• Question: Why do people have different hair colour?

    Asked by kamilo12 to Faye, Martin, Mus, Pete, Amylou, Maria, Mark L, Mark U, Adam, Samantha on 27 Apr 2012. This question was also asked by mollyanne, derpface.
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      Pete Etchells answered on 27 Apr 2012:

      Brilliant question! It’s to do with your genes – different combinations of genes result in different colours of hair. And different colours can be more likely than others. For example, if one of your parents has blonde hair and one has brown, you’re more likely to have brown hair because that gene allele is more dominant!

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