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So I have been thinking about this for the last thirty minutes or so. I don't know much about genetics, and I was curious to see what you all think.

A few years ago, my mother told me that my father wasn't my biological father, and I ended up meeting the one she told me was. Now at the time my father and mother were on a break I guess, so she fooled around with this guy I suppose. Anywho..

My mom has blue eyes, my "biological father" has grey blue eyes and I managed to come out with brown eyes. (Side note: my Dad has brown eyes).

I was just curious about how likely it is for blue eyed parents to have a brown eyed child, I'm know it's possible and all but curious to know...



Anyone of you kind of in the same boat? And not the father thing :P But you come out with totally different eyes then your parents or maybe your siblings did?

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Nope.avi

My father has brown, my mother has blue, and I have brown. And yes, it is apparently possible for two blue-eyed parents to have a brown-eyed child.

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Dad has green, Mom has brown, I have brown.

Dafuq. I want my Dad's eyes. Green eyes and red hair just seem to go together.

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My moms father has blue and her mother green. My bio dads mother and father both had green!

Bleh, I'm the odd one outta the bunch! I wish mine was blue or green. I just don't really like my eye color that much, I find it dull.

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I wonder what colour eyes my parents have. You know, I never thought to really look before. Just one of those things you look at without seeing and taking note of.

Hmm, going by the pictures on facebook, my mother has blue eyes and my father is a teddy bear.

As for myself, I've brown eyes.

Though I wouldn't mind having some spare eyes, perhaps in a variety of colours.

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You're a mutant.

But that's kind of odd. Everyone in my close family have the same colour eyes as far as I (eye) remember.

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Heh, I know what you're feeling.

My father has grey-blue eyes and my mother has hazelnut-brown. I have the same as my mother, although I would've loved to have blue eyes. Blue eyes and black hair looks great, and there are some people who have that. Definitely jealous of that.

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I think both my parents have blue-green eyes, so I have them too. Some things are always determined by the father and some always by the mother, however for everything else (like eye color, I think) you inherit from your parents, it is all about who has the dominate and recessive gene.

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It is possible for 2 blue eyed people to have a brown eyes child, even though brown eyes is considered to be the dominant gene.


I have blue eyes, as does my mother and real dad. I've always been complimented on my eyes for being a really dark and bold blue.

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It is possible for parents who both have one eye colour to give birth to a child with a completely different eye colour, so your situation isn't anything to be alarmed about.

I've got Blue eyes, but then so do both my parents.

His father is a Teddy Bear and you find his Eyes odd? :uhoh:

Whilst this might not be my place to say (and I apologise if that is the case) it would seem to be that your mother might by lying, and that your first Dad is actually your Dad. If your Mum has a new guy in her life, it's highly plausible that she wants this new guy to take over the father role; especially if your other Dad isn't on the scene anymore.

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Both parents have brown eyes/brown hair, my brother has brown eyes/brown hair, mum's parents both had brown eyes/brown hair, dad's dad had brown hair/brown eyes, dad's mum had blue eyes/blonde hair: I ended up with blue eyes/blonde hair (when I was young at least), so genetics can skip a generation (this is down to "recessive" genes, as opposed to "dominant" genes. If I remember my GCSE Biology right, there can be "recessive-recessive" and "dominant-recessive" genes, further complicating how it all works.)

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Yeah, sad thing though is that she doesn't like my Dad or my biological dad. My mother is an odd one. But I can see that I look like my biological dad, but the weird thing is I look like my Dad too. But honestly I don't care about who my real biological father is, the man that raised me since I was born is my Dad, even though we don't have the same blood he's still my Dad and I love him very much! :] I mainly call my bio dad just a sperm donor. He's an alcoholic mess and I don't really ever want to have anything to do with him. Only reason I am still in contact with him is because just in case something happens I want to know about family health past and what not.


Anywho..
I always thought it would be awesome to have light purple eyes! Or even red! To bad that's not naturally possible! Contacts it is!

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b = blue B = Brown

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if both parents have blue eyes (determined by both having no dominant gene for brown eyes) then the child will have an overwhelming chance of having blue eyes. Not discounting the chance that it is possible for brown eyes to be the result of a dominant gene that didn't get into the makeup, just very unlikely.

