2006-07-04 09:53:11 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
Despite what many of us were incorrectly taught back in grade school, eye color is not controlled by a single gene from each parent. (So the responses that try to compare "dominant" genes, etc., are based on outdated science.) Recent genetic research has shown that there are at least three sets of genes that contribute to the eye-color outcome. Therefore, there are no simple answers to your question.
On the other hand, the fact that your eyes are green indicates a strong likelihood of Hungarian, Celtic, or Scandinavian ancestry.
2006-07-04 09:58:46 · answer #1 · answered by BoredBookworm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Green is a tricky color in eyes, because I'm not sure if there is a definite allele for green in ur DNA. Often, green eyes are the result of a incomplete dominance from a blue allele messing with the brown one, becasue baby's with blue eyes sometime have their eyes turn green or darken to brown with time.
2006-07-04 16:58:38 · answer #2 · answered by giggy hp 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have hazel (greeny brown) eyes, hubby has green eyes, I have had 3 kids, 1 has blue eyes, 1 has green eyes different colour green to his dad and the other has dark brown eyes. We all have different colour eyes. I have no idea why never thought to question it.
2006-07-05 02:54:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mum has brown eyes and my dad blue, yet i have green eyes my mum always used to say you can thank your dad for your eyes having irish eyes my dads ancestry is from Ireland.
2006-07-04 18:46:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone in your family has green eyes and u have them. Like one of my cuz's both of her parents have brown eyes and her older sister has brown eyes and she has a blue eyes so we have figured it out her great-great grandma had blue eyes but every other person in her family has either brown or green
2006-07-04 17:00:59 · answer #5 · answered by ~*Kt*~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just a toss up of genetic coding! You got them the same way my son got blue eyes....I have green and hubby has brown!....and no milk man involved!
2006-07-04 17:15:25 · answer #6 · answered by alison 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ah good old genetics kiddo gave you gorgeous green eyes! Somewhere in your family,there is someone with green eyes and you got em!
I have 5 kids..all of them have brown eyes,except for my older son,,he has green..go figure
2006-07-04 16:56:02 · answer #7 · answered by MystsofAvalon 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you get your milk delivered by a milkman?
Just joking. It's down to genetics, someone else in your family probably has or had green eyes, like a great-grandfather or something like that.
2006-07-04 17:05:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
green eyes are a recessive gene ther hit and miss even when both parents have the gene.
2006-07-04 17:00:39 · answer #9 · answered by Chris J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't be silly, things like that always happen! i have brown eyes and my twin brotehr has brown eyes yet my parents both have blue eyes!
2006-07-04 16:56:49 · answer #10 · answered by wee_stepherz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