Do we get Male Pattern Baldness from our mother?

[Guest]

My father is brunette and my mother is blonde.

My father has had no male pattern baldness in his life and he is 50 years old.

My mother has had no hair problems, but i guess this is because she is a woman.

I am white skined and have brown hair, so I look more like my mother than like my father.

Is it possible I have got male pattern baldness from my mother's X-Chromosome?

 

[HairlossTalk]

Lots of resources on the main part of this site. You might try looking at our vast article archive. Here is one addressing your question:

http://www.hairlosstalk.com/newsletter/ ... le&sid=243

HairLossTalk.com

 

[global]

The genetics are not completely understood and are not as simple as inheriting a single gene from either your mother or father but probably involves several factors.

 

[Dave001]

My father is brunette and my mother is blonde.

Is your father a male? The reason I ask is that I've never seen anyone refer to a male with brown hair as a brunette.

My father has had no male pattern baldness in his life and he is 50 years old.

My mother has had no hair problems, but i guess this is because she is a woman.

I am white skined and have brown hair, so I look more like my mother than like my father.

Is it possible I have got male pattern baldness from my mother's X-Chromosome?

Both/either/neither. Take your pick.

 

[cook'n'milkies]

hey Dave, no need to talk down to everyone.

 

[HairlossTalk]

Everybody stop talking and read the article up there.

HairLossTalk.com

 

[Guest]

Is your father a male? The reason I ask is that I've never seen anyone refer to a male with brown hair as a brunette.
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Read my post again, I never said my father has brown hair.

Are you drunk? Are you a male?

 

[DonaldAnderson]

So what do u mean by brunette? :?

 

[The Gardener]

Come on, guys. Lighten up.

This is a hairloss forum, not a grammar exam. Let's help, and not be assholes.

 

[souldoctor]

well if your father is 'brunette' or has brown hair, your mother is blonde, and you have brown hair...how do you figure you look more like your mother than your father? unless you had blonde hair as well but then just dyed it brown,lol

SD

 

[Guest]

Come on, guys. Lighten up.

This is a hairloss forum, not a grammar exam. Let's help, and not be assholes.

Thanks for that man, it's exactly what I thought. :wink:

Some people here just want to troll around about trivial things instead of helping, even when they understand the question, they search for a spelling error of a non-native english language speaker to keep the point about that trivial thing.

If they don't find an spelling error, they don't answer.

Cheers.

 

[Dave001]

Everybody stop talking and read the article up there.

There was at least one important alopecia-genetics study published after the web page you refer to was written:

Chumlea, W. C., T. Rhodes, et al. (2004). "Family history and risk of hair loss." Dermatology 209(1): 33-9.

INTRODUCTION: The genetic basis of androgenetic alopecia (Androgenetic Alopecia) is well accepted in the medical community and among the general population. However, rigorous studies investigating the familial basis of Androgenetic Alopecia are lacking. The purpose of the current study was to explore the relationship between family history and expression of Androgenetic Alopecia in a sample of men from the general community. METHODS: Hair loss was assessed by an independent observer trained by an expert dermatologist using the Norwood/Hamilton classification scale and a 7-point global description of hair loss. Men were classified into two groups, one as having little or no hair loss and the other having hair loss. The family history of hair loss in parents and grandparents was assessed by subject self-report. RESULTS: Adjusting for age, men whose fathers had hair loss were 2.5 times as likely to have had some level of hair loss compared to men whose fathers had no hair loss (95% CI: 1.3-4.9). Likewise, men whose fathers had hair loss were twice as likely to have hair loss than men whose fathers had no hair loss even after adjusting for age (OR = 2.1, 95% CI: 1.2-3.7 and OR = 2.5, 95% CI: 1.4-4.7 for Norwood/Hamilton and global description of hair loss assessments, respectively). CONCLUSION: Results suggest that the probability of male pattern hair loss is dependent on family history and age. Hair loss in a man's father also appears to play an important role in increasing a man's risk of hair loss, either in conjunction with a history of hair loss in the mother or hair loss in the maternal grandfather.

Here is the most recent one:

Hillmer, A. M., S. Hanneken, et al. (2005). "Genetic Variation in the Human Androgen Receptor Gene Is the Major Determinant of Common Early-Onset Androgenetic Alopecia." American Journal of Human Genetics 77(1): 140-8.

Androgenetic alopecia (Androgenetic Alopecia), or male-pattern baldness, is the most common form of hair loss. Its pathogenesis is androgen dependent, and genetic predisposition is the major requirement for the phenotype. We demonstrate that genetic variability in the androgen receptor gene (AR) is the cardinal prerequisite for the development of early-onset Androgenetic Alopecia, with an etiological fraction of 0.46. The investigation of a large number of genetic variants covering the AR locus suggests that a polyglycine-encoding GGN repeat in exon 1 is a plausible candidate for conferring the functional effect. The X-chromosomal location of AR stresses the importance of the maternal line in the inheritance of Androgenetic Alopecia.

I've seen some attempts to explain the discrepancies, but I think that the generally accepted view that male pattern baldness follows a polygenetic model of inheritence is difficult to argue against. The most important side in the equation is anybody's guess.

 

[Dave001]

Is your father a male? The reason I ask is that I've never seen anyone refer to a male with brown hair as a brunette.
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Read my post again, I never said my father has brown hair.

You said that [insert appropriate masculine|feminine|neuter pronoun] is a brunette. So what part of "brunette" -- if not brown hair -- did you mean to imply? :wink:

 

[Dave001]

hey Dave, no need to talk down to everyone.

I wasn't talking down to anyone. I was being sarcastic.

 

[Dave001]

Come on, guys. Lighten up.

This is a hairloss forum, not a grammar exam. Let's help, and not be assholes.

It had nothing to do with grammar; it was a question of usage. It could've been a regional colloquialism.

 

[Deaner]

Dave001 always has the answers, everyone step back and let him do his job.

 

[global]

Dave001 always has the answers, everyone step back and let him do his job.

:lol:

 

[Guest]

My father is brunette and my mother is blonde.

My father has had no male pattern baldness in his life and he is 50 years old.

My mother has had no hair problems, but i guess this is because she is a woman.

I am white skined and have brown hair, so I look more like my mother than like my father.

Is it possible I have got male pattern baldness from my mother's X-Chromosome?

If we did get it from the moms side... I Would not have been on the board making comments, sigining in every half hour and wasting my mental energy and emotions and money on expensive and crappy products :evil: My Mom's side = NO Hairloss

 

[mattj]

My dad has all his hair at 54, his dad whom I barely remember I am told still had most of his hair well into old age. The other side of the family is hardly full of baldy's, but my maternal grandfather was very bald. I definitely got it from my mother. b**ch... (JK)