Blue eyes?

[cormacmacguardhe]

Read an interesting article in USA Today. Some genetic researchers in Denmark are making the claim that all people with blue eyes are related to one individual who lived 6-10,000 years ago. Prior to that time they say everyone on earth had brown eyes. My question is, what about those who have green eyes?

[Bugbear]

Let's throw in there hazel eyes because they are brown and blue mixed together. BTW, My eyes are hazel. And I think blue eyes with brown hair are very beautiful.

I don't know anything about the scientific stuff, though...

[BoldHighlander]

Here's the link to the article:
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science...lue-eyes_N.htm

[Bugbear]

Ah shucks! The artical doesn't address how blended eye color comes about geneticly. I did notice that some people from this forum were over at that one too... I still stand by my statement that I think blue eyes with brown hair look beautiful.

I'm not a genetic scientist, so it doesn't mean much when I say that in my college biology classes, it was pointed out that there are many examples of the same genetic mutation cropping up in un-connected groups or indivituals around the same time. I don't know anything, though, so I probably misunderstood or something like that.

[ccga3359]

Ah shucks!... I still stand by my statement that I think blue eyes with brown hair look beautiful.

Thank you Ted for noticing, I try to look my best.

I have blue eyes (as Ted pointed out) my wife, hazel (as in Witch Hazel ). When she was schooling to be a nurse she came home and said that she had the dominant eye colour and mine were whatever the scientific term is for whipped. She also told me that our offspring would have her colour. Happy, happy, joy, joy both of our kids have my gorgeous blue eyes. Hmmm, perhaps she's not their real Mom after all ( please, please ).

[Bugbear]

Thank you Ted for noticing, I try to look my best.

I have blue eyes (as Ted pointed out) my wife, hazel (as in Witch Hazel ). When she was schooling to be a nurse she came home and said that she had the dominant eye colour and mine were whatever the scientific term is for whipped. She also told me that our offspring would have her colour. Happy, happy, joy, joy both of our kids have my gorgeous blue eyes. Hmmm, perhaps she's not their real Mom after all ( please, please ).

Well, you are quite welcome.

And the part about your wife... I don't know anything about that...

[McFarkus]

Well, you are quite welcome.

And the part about your wife... I don't know anything about that...

What color eyes did the mail lady (excuse me, letter carrier) have?

[Bugbear]

What color eyes did the mail lady (excuse me, letter carrier) have?

Postal blue... Unless she was with UPS, then I guess her eyes would be brown.

And I still don't know anything about that...

In fact, I'm feeling uncomfortable with this conversation. I liked talking about the oatmeal cookies more.

[Jerry]

Thank you Ted for noticing, I try to look my best.

I have blue eyes (as Ted pointed out) my wife, hazel (as in Witch Hazel ). When she was schooling to be a nurse she came home and said that she had the dominant eye colour and mine were whatever the scientific term is for whipped. She also told me that our offspring would have her colour. Happy, happy, joy, joy both of our kids have my gorgeous blue eyes. Hmmm, perhaps she's not their real Mom after all ( please, please ).

Since blue is a recessive gene, that means that the blue only shows up in an individual with two Bl. genes on the XY pair of chromosomes. Since you have blue, your XY pair is BL/BL. Being recessive, your wife, even though she has Hazel eyes is most likely, Br /BL, with the Br (for brown) being dominant. Since each parent contributes one of the XY pair, your kids had to get one BL from you and the recessive BL from your wife. Each of your offspring has a 75 percent chance of having blue eyes

[Keys MacQuarrie]

That's odd...I have not only the same avatar, but the same signature...we must be related!!