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A 25-year-old member asked:
Can a baby get blue eyes if the parent wears blue contacts?
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Dr. Brittany Chananswered
Pediatrics 12 years experience
No.: The color of a parent's contacts does not, in any way, affect the eye color of their child. Inheritance of eye color is complex and determined by the parents' genetics, that is, their natural eye color.
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Dr. Prakash Bhoopalamanswered
Pediatrics 45 years experience
No: Wrariing blue contacts does not affect the babies eyes.
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