother, my wife is beutiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselPwr44 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 My son has his mother's mustache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggins77 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 My son has his mother's mustache. LOL, good one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMP Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 My oldest daughter looks exactly like my wife as a baby, except she has blue eyes. The DNA that you are talking about has no affect on appearance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HailGreen28 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Compare him to your mailman. :evilg: /jk Second the "he'll look more like you when he gets older". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buenosdiaz Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 lol he'll look more like you when he gets older and act more like you too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjah Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 When she was born, my daughter looked EXACTLY like my baby picture. She still has my eye color, hair color, and skin tone. She's slowly gaining some of Mom's facial features. But with this child, I clearly won. :cool2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
“Misdirection” Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 I look EXACTLY like my dad when he was my age. And yes, I'm a guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stickyshooZ Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 I look EXACTLY like my dad when he was my age. And yes, I'm a guy. Ditto. When I was younger I looked exactly like my dad when he was that age. I still look more like my dad to this day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoRUSupposed2Be Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share Posted June 22, 2009 When I was born, alot of questions were bought up whether or not I was actually my father's child due to my lazy eyes (some said I looked chinese) . As I got more into my adolescent/ teens and now adult stage, I get so many compliments about how my father and I are one of a kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcl05 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Speaking as a geneticist, I have to point out that in multiple, large, population-based genetic research studies, the overall rate of non-paternity is ~10%. In other words, these are studies where large number (>1k) families are sampled, and they always collect at least one child and both parents. Approximately 10% of the time, the person identified as the father has contributed exactly zero DNA to the child. This has been documented in the US, Finland, Spain, and Japan (at least), and the average rate is comparable across cultures. Speaking as a dad now, that's creepy. When my kids were born, they looked exactly like their mom. Now they look more like me. Thank goodness... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Maybe you have no dominant genes? Question. How much were you picked on in school? When you pass by a locker do you shiver and start contemplating how well you would fit in it? Maybe your mlanhood just lacks the manhood to assert itself? or... Maybe the babe's three weeks old and very soon will grow into its baby and then child's face and you will see yourself reflected in him. physically, emotionally, and spirtually. Mostly though, congrats on becoming a dad. Happy Father's Day one day late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Mine looks just like me, and it's a good thing considering how my marriage to his mother ended up. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbear Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 My kids don't look anything like me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 That's not true. Your little girl is the spitting image of you. It's so bad that I sometimes forget which one of you I'm talking to. Heck, you're even about the same size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacase Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Dude, Call 1-888-45-Maury!!! J/K, Just give it some time, baby's change a lot over the first year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilmer17 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 At least he isnt the spitting image of the milkman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMK9973 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 I don't know why it would matter. My son looked a lot like his mother when he was born, but by the time he was 3 he looked a lot like me (But with blonde hair). True story - When my son was about 1 month old, we took him to a BBQ where we didn't know most people. A couple came up to us, told us how cute our son was, looked at us and said "He looks a lot like you (looking at my wife) but not much like you (Looking at me)" I stared at him and said "Well -He's not mine. But we are trying really hard to work through that...." They didn't find that as funny as I did.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chamelio Salamander Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 I am a clone of my mom. Just male. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoRUSupposed2Be Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share Posted June 22, 2009 That's not true. Your little girl is the spitting image of you. It's so bad that I sometimes forget which one of you I'm talking to. Heck, you're even about the same size. Who were you replying to with this Burgold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Who were you replying to with this Burgold? Gbear is a friend of mine in real life. His children are his foster kids that he has brought into his home and heart and wants to adopt. Both his kids are of different races and none of them look like him except in spirit (which is all that really matters really). He's a great guy and has very cool kids even though they have gone through horrible trauma (multiple surgeries, abandonment, etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 My mom has brown hair/eyes and my dad blonde/blue. Both me and my sister ended up with Blonde/Blue. I look exactly like my dad. The recessive traits won out in our family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedskinFeathers Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Everyone tells me I'm an exact replica of my mom and it's kinda creepy in some of her college pics we look almost exactly alike. My brother and my sister both look ridiculously like my dad. They have my mom's brown eyes though, and I got my daddy's blues. In baby pictures though, we're all mixed up at different points, sometimes I look exactly like my dad and other times I look like my mom. I guess like everyone else said - babies change a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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