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To hope my DS eyes will stay blue?

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danyD29 · 31/12/2021 18:19

I have blue eyes & DH brown eyes. Both of our other DC have my DHs lovely brown eyes. This is our third baby and he's 4 months old now & still has blue eyes. Don't get me wrong it doesn't matter but I'd love for him to have my eyes.
Every-time I get excited my MIL reminds me that they will change to brown 🙄
What are the chances that they'll turn brown?

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maa32 · 31/12/2021 18:51

I have green eyes, DH has grey blue eyes.

DS1 has dark deep brown eyes and DS2 has bright blue eyes

Neither of them look like me haha

foxgoosefinch · 31/12/2021 18:54

DD was born with blue eyes - mine are blue and her father’s are brown, like all his family’s. A few years later DD’s have changed to a really startling green! I have relatives with green eyes so I guess there’s genetic precedent on my side. The colour change was gradual though, between the ages of about 3-6.

rainyskylight · 31/12/2021 18:54

If the eyes haven’t changed at all yet and your partner has a recessive gene then they will likely stay blue.

All my family have blue eyes, both sides. DH has brown, but his mum has blue. By three months I firmly believed they would stay blue as they hadn’t changed a bit. She’s 13mo now and still as blue as when she was born.

Hesma · 31/12/2021 18:56

I have blue eyes, exh has brown eyes. Our 2DDs have green eyes and blue eyes

WakeUpLockie · 31/12/2021 18:56

Blue’s the most common in this country isn’t it? I and both my kids have blue. Nephew has the most amazing dark brown. All beautiful!

Snorkmaidenn · 31/12/2021 18:57

I have hazel eyes and my husband had bright blue eyes.
I had 4 children, all born with navy blue eyes.
Their eyes all turned brown around 2 years of age.
If your baby's eyes are similar to your other children's, then you can probably be sure they will change also. Flowers

LondonQueen · 31/12/2021 18:58

My DS is the only one in the family (other than me) to have blue eyes, they're beautiful 😍

WhiteCatmas · 31/12/2021 18:59

OP, do either of your DH’s parents have blue eyes? If so then it’s possible your child will have blue eyes. Otherwise it’s unlikely.

DramaAlpaca · 31/12/2021 19:01

I have hazel eyes, but I think I must carry the recessive gene for blue eyes because all four of my grandparents had blue eyes.

DH's are green, but again there are blue eyes in his family.

So I was surprised when DS1 had blue eyes, and actually really pleased as I was hoping they'd stay blue. They darkened a little after six months and settled down as grey/blue with a gold centre.

DS2's eyes are a curious and very beautiful mix of brown, blue and gold.

DS3 has eyes like DS1 but more blue/grey than grey/blue.

Some of their cousins have a parent with blue eyes, but of all the cousins in both sides of the family my two, who don't have a blue eyed parent, are the only ones who've inherited blue eyes. Which just goes to show how complicated the genetics of eye colour are.

Original poster
danyD29 · 31/12/2021 19:05

@WhiteCatmas

OP, do either of your DH’s parents have blue eyes? If so then it’s possible your child will have blue eyes. Otherwise it’s unlikely.
Yes. His dads eyes are blue
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Christmas1988 · 31/12/2021 19:08

I have dark brown eyes, husband has blue eyes, DS1 is blue eyed and DS2 brown eyed. It’s pot luck depending on your genes.

Mangofandangoo · 31/12/2021 19:08

My DH has blue eyes like his dad, his mums are dark brown

Twizbe · 31/12/2021 19:09

I have blue eyes and DH has brown, both our kids have my blue eyes. I honestly didn't think it was possible but there they are. Oldest is almost 5 and youngest almost 3, my guess is that they will stay this way now.

CaptainPovey · 31/12/2021 19:18

My mum had blue eyes, my dad had hazel eyes, my siblings have/had brown eyes

I have green eyes

Disneyvillain · 31/12/2021 19:23

If your DH has blue eyes in his family then possibly yes. I have grey-blue, DH has dark brown but his dad had blue. DD’s eyes were also blue for about 8 years then changed to green.

dailingping · 31/12/2021 19:30

Dint they'll change now. They'll probably stay blue? My daughters eyes changed within weeks

dailingping · 31/12/2021 19:30

Doubt*

ForPingsSake · 31/12/2021 19:35

DH and I both have blue eyes but 2/3 of our children have hazel eyes! They didn't change until they were 6 or 7 years old. I was really surprised but evidently, it is possible. The genetics of eye colour is far more complex than we are led to believe in school science lessons.

ottermadness · 31/12/2021 19:50

My DDs stayed blue. Dad brown, mum Hazel.

OnlyAFleshWound · 31/12/2021 19:55

@inheritancetrack

I have blue eyes, all my family have blue eyes on mum and dads side. Dh has hazel eyes, and all DC have the same colour. I am a bit upset all my sisters, nieces, nephews etc, have blue eyes and my kids are the only ones not to. I love my blue eyes, I think blue eyes are beautiful. Shallow I know but it's how I feel
This is grim and depressing. W
OnlyAFleshWound · 31/12/2021 19:55

What a horrible way to think about your own children

BiscuitLover3678 · 31/12/2021 19:57

As a brown eyed person, these comments used to really upset me when I was a child. Yes variety is interesting but honestly I know find dark eyes gorgeous. Blue eyes have become quite common ;)

BiscuitLover3678 · 31/12/2021 19:59

I remember seeing a thread on here maybe a year or so ago about this. The poster was very annoyed because blue eyes were constantly seen as beautiful and preferred. So grim. Such horrible standards of beauty.

AthenaPopodopolous · 31/12/2021 20:00

I think it’s likely his eyes will stay blue now.

HerculesMulligan · 31/12/2021 20:02

I also have brown hair and blue eyes, OP, and so does my 2.5yo daughter, even though DH and DS have brown eyes.

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