Alleles come in pairs and a GENOTYPE IS a pair of alleles which code for a PHENOTYPE. Phenotype refers to the observed characteristic.
For example:
B= brown eyed allele and b = blue eyed allele
Genotype Bb will give the PHENOTYPE of brown eyes because B is dominant over b.
GENOTYPE BB is homozygous dominant = brown eyes
GENOTYPE Bb is heterozygous = brown eyes
bb is homozygous recessive = blue eyes.
This is a case of COMPLETE DOMINANCE and it results in grandparents passing traits to grandchildren:
If a BB person mates with a bb person, we can calculate probability of their offspring traits using a punnet square:
When Baby grows up, she mates with this guy who happens to have the same GENOTYPE!
Note that a recessive allele can be hidden inside a HETEROZYGOUS genotype.