Question 1

how can a dad with brown eyes and a mom with hazel eyes have a baby with blue eyes?

Accepted Answer

Genetics: The brown eyes parent may have a green/blue, but the brown gene is dominant so eyes look brown. But when that green/blue gene matches with similar gene from the spouse, then baby can have light eyes.

Question 2

i have baby blue eyes . how did i inherit it if my father is a black african from ghana with brown eyes and my mom being mostly of a white origin with baby blue eyes . she is of 1/2 greek, 1/4 egyptian , and 1/4 italian . how did i end up with the same ve

Accepted Answer

Very possible: Having a blue eyed parent and another parent with a recessive gene for blue eyes can lead to blue eyes. You probably have a distant ancestor with blue eyes.

Question 3

what eye color will a child receive if its dad has dark brown eyes and its mom has blue eyes?

Accepted Answer

Depends: Eye color has complex inheritance but brown vs blue is not too difficult.  If the father is dark brown due to having both genes brown, then the child must get one brown from his dad and he will have brown eyes.  If mom is true blue, she has both genes blue and her child will get only that color gene from her.  If dad has one brown and one blue then 1/2 of his children will get blue eyes.

Question 4

i have light brown eyes, my mom has blue eyes, husband has blue eyes, blue eyes run in his family what are the chances of our baby having blue eyes?

Accepted Answer

Brown is dominant: In gene expression so the baby is more likely to have brown eyes than blue. Blue is recessive.

Question 5

i have brown eyes both my parents do too, my baby's dad has blue eyes. what are the odds the baby's eyes will be blue?

Accepted Answer

Unlikely: Unless you have blue eyed relatives.

Question 6

2 african american parents. moms grandfather was white with blue eyes. the baby turned out white with blue eyes statistically what odds was this?

Accepted Answer

Recessive trait: Blue eyes are a recessive trait. That means that a gene for blue eyes must be inherited from both mom and dad in order to get a baby with blue eyes. There is not enough information in your answer to give a statistical probability.

Question 7

how common is it for my eyes to change colour so drastically? i have brown eyes and my dad has one blue eyes one green eye (that appears yellow sometimes) why the rapid change?

Accepted Answer

Not common: Eyes generally do not change colour after the age of 6 months. Certain conditions, such as arcus senilis, can cause eyes to appear to become more blue or grey, and others, such as certain inflammations and glaucomas can cause a brown iris to turn blue. If there is a rapid change in your eye colour, see an eye doctor as soon as possible.

Question 8

can you tell me in human beings, brown eyes are usually dominant over blue eyes. suppose a brown-eyed woman whose father had b?

Accepted Answer

Eye color: is genetically complex with a number of factors that determine the actual color appearance.  However the brown gene is dominant and the blue gene is recessive.  Since only one dominant gene is required for brown eyes, then brown eyed parents can produce blue or brown eyed children, while two blue eyed parents should produce only blue-eyed children.

Question 9

my mother has green blue eyes and my father has brown eyes, why do i have hazel eyes?

Accepted Answer

Genetics: If i had to guess, your dad have you some melanin in his genes (maybe the recessive gene) and you don't get much from your mom's gene, so you end up with slightly more pigment than green eyes--hazel.

Question 10

how do grandparents affect eye colour in babies? if neither parent has blue eyes and one grandma does, how does baby inherit blue eyes? (if they stay)

Accepted Answer

Color of infants eye: Change up to 3-4 months of age at that time they change very little. Wait until this ago to see what eye color child will have.

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I have baby blue eyes . how did i inherit it if my father is a black african from ghana with brown eyes and my mom being mostly of a white origin with baby blue eyes . she is of 1/2 greek, 1/4 egyptian , and 1/4 italian . how did i end up with the same ve

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What eye color will a child receive if its dad has dark brown eyes and its mom has blue eyes?

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I have light brown eyes, my mom has blue eyes, husband has blue eyes, blue eyes run in his family what are the chances of our baby having blue eyes?

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I have brown eyes both my parents do too, my baby's dad has blue eyes. what are the odds the baby's eyes will be blue?

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2 african american parents. moms grandfather was white with blue eyes. the baby turned out white with blue eyes statistically what odds was this?

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How common is it for my eyes to change colour so drastically? i have brown eyes and my dad has one blue eyes one green eye (that appears yellow sometimes) why the rapid change?

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Can you tell me in human beings, brown eyes are usually dominant over blue eyes. suppose a brown-eyed woman whose father had b?

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My mother has green blue eyes and my father has brown eyes, why do i have hazel eyes?

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How do grandparents affect eye colour in babies? if neither parent has blue eyes and one grandma does, how does baby inherit blue eyes? (if they stay)

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