Hey Dr.
I noticed my recent hair loss in the shower and i was wondering if my grandparents on both sides, and my dad and uncles on both sides arent bald is it still likely to lose my hair? I heard it skips a generation sometimes but is it possible to skip two generations?
There is no magic formulae and I am embarrased to say that no one knows the answer to the question you asked. I have seen many patients who are balding and they tell me that they have tracked their ancestry back 2-3 generations without seeing balding. However, I don’t know many things about these men or the accuracy of their tracking.
Also, I’ve read reports that many ‘fathers’ are not the biological fathers that raised the children for many reasons (infertility for example). There are many factors here, some of which you can just imagine, so when a man has very advanced balding and he presents with 3 complete generation of ancestors without balding, the possibility of assuming the biological father is the real father may not be valid for some. That said, a very balding pattern, I believe, can skip many, many generations.