Eye Color
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February 4, 2020: One of my friends has blond hair and blue eyes despite being mixed (mother, white blond hair and blue eyes; father African-American, black hair brown eyes). My biology teacher says this is impossible, since both of those traits are recessive; however his sister also has blue eyes (but not blonde hair). Can you explain the genetics that would cause this?
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December 13, 2019: One of my 23andMe reports says that people with my genetics most likely have brown or hazel eyes. However my eyes are blue, green, and grey. I know you should take their estimates with a grain of salt, but how is it possible I have a completely different color from the report?
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December 13, 2019: One of my 23andMe reports says that people with my genetics most likely have brown or hazel eyes. However my eyes are blue, green, and grey. I know you should take their estimates with a grain of salt, but how is it possible I have a completely different color from the report?
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July 8, 2019:
When I look up how many eye colors there are, I sometimes find the color amber listed as a distinct color. Are amber eyes really distinct from other shades of brown eyes? Do we know anything about the inheritance pattern of eye color beyond just brown, blue, or green?
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September 24, 2018:
What causes heterochromia?
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May 7, 2018:
Is eye color connected to hair color? Why do people with blond hair typically have blue eyes?
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August 30, 2017:
I am trying to figure out why my son has brown eyes as both my husband and I have green. How can this happen?
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December 3, 2014:
My husband and I both have brown eyes. Mine are a lighter brown and his are dark brown. We have three children. One with green eyes (exactly the color of my sister's eyes), one with blue eyes, and one with dark brown eyes. My mom had green eyes, all the other grandparents had dark brown eyes. Where did the blue eyes come from?
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August 14, 2013:
Do we know how the blue eye gene causes blue eyes?
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August 9, 2013:
Is everyone with blue eyes related? How was that trait passed on?
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