Ok, my bf's family is from central America(El Salvador) and they all have brown eyes. And he is the only one out of his family with blue eyes.
2006-09-07 10:45:42 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
His eyes are so pretty you just get lost in them
2006-09-07 10:47:36 · update #1
Even though it doesn't show, your bf parents' genes have a light eye gene (b) Those can be inherited from way back in the family line, like a great great great whatever!..However, brown eyes (B) have dominance over light eyes. For example, his parents both had to be Bb in order for him to come out with light eyes, which makes him a (bb). In biology we use a punnett square to express this stuff. But i'm the same, both my sister and i have green eyes and our parents have brown. Cool Stuff!
2006-09-07 10:55:05 · answer #1 · answered by Alybaba 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
From a Wikipedia entry about eyes:
Three gene pairs coding for human eye color are currently known.
This model can partially explain how two brown-eyed parents can give birth to a blue-eyed child. Also Caucasian babies are often born with blue eyes which turn brown as they get older. However this may not always occur because of genetic damage or environmental factors. If such a person has a child with another blue-eyed person then that child may inherit the gene for brown eyes.
Eye color typically stabilizes by 6 years of age.
2006-09-07 17:55:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, my father is Cherokee and my mother is Portuguese. EVERYONE in my family has eyes that are so dark brown, they are practically black. I, however, have green. It is supposed to be "cherokee" color, in fact, I had an eye doctor tell me that I had unusual eyes, like cherokee. There may just be one of those silly little recessive genes floating around from way back somewhere.
2006-09-07 17:53:24 · answer #3 · answered by Helen T 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are alot of different races in central America, I've meet some Mexicans that are blonde with blue eyes.
2006-09-07 17:53:47 · answer #4 · answered by Sean 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
His Mom had a recessive gene (blue is recessive) and so did his Dad. This leaves a 25% chance one of thier offspring will have blue eyes-that's your boyfriend.
2006-09-07 17:51:44 · answer #5 · answered by Jill&Justin 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is really strange as i checked this out before - two brown eyed people cannot have a blue - eyed baby, but two blue - eyed people can have a brown - eyed baby as brown is the dominant gene. Unless his mother had an affair! (only a thought!)
2006-09-07 17:55:07 · answer #6 · answered by yohannmchugh 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Eye albinism!
2006-09-07 18:16:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe mama had a little fun on the side that no one knows about.
2006-09-07 17:58:32 · answer #8 · answered by Barry DaLive 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
His mother had an affair & doesn't want to admit it.
Some family secrets are bound to come out.
2006-09-07 17:51:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
well, his mother and father must have had a recessive gene.
2006-09-07 17:50:07 · answer #10 · answered by Abby 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