Can a baby born with blonde hair turn brown?

Hair color is not set for life. A baby born with dark hair may change to having light brown on blonde hair during the first six months. Even then, babies and toddlers with blonde or red hair often develop brown hair as they age.

Does blonde hair usually turn brown?

Most blonde children’s hair will start to darken around the age of six to eight. When we go through puberty in our preteens and teens the hair often gets darker.

Why do blonde babies hair turn brown?

But some children with light hair, including towhead blonds, strawberry blonds, dishwater blonds and redheads, see their hair go dark brown by their 10th birthday. The reason for this change is because the amount of eumelanin in your hair increases as you mature, according to some research.

Are blondes brown eyes rare?

3. Having Blond Hair With Brown Eyes Is Even Rarer. Just because a person is born blond doesn’t mean they have blue eyes. Blue or green eyes are the norm, but blond with brown eyes happens, too (and the effect is rather stunning)!

What is the rarest shade of blonde hair?

Strawberry blonde, the mixture of blonde and red hair, is the rarest type of blonde hair. Because blond hair tends to turn darker with age, natural blonds make ups just 2\% of the population. Just 1 in 20 white American adults is naturally blonde, and roughly the same ratio applies to white northern Europeans.

Was your younger son born with dark brown hair?

My younger son has dark brown hair. I had dark hair all my life (red-black or red-brown). Two of my siblings were born with blond hair and still have dark blond hair. Yes , both children were born with very light blonde hair. By the time they reached 10 yrs old, it turned to a light brown or dark blonde.

What age did your hair turn from blonde to brown?

Around the age of 5 or 6 my hair begin to turn from completely blonde to a dark brown. I don’t remember how long it actually took to turn completely brown. My hair has been the same color ever since.

Why is my child’s hair getting darker as they age?

The primary reason is hard core genetics. Children born with some hair colors such as blonde may find it darkens as they age. Many blonde, light brown and/ore red hair infants experience the darkening or fading.

Why do some people have brown hair and some don’t?

The exact reasons why are currently not clear, but it is a heritable trait. Some people have brown hair always, some have blond hair always, and some switch from blond to brown in early childhood.