I know my mom has blue eyes and my dad has light brown. I ended up with eyes that go from brown to green to yellow depending on my mood and lighting. Typically they are green though.

Genetics are weird.

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So basically, Moregun, you're a vampire.

...

:Panic:

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Whether you've come to this conclusion by yourself, or via friends and other family members, I believe it's a good stance to have.

Nobody can blame you for that.

I don't know which vampire lore you're following Totes, but I've never heard of a Vampire having eyes that change from Green, to Brown and Yellow. =p

Usually it's Red, Blue or Black. :nodding:

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Aye (eye), genetics play a big role there as Grany and Moregun posted before me... Pshh... I'm having a test about stuff like that next week and I wanted to showoff here a little... You took my chance... Smart... People... :cort:

Anyhow, yes, it's not uncommon that parents with same eye color can have children with totally different color.

In my case, I've got weird fucking blue/green (50% of the people say blue, others say green) that I apparently got from my grandpa. My father was dark skinned and brown eyes and mom... She's a little lighter, but has hazel eyes... So yeah.

Both one of my brothers and I ended up with this weird cool-ish eye color =p

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I always thought your eyes were brown, Sil. You should get better lighting and show off next time people are actually in TC :P

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There's been a recent discovery that to some degree disproves what we've come to think about eye color. I saw this on TV one night, but found info verifying it on the net.

A doctor in California has actually found that brown eye color is merely a surface pigment that can be removed, revealing a blue pigment underneath.

The procedure involves the use of a laser tuned to the frequency of the surface pigment, virtually erasing it in about 20 seconds. It is irreversible though.

Currently this procedure costs about $5000, but once it's officially approved and becomes commonplace, I'm sure prices will drop dramatically.

"Dr. Gregg Homer of Stroma Medical says a 20-second procedure that removes melanin, the pigment that gives brown eyes their color, will permanently make them blue without affecting a patient’s eyesight."

Source: Laser surgery can change your eye color: do you want it to? - The Style Blog - The Washington Post

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Makes sense. AFAIK, brown eyes are basically a sunburn, which works basically just like the skin and is also more protective agains sunlight than blue eyes.

Burning off that layer would be pretty stupid IMO, considering blue eyes are more sensitive and stuff... Well, I thikn pretty much all æstethical surgeries are pretty stupid, unless you're like... Disfigured or so.

EDIT: Weird, Moregun... Usually my webcam enhances (exagerates) my eye color... Which is like a very blue-ish something xD

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Only when you're in the light and close up, Sil. Remember I'm usually online when it's dark where you are.

And that's interesting, I didn't know that they had the tech to burn away pigment.

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I demand to know where you've stashed Silberio, Shia.

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Ya its quite possible. My parents having blue eyes both and me too. but my real brother do have brown eyes.
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While lighter color eyes are more sensitive to sunlight, not all live in sunny climes, and one can simply wear sunglasses. As for aesthetic appeal, it's purely a matter of personal preference. You're obviously going to favor one color or the other on products you buy, why should part of your body be any different?

There's no free lunch regarding eye color and health really. Those with bright eyes are more susceptible to macular degeneration, just like those with dark eyes are more susceptible to glaucoma.

Now one can argue that it has to do with genes not eye color, but it just so happens that most with macular degeneration have brighter eyes, and most with glaucoma have darker eyes, so genealogy or not, by extension eye color is still relevant.

What I mean is not every health factor is necessarily going to carry over to a person whom had the brown surface pigment erased. While they might be more susceptible to bright light, I would think the glaucoma issue would be more of a concern, esp if there's any of it in the family history.

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I'd love to have blue eyes, I just don't have the $5,000 lying around to show for it.

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The only reason it's $5000 is there's currently only that one doctor in Cali doing it. Once approved that could drop to $2000 or less if the procedure becomes commonplace.

Then again, it's still relative to how much one has, and $1500-$2000 can buy a killer PC anymore, or a used car.

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my wife has blue. im biracial and have brown. my baby has blue eyes. go fig.

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My father has blue eyes, and my mother has brown. Yet, I have two different colored eyes; one is hazel/grey, and the other is a deep green... heterochromia I believe it's called. It's really weird, actually - over time, the colors of my eyes started to strongly differ from one another. Years passed, and now I have two different colors.