Yes, but my dad's brother was a cue-ball at 19 :) But someone said earlier that it's based on my mother's side of the family, so I'm safe!

what does 'egg in a basket' look like?

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...0/CB026412.jpg

???

My guess is it looks like this:

http://x69.xanga.com/183157612073416.../s98885583.jpg

^ That's a wide centre parting.

Egg in a basket is a circular bald patch slap bang in the middle of your napper.

I thought I was going bald from stress for ages but my hairline is just really far back.

Why the hell I am typing this on a forum to you nutters is utterly beyond me...

How do you know that it's not your forehead that's too far forward?

well i always thought I had a huge head, which my eldest cousin recently confirmed 'yeah you always had quite a big head'. The combination of this and your postulation is sending me into a downward spiral of depression I don't think i shall crawl out of without the music of Cornershop.

A too far forward forehead is nothing to be ashamed of.
Unless of course you've got a head shaped like a light bulb...

Like this? I'm convinced this type of baldness is why yarmulkes were invented.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/165/3...1ade73.jpg?v=0