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The Perfect Guide to What Your Future Child May Look Like
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10/09/2015

What will my children look like? Who will they be similar to? For most people, this is an incredibly interesting question. Fortunately, we live in an age when scientists have done so much research into this subject that they can give us relatively convincing answers long before a new life appears.
We at Bright Side bring you a rough guide that will help you figure out whether your children will be blue-eyed, brown-haired, have a big nose or a small one, and determine plenty of other things. Anyone can use this and make a good guess about the appearance of their future sons and daughters. Fascinating!

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Please note: This article was updated in May 2022 to correct source material and factual inaccuracies.
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Poster: 0% chance green eyes if one parent has blue eyes and the other brown
Me: (scoffs) I don't believe that! It could happen!
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