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Ilovecheese Fri 17-Nov-17 19:08:15

That's the spirit "grannyonasuperbike*!

Baggs Fri 17-Nov-17 19:07:49

If your son was distraught last time he found a baby he thought was his wasn't, why would you even consider trying to find out such a thing again, especially as all seems well between all parties. Talk about looking for trouble! How about minding your own business?

Yes, that's blunt, but it's not harsh.

Grannyonasuperbike Fri 17-Nov-17 19:01:05

Thank you. I haven't spoken about it before. I think half the problem is that I've had to deal with so much loss myself, I'm 49 now, bereaved of most of my family except one brother, been divorced (now remarried) and after 30 years of working full time had to take ill health retirement. I can see I'm being over protective of my son. Our granddaughter is a real treasure and I'm so lucky to have her in my life. I see her almost every week and she really lifts my spirits.

Ilovecheese Fri 17-Nov-17 18:54:52

Brown eyes will generally dominate, so no problem at all with the baby having brown eyes. Genes can lie dormant for generations, hair and even skin colour can pop up generations later.
It depend,s I suppose on what you think about your son's partner. if you have never liked her you might consider her untrustworthy.
Try and enjoy what you have. It really is a terrible accusation to make, and could ruin your relationship with both of them if it is unfounded.

Welshwife Fri 17-Nov-17 18:20:25

They eyes not a problem at all as the mother could easily have pure brown eyes with two brown genes - the baby has hybrid eyes. Even if the mother is a hybrid the baby had a 50/50 chance of brown eyes.
The brown hair may well turn out to have lovely red highlights as the little one grows. We have a grand daughter with beautiful auburn hair - just a wonderful dark colour. The parents are both dark haired. The little twin boy GS both have golden red hair. Their mother is dark and dad light brown with red lights.

Don't worry about it - my son and also the son of DD have hands like my dad - if you are still worried look at other family features - some things skip a generation.

Luckygirl Fri 17-Nov-17 18:15:38

Ignore the gnawing - that way lies trouble.

Grannyonasuperbike Fri 17-Nov-17 17:57:20

My son has become a father for the first time, he is 27 years old, a serving soldier and is away from home quite a lot. His daughter is the apple of his eye. She is now 7 months old.

My son is a natural redhead, I was born a redhead, we both have blue eyes. His girlfriend is a natural redhead with brown eyes.

The baby has dark brown hair and brown eyes.

I'm just so worried that the baby is not his as a few years ago a previous girlfriend fell pregnant, the baby was born and the midwife had suspicions that it couldn't be his, due to its colouring. I paid for a DNA test and he was 100% not the father.

We now all have a lovely relationship, but my son was so distraught last time I thought he would harm himself.

I was convinced that the new baby would be a redhad as I thought two natural redheads would have a red haired baby....

Should I just forget about the past and enjoy what we have? The hurt from before is gnawing away at me.