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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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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.
Answered 7/23/2017
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