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The colour of your kids eyes?

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fizzyapple1 · 10/10/2016 21:36

If your mum has very pale grey/blue eyes and your father has pale hazel eyes is it possible to have a dark brown eyed child?

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Wibblywobblyfoo · 10/10/2016 21:38

The child can, I think, get a dominant eye colour gene from further back in the family. What colour are the grandparents eyes?

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Floggingmolly · 10/10/2016 21:40

Yes, it's totally possible. The myth that two blue eyed parents can't have a brown eyed child has been totally debunked.

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Mamaka · 10/10/2016 21:40

My nephew has blue eyes and both his parents have brown eyes. Both his grandmothers have blue eyes.

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nobodyputsbabyinthecornor · 10/10/2016 21:40

Both my husband and I have really dark brown eyes and our soon has the brightest blue eyes youl ever see!!

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nobodyputsbabyinthecornor · 10/10/2016 21:41

*son

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crazyhead · 10/10/2016 21:43

Yes, because eye colour is influenced by a number of genes. So maybe it is unusual but perfectly possible.

Me and DH are the other way round - both very dark brown eyes and one of our boys is blue eyed.

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PrincessHairyMclary · 10/10/2016 21:44

Yep same way DDs dad and I and grandparents have dark brown hair but DD has fire red hair. DDs dad and I have Irish/Scottish heritage and we must have both passed on the recessive red gene from further back in the gene pool.

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babyblabber · 10/10/2016 21:46

I have blue eyes, DH has green/pale hazel.

We have a blue eyed boy and two brown eyed girls. Not dark brown more like very dark hazel but they look brown at a glance.

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SleepFreeZone · 10/10/2016 21:47

My friend has a daughter with startlingly beautiful blue eyes. My friend, her husband and her son all have brown eyes.

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EsmesBees · 10/10/2016 21:48

Yep. My eyes are grey, DH's are blue, dd's are dark brown like her grandad and aunt.

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IWillOnlyEatBeans · 10/10/2016 21:49

Yes, perfectly possible Smile

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fizzyapple1 · 10/10/2016 21:49

I was taught that brown eyed parents can have blue eyed kids but not the other way round.

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fizzyapple1 · 10/10/2016 21:50

Thinking about it, all four grandparents had blue eyes...Confused

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Bountybarsyuk · 10/10/2016 21:51

Yes, neither my husband or me have brown eyes (one blue, one green/hazel) and one of my dd has dark brown eyes! I think it is the pale hazel that does it!

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whimsical1975 · 10/10/2016 21:54

Two brown eyed parents can have a blue eyed child, but two blue eyed parents CAN NOT have a brown eyed child!!! That is not a myth, it is genetics!!!!!

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paddypants13 · 10/10/2016 22:01

My (limited) understanding is that the brown eyed gene is dominant so it would be possible for them to have a child with dark brown eyes.

Dh and I have dark eyes and have dd with strange bluey brown eyes and ds with bright blue eyes. Both our fathers have blue eyes so we assume we both passed on the recessive gene.

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fizzyapple1 · 10/10/2016 22:04

Surely paddy if the dark brown gene is dominant then the parents would have dark brown themselves? I have suspicions my sibling is only my half sibling.

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Bountybarsyuk · 10/10/2016 22:05

genetics.thetech.org/how-blue-eyed-parents-can-have-brown-eyed-children

It says here it is uncommon but it can happen, if the gene for pigmentation is wrong, as there is more than one gene involved in eye colour.

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itshappenedagain · 10/10/2016 22:09

Eye colour is coded for on 6 different genes. So yes they could. I have a brown eyed child and a blue eyed child and j have green eyes and their fathers have blue.

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PointlessUsername · 10/10/2016 22:12

My dm has grey/blue eyes and my df has green, one sister has blue eyes the other green and I have brown eyes.

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Glitterkitten24 · 10/10/2016 22:17

This is quite interesting

The colour of your kids eyes?
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weegiemum · 10/10/2016 22:23

Dh a d I both have blue though dh has brown flecks. Both our dads ha e deep brown eyes.

Dd1 has deep brown eyes
D's has hazel/grey eyes
Dd2 has light brown eyes

There's no doubt about parentage. Genetics isn't that simple!

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maggiecate · 10/10/2016 22:23

Bounty's link above explains it really well. The old theory of 'two blue eyed parents can't have a brown eyed child is now known to be false', so if this is the only reason for your suspicions then you can relax.

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Bountybarsyuk · 10/10/2016 22:24

Glitter I think that's a bit of a simplistic chart though as there's no hazel, which definitely does exist! I'd hate anyone to be determining paternity off these rather simple charts.

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Lexilooo · 10/10/2016 22:26

Except I am 0% possible and so is my sibling........

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