Hair color predictor

What color hair will they have?

Hair color isn't fixed at birth — it's a story. Most kids start lighter and darken through early childhood, with a second shift at puberty. Tell us how each parent looked as a kid AND now, and we'll map the likely trajectory.

Mom
Childhood hair color (often different — important for prediction):
Dad
Childhood hair color (often different — important for prediction):
Likely trajectory
blonde → light brown
Born blonde, settling around light brown by adulthood — that's about 1.2 shades of darkening over 20+ years.
Most likely color across the years
Each circle shows the predicted color at that age. Hair tends to darken in two waves — early childhood, then puberty.
Newborn
0–3 mo
Blonde
Toddler
~1 year
Blonde
Preschool
~3 years
Light brown
School age
~7 years
Light brown
Teen
~13 years
Light brown
Adult
final
Light brown
Three plausible paths
Genetics gives a range, not a verdict. Here's how the same parents could plausibly produce three different outcomes.
Stays light
about 25% of cases
Birth
Blonde
Adult
Blonde

Some kids hold onto their early color into adulthood. Often the case when it darkens slowly through age 6+.

Most likely
Most likely
about 50% of cases
Birth
Blonde
Adult
Light brown

Starts blonde, gradually shifts to light brown — most darkening between ages 1 and 7.

Darkens fully
about 25% of cases
Birth
Blonde
Adult
Brown

A bigger shift than expected — common in families where one or both parents went from blonde-to-brown.

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Why we ask both childhood and current color

Hair darkens with age because follicles produce more eumelanin during puberty — but the amount varies wildly between families. By comparing your childhood color to your current color, we measure your family's tendency to darken. A parent who went from white-blonde to dark brown signals a strong darkening tendency for their kids; a parent who's still blonde at 30 doesn't.

How accurate is this, honestly?aboutPolygenic
AccuracyPolygenic

Hair color is polygenic — at least a dozen genes contribute, and we can't see any of them from a form. We're modeling the population pattern that fits your inputs.

Individual babies vary widely. The timeline above is the average outcome, not a guarantee — and the color you see at month 5 is a much weaker predictor than the color at age 5, since baby hair often darkens significantly through early childhood.

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