"Since pandion can not answer the following question it I would like someone else to . Thanks in advance If my wife 's father was bald but my wife and her siblings show no signs of baldness , and if my father was not bald and neither of my siblings is but I am , what is the probability the my children will be bald . Please make sure that you address the issue of gender ."
"I can well believe that pandion can not answer this question ; no one can accurately answer it . We know that baldness , as a genetic condition , is polygenetic ( ie it 's controlled by multiple genes ) and autosomal ( the genes [ or at least the bulk of them ] do not reside on the X or Y chromosomes ) . Despite being autosomal , people appear statistically slightly more likely to exhibit balness if the trait comes from their mother 's side of the family . Even if we knew precisely which genes were involved and which of those genes your kids had , we still can not tell you the likihood of your children being bald . The chances of the gene combination being expressed in the correct way to cause baldness are dependent on age , hormone levels , stress and probably a variety of other environmental conditions ."
"Since pandion can not answer the following question it I would like someone else to If my wife 's father was bald but my wife and her siblings show no signs of baldness , and if my father was not bald and neither of my siblings is but I am , what is the probability the my children will be bald ."
"I can well believe that pandion can not answer this question ; no one can accurately answer it . We know that baldness , as a genetic condition , is polygenetic ( ie it 's controlled by multiple genes ) and autosomal ( the genes [ or at least the bulk of them ] do not reside on the X or Y chromosomes ) . Despite being autosomal , people appear statistically slightly more likely to exhibit balness if the trait comes from their mother 's side of the family . Even if we knew precisely which genes were involved and which of those genes your kids had , we still can not tell you the likihood of your children being bald . The chances of the gene combination being expressed in the correct way to cause baldness are dependent on age , hormone levels , stress and probably a variety of other environmental conditions ."