Any cases of your moms dad being bald but you're not?

[Zyzzz]

Im worried I might go bald in the future because my mom's dad is bald. My dad is not bald though and his side of the family isn't bald. But my moms side of the family is bald ex. my uncle and my grandpa.

My hair is like my dad's if that counts for anything.

Do you have any stories about how you got your dad's balding patters(which means no balding) rather than your moms dad's balding patter(which means balding)?
Im really worried...

 

[bilboswaggins]

well my mum's family are all nw1 and my dad's family range from nw1-nw4
so i got my dad's balding pattern

 

[bornwithacurse224]

Why would a not bald person be here?

 

[dekaz]

Why would a not bald person be here?

"Fear. Fear attracts the fearful… the strong… the weak… the innocent… the corrupt. Fear. Fear is my ally."
-Darth Maul

 

[bornwithacurse224]

Well if its any consolation both of my grandfathers had hair

 

[viet nom nom]

Similar situation to OP. Mom's side of family goes slick by 21.

I did not need treatment until late 30's, so there's hope.

 

[bornwithacurse224]

Similar situation to OP. Mom's side of family goes slick by 21.

I did not need treatment until late 30's, so there's hope.

not starting treatment until 40 is winning the battle. To have your hairline recede into your 50s is nothing balding young is the problem.

 

[archdemon123]

Honestly I call the maternal grandfather gene bulcrap. My grandpas range from a full head of hair (maternal) to slick bald. Everybody usually inherits their fathers hair genes. When i mean usually i mean 99% of the time

 

[hair_nag]

Honestly I call the maternal grandfather gene bulcrap. My grandpas range from a full head of hair (maternal) to slick bald. Everybody usually inherits their fathers hair genes. When i mean usually i mean 99% of the time

Actually your mother's side of the family does have a stronger genetic contribution when it comes to male pattern baldness. BUT there are also components of the gene that may be passed on from the paternal side of the family, some of the genes involved in male pattern baldness are X chromosome related only but others are both X and Y chromosome related.

In short your mother's side of the family is a better prediction for hairloss, but don't discount your father's side completely.

Often if one side has male pattern baldness and the other doesn't, the offspring will have less severe hairloss, as was the case for me and my brothers.

 

[Notcoolanymore]

Why would a not bald person be here?

Look up the user forestlawn and you tell me.

 

[GoldenMane]

My maternal grandfather went bald in his 20s. I started to too, and my brother did. My paternal grandfather is NW2 at 88. On my dad's side most men kept their hair until their 40s then by late 40's lost most of the front, classic nordic pattern island. I can buy it. The thing about the X chromosome deal is that your mother has two copies. One comes from her father, the other comes from her mother. Her father can be be NW1, but if the other chromosome has a bad gene from her mother, then you have a 50% chance of getting that too. I think it is a sex linked thing, but you have to remember, your mother has 2 X chromosomes, one from each parent. If you're male, you only have one, so whether you get it from your maternal grandfather or grandomother is 50:50. If it comes from your maternal grandmother then you that gene could have come from either of her parents (your great grandparents). It come from your mothers side, but not necessarily from your maternal grandfather...