Long shot eye color

**imagine** · 06-22-2011, 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by shp1055

Everyone, and I mean everyone, on my mom's side of the family have the most vivid blue eyes and people remark on them all of the time. My dad and all of his family, with the exception of one sister and hers are brown, have kind of glassy, sort of clear blue eyes and they really stand out. My sisters and brother have these blue eyes, while I have brown.
PICTURE THIS: 6th grade science class; the teacher states it is physically impossible for two blue eyed parents to have a brown eyed child. My hand goes up, & I say my eyes are brown and my mom & dad both have VERY blue eyes. She says "I'm sorry, but thats impossible". I go home and ask my mom (seriously) if I'm adopted and she said "No, of course not" and then I tell her what happened. She also remarked "you look JUST like your Dad's mother, just with brown eyes. She drove me to school the next morning and met with the teacher. During class later that day, the teacher amended the previous day's lesson to say that if the parent has just a microscopic speck of another color in they eyes, that yes they could have a child with brown eyes.

It think it was once believed that only one gene cause the trait for eye color. If you follow that simple example blue recessive parents should not have a brown eyed child.

But that isn't/wasn't the case.

They now know that there are many different genes and factors that play a part . They now believe that chemicals and environmental factors outside and possible inside of the womb can play a part in determining eye color.

They do for a fact know that some medicines has the side affect of changing the eye color temporary and maybe permanently.

**shp1055** · 06-22-2011, 02:05 PM

Imagine - I didn't know that. Thanks!

**imagine** · 06-22-2011, 02:11 PM

Originally Posted by shp1055

Imagine - I didn't know that. Thanks!

I edited my post to make it more clear.

Eyes are fascinating things.

**MissSeetonFan** · 06-23-2011, 02:51 PM

All my kids have blue eyes, although one tends towards grey. My husband and I both have blue eyes. However, in my family, at least, we are all the colors of the rainbow with eye color. I have one hazel eyed sister and an amber eyed brother. Plus, the three blondest of us all had blue eyes. Others were brown. We have are primarily British and German in our background.

**grneyegrl** · 06-23-2011, 03:50 PM

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...eye_lashes.jpg

this is what my eyes color.. my dad has the same exact color, my mom has brown with flakes of yellow.. my niece has the same color while my nephew has a darker shade of mine

**Momto5RN** · 06-23-2011, 06:39 PM

my eyes are a light brightish blue ( sometimes depending on what color i am wearing i get asked if they are contacts )my momwas same blue - my dad was green - my brother and i have blue .

My husband has medium brown - my fil has blue my mil has such a dark brown they almost look black .
dh and his 7 siblings all have brown in varying shades - most medium - 2 are very drk brown .

4 of my 4 kids were born with the light bright blue - one was born with the blackish brown.

but as they got older their eyes changed usually by 12ish they settles on true eye color.

oldest 23 is a light greyish greenish blue changes a bit depending on what he wears
20 yo ( the brown eyed girl ) is a lightish brown with golden flecks
17 yo is a dark brownish green with some brown and gold flecks- he inherited some subtle color bllindness that my maternal grandfather had . He is the one that also looks the least like my other children but looks alot like my maternal grandfather.
14 yo is a light blue sometimes lens to a greyish blue with certain colors worn .
10 yo is a light blue but i also see his turning a bit greyish greenish like the oldest - i figure in next few years we will know for sure.

hair wise i am blonde- dh brown both my parents brown - dhs parents black and brown .

of my kids the 4 blue eyed were bald and blonde and came in curly blonde - 2 are still varying shades of blonde and curls one blonde straight hair - one is light brown wavy .

only brown eyed had pitch black hair with a bit of white ( birthmark ) in the back . that fell out and came in dark blonde- and the whitish is underneath hair and is still there but just looks like a lighter blonde- she highlites her hair a light blonde now but naturally she is a dark blonde according to the hairdresser lol

**alotofgooddeals** · 06-23-2011, 06:46 PM

they do so within the first 3 years....all three of my children were born with blue eyes but only one kept them... the other two's eye color changed to brown....

**luluxiu** · 08-09-2011, 09:18 PM

We have a daughter, hazel eyes, blue eyes, a daughter ... only other people in my family has blue eyes and my brother, we do not know where they come from ...

**oheoh's momma** · 08-09-2011, 09:41 PM

I have hazel eyes my daughter had sky blue eyes until the day her daddy died. The next morning grass green and has been ever since. strange isn't it she was 9.

**fernykins** · 08-10-2011, 06:32 PM

My mother had 7 kids all with blue eyes. I have six kids 3 with blue eyes all different shades 1 with brown eyes and 2 with green. My brown boy has the red hair:-).
Fern

**mom2three** · 08-11-2011, 12:48 PM

I have two girls with blue eyes (different shades), one with hazel eyes and blue rims, two boys with brown eyes (different shades). Hubby has brown eyes, but his dad's eyes are blue. My eyes are greenish to almost hazel.