All Blue eyed people are related

[VASLP]

Ugh! This is just too weird! My OCD husband will definitely shiver when he hears this one since we both have blue eyes.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,327070,00.html

[boilermaker]

Eh, if you go back far enough, we're all related. I think 6-10,000 years back is far enough removed to not worry about it.

Isn't this how all recessive traits come to be?

[VASLP]

I know, I just thought it was funny because one of the articles I read actually had the first sentence as-

"Blue eyed people are all inbred mutants....."

Consciously I know we're all related but hearing it put that way at 5:30 in the morning was a bit jarring! :)

[solongtogo]

That must mean my blue eyed daughter is not related to her hazel eyed mom or her brown eyed dad. But I sure as hell remember giving birth to her :)

[coquelicot]

I've always said that my best friend is like a sister to me. I guess she is more so than I thought! We're both blue-eyed.

Does this mean that I'm related to my dog, also blue-eyed?

[karlatta]

It doesn't mean that blue-eyed people are ONLY related to other blue-eyed people. Just that all blue-eyed people share a common ancestor.

[jh124]

Shout out to my inbred mutant cousins!! :D

[Jenyfer9]

Hey mutant cousins! The article said that we're more likely to be blonde (not me) and fair skinned (that WOULD be me)...

[NotDesperate]

Woah weird!

I am blue-eyed, blonde, and fair skinned!



P.S. That big eye staring at me was freaking me out!

[msnicolea]

So stoked to have hazel eyes right now!

[AttyGrl74]

I've also read that red-haired folk will be 'extinct' in a few decades because it is such a recessive gene.

[DisneyGirl]

I am blue-eyed, blonde, and fair skinned and so is my DH....oh and all 3 of my kids are as well.

[diam124]

I've also read that red-haired folk will be 'extinct' in a few decades because it is such a recessive gene.

That's funny to me - my Dad is 100% Irish and has 8 siblings all of whom have kids. Most of his siblings are also married to people with 100% Irish ancestry. Out of all my Dad's siblings, their children and grandchildren (so 50+ people), I am the only redhead in the bunch. I don't know why, but I find that really odd (especially since my Mom is not Irish and does not have red hair).

[kedzieb]

Bizarre. But I thought we were all related anyway. The genes that control the outside differences like skin color, eye color, height etc. are less than 1% of our genetic makeup anyway. So not just in a kumbaya way, but scientifically we're all pretty much the same.

I have blue eyes, my husband has brown & I'm resigning myself to the fact that his dominant genes will give us brown eyed babies & I'll be the odd-ball.

[amwilson615]

Another blue-eyed, blonde-haired, fair-skinned girl here. I found the article interesting.

I have blue eyes, my husband has brown & I'm resigning myself to the fact that his dominant genes will give us brown eyed babies & I'll be the odd-ball.

kedzie--both of my children have brown eyes, brown hair, and dark-complected skin. I am, indeed, the oddball.

[BlackMagicRose]

So, what are green eyed people?? :confused:

Any way, I have light brown hair (when it isn't dyed), blue eyes and fair skin. My father had blue eyes, my mother has green, my husband has green and both of his parents have brown. So, what our children will have is a lottery, I guess. LOL

[jajacobsen]

Both DH and I have green eyes. What does that mean?

[ellidew]

The article said that we're more likely to be blonde (not me) and fair skinned (that WOULD be me)...

Well then i'm definitely a mutant because my skin is practically see through and i have blonde hair and blue eyes!

[AttyGrl74]

I have blue eyes, my husband has brown & I'm resigning myself to the fact that his dominant genes will give us brown eyed babies & I'll be the odd-ball.


Not necessarily, though. Your genes would look like this: Bl-Bl and his could either be Br-Br or Br-Bl. I believe, but don't quote me, that there is a 1 in 4 chance that he'd contribute the Bl rather than a Br.

(note - I'm not a geneticist but I loved studying it way back when)

[msnicolea]

K, you are crazy hot when you talk genetics!

[AttyGrl74]

K, you are crazy hot when you talk genetics!

Stop humping my leg, you freakshow. :p

[coquelicot]

I've got the fair skin tone to match the blue eyes, but not the hair. I've always been a brunette, and a dark one at that. According to what I've learned about my biological parents, though, they were both dark-headed. Can't figure out where I got the blue eyes, though. My mom had brown and my dad had green. Or was that the other way around?

Considering that DH is blond, brown-eyed, and tanner than I am, there's no telling what this little girl is going to look like!

[Kanga]

Not necessarily, though. Your genes would look like this: Bl-Bl and his could either be Br-Br or Br-Bl. I believe, but don't quote me, that there is a 1 in 4 chance that he'd contribute the Bl rather than a Br.



