Can Genetics From Mother’s Side Blend with Father’s Side for New Class of Balding?

I am contemplating a HT. I am 46 and would class myself as either a 3v diffuse or a 3a diffuse, I’m not really sure. I had been to see a surgeon locally about 2.5 years ago and was going to visit him again shortly to re-evaluate my situation.

My question is this. When inheriting hair traits is it always from one side or the other? can their be a blend of sorts? for example, my father had very minor, if any hair loss at 74 years of age. Not sure about his father. My maternal Grandfather was a norwood 6 by age 45. My brother and I seem to have about the same amount of hair loss, he’s 2 years older, has a higher forhead due to receding more than I am. I have a widows peaks with receding temps and diffuse middle.

Is the fact that our father had no balding the only thing standing between us and a norwood 6? can genetics for balding blend from one side of the family and the other side creating a new class baldness.

Thanks

Nobody really knows! Hair loss is genetic, but it does not follow a specific or predictable pattern. In fact there may be more than one gene that is responsible for hair loss and many patterns which are inherited and may be independent from one another. You can inherit your father’s crown balding, your mother’s father’s frontal balding and become a mix between the two. While looking at your father, mother, and grandparents may offer a clue, it is not an exact science as we would like to make it.