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Not really health. genetics probably. Quick poll on DCs' eye colour and family eye colour.

49 replies

Bauble99 · 26/12/2007 21:14

OK. For The Bubble Boys, as follows:

Paternal grandparents. Brown and Brown.

Maternal grandparents. Blue and Blue.

Parents. Blue and Brown.

DCs:

DS1 - Blue
DS2 - Blue
DS3 - Blue
DS4 - Brown

And yes. There is feck all on telly.

And don't get clever with any 'Aquamarine' or 'Hazel/Pecan' nonsense. Blue is blue and brown is brown for the purposes of this poll.

OP posts:
ArmadilloDaMan · 26/12/2007 21:17

PAternal gps - no idea

Maternal gps - brown and green

Parents - brown, blue

Ds - blue

Bauble99 · 26/12/2007 21:18

Unless they are green. Forgot those.

Green and grey are valid.

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expatinscotland · 26/12/2007 21:19

paternal gp's: blue and green
maternal gp's: both brown

parents: blue and brown.

one very green eyed dd1 and a light brown eyed dd2

CarGirl · 26/12/2007 21:19

Hazel must be valid too - my eyes are blue, green & brown with a very unusual pattern according to the optician they are def hazel!

forkhandles · 26/12/2007 21:20

Paternal grandparents - blue and brown
Maternal grandparents - blue and brown

parents - blue and brown

DCs - brown, brown & blue

XmastimePelvicfloorsandWine · 26/12/2007 21:20

Paternal Grandparents- Blue and Brown

Maternal Grandparents-Brown and Hazel

Parents-Blue and Brown

DC

dd1-Blue

dd2-Blue

CarGirl · 26/12/2007 21:21

Maternal GP = blue & hazel
Paternal GP = Brown & brown

Mum = hazel
DAd = brown

dd = blue (really blue blue)
dd = brown
dd = brown (really dark within a minute of being born!)

Swedes2Turnips1 · 26/12/2007 21:23

Paternal grandparents - Brown and Green

Maternal grandparents - Brown and Blue

Parents - Green and Blue

DS - Green
DS - Blue
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Paternal grandparents - Brown and Blue

Maternal grandparents - Brown and Blue

Parents - Brown and Blue

DD - Brown
DS - Blue (but look like turning towards brown!)

Blandmum · 26/12/2007 21:23

Eye colour is complicated and isn't controled by a single gene. It is controled by a number of genes, each of which has a number of variations.
this is interesting as is this

SteadyNeddy · 26/12/2007 21:24

Paternal gps: brown and green

Maternal gps: blue and grey

Parents: blue and brown

DCs:

Ds1 - blue
Ds2 - blue
Dd - brown

jalopy · 26/12/2007 21:30

Parents - blue and green
3 kids - green, blue, blue

Bauble99 · 26/12/2007 21:31

CarGirl. Fair 'nuff. Hazel is added to the 'valid' list.

MB. I can't open those links. Poorly 'puter.

TBH. As no Bubble Girls were forthcoming, I was pleased to have a brown-eyed boy for a change!

OP posts:
Bauble99 · 26/12/2007 21:32

It seems that if there is enough blue from the grandparents it cancels out the dominant brown from parents?

OP posts:
BroccoliSpears · 26/12/2007 21:33

Maternal GPs: Brown & Brown
Paternal GPs: Uhmmmmm...
Mother: Green
Father: Brown
DD: Green
Dog: Brown

ib · 26/12/2007 21:34

Maternal gps: black
Paternal gps: black and green

Parents: black and green

ds black

StripeyKnickersSpottySocks · 26/12/2007 21:35

Maternal grandparents - brown and blue
paternal grandparents - brown an d blue

parents - hazel and blue

dd - hazel.

FairyTaleOfNewYork · 26/12/2007 21:35

i'll make this easy

all brown.

FairyTaleOfNewYork · 26/12/2007 21:35

oops, tell a lie, maternal gparent, blue and brown.

coldtits · 26/12/2007 21:36

Maternal GPs - Green and Blue
Paternal Gps - Blue and ?(ex p doesn't know and his mother won't talk about it )

Parents Blue and blue

Ds's - blue and blue.

ib · 26/12/2007 21:38

oh, was black not allowed? Black has to be allowed, it's not a nonsense colour

foxinsocks · 26/12/2007 21:39

ooh have no idea what grandparents are

me blue
dh brown

dd brown
ds blue

we're very simple the foxes

me23 · 26/12/2007 21:43

maternal gps: blue

paternal gps: brown

parents: blue brown.

dd: brown

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wanted to show my friends aswell as her ds has beautiful green eyes but most of family brown eye.

maternal gp: green brown
paternal gp: brown

parents: brown brown

ds:green

TheBlonde · 26/12/2007 21:57

Maternal GPs - Green and Blue
Paternal GPs - Blue and Blue
Parents - Green and blue

DCs - blue and blue

NowTheHollyBearsABero · 26/12/2007 22:02

Maternal GPs: brown and blue/grey
Paternal GPs: blue and blue

Me: brown dh: blue

ds1: blue and (at 2.7) very likely to remain that way. ds2 (3mo): very dark blue/grey

sparklygothkat · 26/12/2007 22:33

Maternal GP brown and blue
Paternal GP brown and green
Parents brown

Ds1 a mix of brown and green
DD1 brown
Dd2 brown
DS2 atm they are dark blue but guess they will be brown too