if your dad is norwood 6 does it mean his son will be norwood 6 too

[carlitosito]

is that true

[Curious25]

No

[voxman]

No.  Everyone's DNA and body is different.  For every case of Son ending up like Dad, there is Son with NW1 and Dad with NW7. 

Old wives tales take a long time to die. 

[Britanium]

So... my father passed In his 90s still basically a Norwood zero. Me ... Norwood 6 by my late 30s... 😳

[pradeepbr]

My father is norwood 6 and reached this stage by 37 years.

I was close to norwood 7 by 26 years. One brother is norwood 3 and is 40 years and another one  who is 43 years does not have bald genes.

 

[Melvin- Admin]

No, I’m Norwood 6 my dad is 63 Norwood 2. It can happen the other way also.

[DenverBuff1989]

IMO bald gene predictors is a bit of a junk science. There's really no firm way to tell how you will end up. Something like height can definitely be more readily predicted based on parents, family, etc. But even if every male in your family is a wolverine, there is still a chance you can experience hairloss. 

I think age of onset can be a better predictor of future hairloss than family genes. For example, if you have perfect hair up until say 40, then start experiencing very minor hairloss, chances are you will never be a NW7. Whereas if you start experiencing significant hairloss in your early 20s, chances are the Norwood reaper will continue to haunt you...

[Melvin- Admin]

5 hours ago, DenverBuff1989 said:

IMO bald gene predictors is a bit of a junk science. There's really no firm way to tell how you will end up. Something like height can definitely be more readily predicted based on parents, family, etc. But even if every male in your family is a wolverine, there is still a chance you can experience hairloss. 

I think age of onset can be a better predictor of future hairloss than family genes. For example, if you have perfect hair up until say 40, then start experiencing very minor hairloss, chances are you will never be a NW7. Whereas if you start experiencing significant hairloss in your early 20s, chances are the Norwood reaper will continue to haunt you...

I agree.