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

[Bauble99]

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.

Paternal gps - brown & green
maternal gps - green & blue

Parents - green & blue

ds1 - green
ds2 - green
dd1 - blue
dd2 - blue

pg - blue x 2
mg - green and brown
p - blue and green
ds - blue

PG - Both brown
MG - green and blue

Parents - me-brown and dh-blue

dd - brown
ds - brown

MG - brown and blue
PG - brown and green

Parents - brown and blue

DDs - both blue (in fact identical to mine and each other, I'm proud of that DP wants no3 to have brown eyes)

Maternal GPs - Blue and blue
Paternal GPs - Blue and blue

Parents - Blue and blue

dd1 - Blue (no surprises there then )

Maternal Brown and Blue

Paternal Blue and Blue

Husband blue, me Brown

DD1 Blue

DD2 Blue

BB3 Blue

Most gutted always thought I would have brown brown haired DC!

PG: Blue and Blue
MG: Brown and Grey

Ds: Blue

I always assumed MY genes were dominant, having brown eyes and brown hair. But as MB's link shows, I was cruelly misled by simplified O-level biology.

Paternal Grandparents Blue Blue
Maternal Grandparents Blue Brown

Mother Hazel (siblings Brown & Blue)
Father Blue (All Blue)

DD1 Green
DD2 Bright Swimming pool blue
DS Khaki
DD3 Light blue

Wasn't expecting the green or the khaki

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

parents: blue and brown.

DD - brown
DS - brown

Interesting link, thanks MB

Paternal - Blue and dunno
Maternal - Green and dunno

Parents - Blue and Green/Brown (not being nonsensical, they change colour with my health )

DD - Blue
DS - Blue

Maternal gps: both blue (I think)

Paternal gps: no idea! One brown, one blue I think.

Me: blue
dh: weird

dcs: all four are blue

Maternal gps - green and brown

Paternal gps - green and brown

Parents - brown and blue

DS - brown

Flame!! That's what dh's are like! In his army papers it says they are green, but then they were blue for several years. They are just a weird colour now - I think they are sort of blueish, but I could never definitively say!

mat gps blue

pat gps green and blue

parents green and blue

ds blue
dd blue

Ooh yay - not the only freak!! They go a gorgeous shade of green when I am very healthy, very ill, or very angry (a bit like the hulk as DH helpfully pointed out)

Oh and mine go green when I cry. DS's don't though.

Very necessary

The lack of gene would explain my DCs. I was always told that blue eye colour was recessive so was surprised to get blue eyed DCs.

Pat GM - very dark brown
Pat GF - dark brown

Mat GM - blue
Mat GF - brown

DH - very dark brown
Me - blue

our DCs?

1. amazingly royal blue

2 blue for well over a year and now hazel 3 very blue

I'm another colour-change fraek too. Very pale and washed out when crying or tired. And yet the most beautifully blue after a rough night on the drink - which I no longer do, more is the pity.

Me ~ green. Exh ~ blue.
Mil ~ blue. Fil ~ brown.
My mum ~ brown. My dad ~ blue.
Ds1 ~ brown. Ds2 ~ blue.

Paternal Brown x2
Maternal Brown x2

Dh Brown
Me Hazel (sorry I am - nearly green)

DD Brown

Paternal Brown and hmm
Maternal Brown and brown

Dh Brown
Me Brown

Ds1 brown
Dd1 brown
Dd2 grey/green/blue (change with moods)
Dd3 blue
Dd4 blue
Ds2 brown

Not sure where the blue eyes come from.lol

Maternal grandparents - green and blue

Paternal grandparents - blue and grey (I think)

Parents - green and blue

dd - blue but look to be maybe changing to green

ds1 - green

ds2 - blue