Yes, that's right. If you're dh's genes are Br dominant, with Bl recessive, 25% chance. This is kinda hard to explain over the internet, but draw a square with one line dividing in half horizontally and one line dividing in half vertically (so you basically have 4 squares). Above the top two squares you put your genetics - Bl over one square and Bl over the other. Along the left side you put your dh's. Br by one box, Bl (assuming he has a Bl recessive gene) by the lower box. Pretend the upper left box is your 1st child. He/She will have Brown eyes, with a brown recessive gene. S/he will have brown eyes with a recessive blue gene. Could possibly pass on blue eyes if his/her partner has blue eyes or blue recessive genes. Let's say your 2nd is the upper right hand side. S/he will have brown eyes with a blue recessive gene. Lower left child will have brown eyes, with blue recessive. And 4th child will have blue eyes, with a blue recessive gene. I've forgotten most everything about green/hazel eyes, but IIRC I think they can be either dominant or recessive. The same works for hair as well, with brown being dominant, and blonde and red being recessive.

[ellidew]

when i was pg i read that it's more likely for 2 brown eyes parents to have a blue eyed baby than for 2 blue eyed parents to have a brown eyed baby. like the instance of it happening was so minuscule they couldn't even scientifically explain it! I think there was a baby thread on eye color at some point. I don't feel like finding the source but i think it was about.com.

[jay&erinn]

At least I can take comfort in knowing I have sisters out there somewhere (stunk growing up with all boys)!

I fit the profile- blond hair, blue eyes, fair skin. DH has brown eyes and 1st DD has hazel eyes and 2nd DD has blue eyes.

[kedzieb]

Not necessarily, though. Your genes would look like this: Bl-Bl and his could either be Br-Br or Br-Bl. I believe, but don't quote me, that there is a 1 in 4 chance that he'd contribute the Bl rather than a Br.

(note - I'm not a geneticist but I loved studying it way back when)

Oh yes - I loved this is science class too. But If his parents each have brown eyes, the chance of his having a blue-eyed recessive gene are less. It's more likely that it will be Bl-Bl Br-Br. But I did tell him there was a 1-in-4 chance of a freakish blue eyed baby. Ha!

[pixiecat]

when i was pg i read that it's more likely for 2 brown eyes parents to have a blue eyed baby than for 2 blue eyed parents to have a brown eyed baby. like the instance of it happening was so minuscule they couldn't even scientifically explain it! I think there was a baby thread on eye color at some point. I don't feel like finding the source but i think it was about.com.

Yes, as I understand it, in order to have blue eyes, you must have 2 recessive genes. So if both parents have 2 recessive genes & they each give one to their child, then the child will have 2 "blues" as well and will have blue eyes.

My parents both have dark brown eyes, but must have each had one recessive gene, since I have blue eyes. Or maybe there's something they haven't told me... ha ha!

[AttyGrl74]

I thought it was genetically impossible for 2 blue eyed people to have a brown eyed child?

[dionysia]

Punnett squares!

[dal]

I have blue eyes, my husband has brown & I'm resigning myself to the fact that his dominant genes will give us brown eyed babies & I'll be the odd-ball. You never know. I have brown/hazel, DH has blue/gray and we have 2 daughters. One has blue eyes, blond hair and is very fair. Our other daughter has brown eyes, darker skin and brown hair. If your husband has a blue to give, your child might get it.

I thought it was genetically impossible for 2 blue eyed people to have a brown eyed child? Right. Blue eyed people only have blue genes to give. So two brown eyed people can have a blue-eyed child but not the other way around...

[rileyandfredsmom]

Yes, that's right. If you're dh's genes are Br dominant, with Bl recessive, 25% chance. This is kinda hard to explain over the internet, but draw a square with one line dividing in half horizontally and one line dividing in half vertically (so you basically have 4 squares). Above the top two squares you put your genetics - Bl over one square and Bl over the other. Along the left side you put your dh's. Br by one box, Bl (assuming he has a Bl recessive gene) by the lower box. Pretend the upper left box is your 1st child. He/She will have Brown eyes, with a brown recessive gene. S/he will have brown eyes with a recessive blue gene. Could possibly pass on blue eyes if his/her partner has blue eyes or blue recessive genes. Let's say your 2nd is the upper right hand side. S/he will have brown eyes with a blue recessive gene. Lower left child will have brown eyes, with blue recessive. And 4th child will have blue eyes, with a blue recessive gene. I've forgotten most everything about green/hazel eyes, but IIRC I think they can be either dominant or recessive. The same works for hair as well, with brown being dominant, and blonde and red being recessive.

I have total tired-head now!

