Reply Mon 3 Jan, 2005 07:53 pm
hi i'm a new mom. I was wondering if my boyfriend has a clef chin will my son have one ?
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sozobe
 
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Reply Mon 3 Jan, 2005 08:09 pm
There are no definites -- there are dominant and recessive traits, and while I dunno which a cleft chin is, even if it is dominant it doesn't mean that your son WILL have a cleft chin, just means it would be more likely.

My husband has one and my daughter seems to. (Smaller, but she's 4. We'll see.)
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sozobe
 
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Reply Mon 3 Jan, 2005 08:16 pm
Looks like it is dominant, so more likely while still not definite. More info here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/genes/disorders/dominant_4.shtml

http://www.thetech.org/genetics/ask.php?id=47
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Mon 3 Jan, 2005 08:39 pm
Dimples are apparent at birth--what else would you expect from a poking angel finger?

I have dimples (cheek)--and so does a first cousin. Neither my father, nor my mother, nor my aunt, nor my uncle have dimples.

My son had dimples.

My second husband has a cleft chin--none of his sons do. Neither his mother, nor his father, nor his sister nor either of his brothers do.
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navigator
 
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Reply Tue 4 Jan, 2005 06:53 am
I have dimples, and also my 4 years nephew.None of the family does, that's funny when you smile Very Happy
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Magus
 
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Reply Tue 4 Jan, 2005 10:58 am
The facial features of your boyfriend are irrelevant... but the facial features of the child's FATHER have a chance of being passed on to offspring.
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