Is he the father?

[squirrel3]

Can two brown eyed parents have a blue eyed child?

Contrary to popular belief, Blue is the dominant gene. I have 2 blue-eyed children yet everyone in my family is brown-eyed. DH has blue eyes.

DH has blue eyes, I have brown. DD has blue eyes.

My father (pah!) has blue eyes and my Mum has brown. I have brown eyes.

i have brown eyes and dh has blue, all four of our brood have blue eyes

It always startles me slightly just how blonde/blue your four are, Lou. I reckon you've got some sort of a lab going in the shed....

My theory is further backed up by your 4 kids & no stretchmarks claims

children of the damned they are

I'm pretty sure eye colour is governed by multiple alleles; not just two.

Where is tamum?

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ive got brown eyes my dh got brown eyes.
we've got 3 kids with blue eyes and one with hazel eyes.

runs from rnb.....

Hellooooo (thanks lou!)

Yep, expatinscotland is right, it's not a single gene the way they tell you in school, there are multiple genes with many alleles involved. There are a few major ones which is why eye colour often follows the predicted pattern, but it's not remotely as cut-and-dried as text books make out. There's definitely no reason at all to doubt your cousin's baby's paternity, squirrel3.

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The earlier thread is here , by the way

Lou......Don't feel alone...I have 5 kiddies and NOT ONE stretch mark either!!!!

I am always given evil glares from my friends for that. and also because I am still also a size 10/12 too

As for the blue eyed Q. I have hazel eyes, DH also has hazel eyes, altho his are more brown. We have 2 kiddies with blue eyes and 3 with deep brown....none have actually got either of our colouring...[confused emoticon]

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I am sorry.........BUT also RnB

You are soo lucky!, I got the stretch marks even before the children!

I guess no further explanation about blue eyes genetics is needed, is it?

am a size 10 as well

better both get ready to leg it!

Psycho - (lol Lou... join my chant..) We've got no stretch marks! We've got no stretch marks!! On your marks, get set.... GO....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Flame - I don't mind my stretch marks that came as basic pregnancy... it is the ones that appeared 2 days before she was born (after being left to go a month overdue) that bug me!!!! If I'd had her on time they wouldn't exist!!!! I went from pretty sunburst ones on my hips, to a roadmap on my tummy . Plus side though... throw up for 9 months solid - back to original weight in one week

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I only got a single stretch mark from pregnacy... 2 inches high and as wide as myself