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Old Jun 15th, 2010, 02:24 AM   #1
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Mixed Race Babies and Hair


I'm intrigued ... Kaylum has lots of jet black hair, but it's completely straight and silky - not so much as a kink in it.

He's starting to lose it a bit now around the sides of his head - will it grow back curly, or will his hair be straight?

Does anyone else have experience of mixed race children with completely straight hair?


 
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Old Jun 15th, 2010, 09:51 AM   #2
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Hi, my LO was born with bone straight dark hair as well but it's now waving a little. He my no means has tight curls yet,just gentle waves but I think it will get curlier as he gets older. Some others with mixed babies have said that skin doesn't really start to properly darken and hair curl until 6 months...just have to wait and see.


 
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Old Jun 15th, 2010, 11:51 AM   #3
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Well I am mixed (White/carribean) and had straight black hair when small which turned into tight curls. DH is White and LO's skin is White, dark brown straight hair with a loose curl on top and his new hair is growing back bone straight and lighter. I even found a very bright red hair in his head (mil is a redhead)!!!


 
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Old Jun 15th, 2010, 11:54 AM   #4
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Brady is mixed race and he has dark straight hair, it's kind of curling at the ends now it's a bit longer but not really the texture of 'afro' hair that I expected.

There is a girl on here who did ask a mum one week and I asked her this question, she posted a pic of her little girl at about 4 months and one after she was a year old and her hair had completely changed so who knows?!

Brady hasn't really got any darker since he was about 2 months old.


 
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Old Jun 15th, 2010, 12:30 PM   #5
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My little sister is mixed race and her hair was straight and silky to begin wirh. Ir only really started. Growing after she was a year old and is now quite tightly curled but not really afr9. It's still changing though so we will see how it ends up in a year or so I imagine.


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Old Jun 15th, 2010, 12:38 PM   #6
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Albert's Dad is half Caribbean with a brown afro and i have black hair with a slight kink.
So far Albert has dark brown downy straight hair. His skin is already darker than i thought it was going to be though!


 
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Old Jun 15th, 2010, 13:02 PM   #7
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Im mixed and had loose curls until I turned around 12
My daughter was born with straight hair ans now its curly


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Old Jun 15th, 2010, 14:01 PM   #8
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issys is mixed aced hs dads asian family from Pakistani hes got wavey hair but his dad has curls! x


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Old Jun 15th, 2010, 16:20 PM   #9
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Both of our boys have poker straight hair the eldest is even going blonde now!!

I'm mixed and Dh is white, apparantly I had straight hair when I was born but it turned afro within the first year xx


 
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Old Jun 15th, 2010, 16:25 PM   #10
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My friend is mixed race and has straight hair and quite dark skin tone, her sisters both have tight curls, but their skin is far fairer than hers, so I think it just depends on which genes you get from which side of the family!


 
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