[ducgal]

Yes, that's right. If you're dh's genes are Br dominant, with Bl recessive, 25% chance. This is kinda hard to explain over the internet, but draw a square with one line dividing in half horizontally and one line dividing in half vertically (so you basically have 4 squares). Above the top two squares you put your genetics - Bl over one square and Bl over the other. Along the left side you put your dh's. Br by one box, Bl (assuming he has a Bl recessive gene) by the lower box. Pretend the upper left box is your 1st child. He/She will have Brown eyes, with a brown recessive gene. S/he will have brown eyes with a recessive blue gene. Could possibly pass on blue eyes if his/her partner has blue eyes or blue recessive genes. Let's say your 2nd is the upper right hand side. S/he will have brown eyes with a blue recessive gene. Lower left child will have brown eyes, with blue recessive. And 4th child will have blue eyes, with a blue recessive gene. I've forgotten most everything about green/hazel eyes, but IIRC I think they can be either dominant or recessive. The same works for hair as well, with brown being dominant, and blonde and red being recessive.

Hmm... wouldn't it be a 50% if her DH has a blue recessive gene with 2 children having Br-Bl (Brown eyes) and 2 having Bl-Bl (Blue eyes) because she doesn't have a brown gene to pass on. And all of her kids would all carry the trait for blue eyes, so they could have blue eyed kids themselves even if they had brown eyes.

[lady1297]

Jumping in here: Yes, there is a 50 percent chance a child of a BL-BL/BR-BL


BL-blue
BR-brown

--------BL ----BL
BR --- BR-BL--BR-BL
BL -- BL-BL --BL-BL

So, 50% chance for a Brown eyed kid, 50% chance for a blue eyed Child. Now, honestly, there are other factors involved in eye color, it's not as simple as that. But for the basics, it's okay to keep it that simple.

[Smillow]

My Mom has green eyes, my father has blue eyes, I have blue eyes & both my brother & sister have dark brown eyes.

[VASLP]

Wow, this thread went from fun freaky deaky to scientific. I nearly failed this portion of HS biology the first time around! :( I am very impressed by all you ladies who have a firm grasp of this....I on the other hand am going to go find some advil and a stiff drink (who said you can't drink in the morning!)because my brain is in overload. OW! :p

[Kanga]

Oops, yeah that would make it 50% chance, and first child would have the blue recessive trait...I knew I was gonna fudge something on there. Thanks for clearing that up lady1297. For some reason 25% is just sticking in my head.

I am very impressed by all you ladies who have a firm grasp of this..

Eh, I find genetics fascinating so it's easy for me to hang on to....English Lit or History on the other hand....

[jmvan74]

I have blue eyes, my husband has brown & I'm resigning myself to the fact that his dominant genes will give us brown eyed babies & I'll be the odd-ball.

My husband and I have brown hair and hazel eyes and our son has blonde hair and blue eyes. ;)

[Wrighty26]

Yes, that's right. If you're dh's genes are Br dominant, with Bl recessive, 25% chance. This is kinda hard to explain over the internet, but draw a square with one line dividing in half horizontally and one line dividing in half vertically (so you basically have 4 squares). Above the top two squares you put your genetics - Bl over one square and Bl over the other. Along the left side you put your dh's. Br by one box, Bl (assuming he has a Bl recessive gene) by the lower box. Pretend the upper left box is your 1st child. He/She will have Brown eyes, with a brown recessive gene. S/he will have brown eyes with a recessive blue gene. Could possibly pass on blue eyes if his/her partner has blue eyes or blue recessive genes. Let's say your 2nd is the upper right hand side. S/he will have brown eyes with a blue recessive gene. Lower left child will have brown eyes, with blue recessive. And 4th child will have blue eyes, with a blue recessive gene. I've forgotten most everything about green/hazel eyes, but IIRC I think they can be either dominant or recessive. The same works for hair as well, with brown being dominant, and blonde and red being recessive.

This is the case for us. I have hazel/brown eyes and DH has blue eyes -- and our son has blue eyes. My dad has blue eyes - so I definitely carry the recessive gene.

Genes are SO weird... my husband is a redhead (in a LONG line of redheads), I'm brunette and our son is blonde. Nobody on either side of our families has blonde hair or was even born blonde, so I'm guessing that years of carrying a recessive gene have resulted in my little blondie.

[WonderWoman]

There's a woman in my neighborhood who is making sure red heads don't go extinct - she's got SIX of them.

And correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't brown, green and hazel all the same BR gene? If I remember correctly, and it's been a long time since hs bio, in the brown gene it's more of a spectrum thing...like green on one end, hazel and then brown on the far end...or something close to, but probably infinitely more complicated that.

[Tenny]

I've also read that red-haired folk will be 'extinct' in a few decades because it is such a recessive gene.

I'm helping us live on since myself and my 2 year old both have red hair!!