my husband has blue and i have hazel. my parents have green and brown and his parents blue and blue
2006-10-15 23:37:50 · 29 answers · asked by anna_maria_a 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
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2006-10-15 23:40:52 · update #1
The dominant eye colour tends to be brown, but both my parents have brown and mine are blue, due to the fact that both of my parents had one blue-eyed parent each so they had a (very roughly speaking) 25% chance of having a blue-eyed child. So, although he as blue eyes and so do his parents (as is the only possible outcome as two blue-eyed parents can't have a brown eyed child), as you have only brown and hazel on your side it is likely your children will have brown or hazel eyes, I think you need the recessive blue eyes to be on both parental sides for the child to get them (like me). Sorry, rambling a bit, and not an expert, but from what I understand this should be the case - eye colour is of course more complex than just blue and brown, so maybe they'll have green or something - not sure how they work!
I'll shut up now about eye colour. I am sure whatever they look like your children will be beautiful to you.
**additional** You got me all interested so have done some research, and seems it is not so simple as I thought, as blue eyed parents have had brown eyed children, which I thought wasn't poss, and so it would appear that anything can happen! Wikipedia has some interesting stuff on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_color#Determination_of_eye_color
2006-10-16 00:15:21 · answer #1 · answered by peggy*moo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is all to do with Mendelian genetics.
Eye colour is sorted by the allele on the genes. Each person carries 2 alleles for eye colour. one from the mother and one from the father. Blue eye colour is the most recessive so only when you have 2 alleles for blue eyes will you get blue eyes. Bothe hazel and brown are more dominant alleles to the blue therefore depending on what your alleles are, I would say that it is more likely that your child will have hazel eyes but then if one of your parents handed down a blue allele to you, you may pass that on and have a blue-eyed child. The article below may explain a bit better.
2006-10-15 23:50:53 · answer #2 · answered by Geri M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
more chance of having blue eyes seeing as though all of the fathers side have blue. But you could be surprised and the kid could have green eyes. roll a dice!!! and put each colour on a side so you would have 3 blue sides 1 hazel 1 brown and 1 green. and roll it 10 times to see what percentage chance your baby will have blue eyes.. good luck I'm sure your baby will be beautiful and much loved no matter what colour eyes.
2006-10-15 23:42:16 · answer #3 · answered by mum 2 Cameron and Ewan 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I have hazel and my husband has blue. All three of are children have blues. My husbands parents have brown and green, but his grandmas from both sides of the family have blue eyes.
2006-10-16 05:11:39 · answer #4 · answered by crevels23 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There was a study done on that.
It's results are called the "Mendelsson Laws"
It is a genetic chart...
But to do it "easy" count how many have blues...which is 3 out of 6 that makes a 50% percent chance of blue, it could go higher, depending on the prior generation...how many blue eyes in YOUR grandparents (both sides), add those and then divide again by the total of people...
I wish you an easy pregnancy...and a beautiful baby...blue eyes, green or brown! .-)
2006-10-15 23:57:53 · answer #5 · answered by abuela Nany 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have hazel eyes (my mother had dark brown; father blue); my wife has blue eyes. Our son has blue eyes. A recessive blue eyed gene from me got in there. He could have easily been born with brown eyes, but he was born with blue. In fact in my own family of blue eyed father and brown eyed mother, I am hazel, two sisters are brown, and one brother is blue. So there is a chance, for what it is worth.
2006-10-15 23:58:39 · answer #6 · answered by pshdsa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is 50% chance they'll be brown and 50% blue. This is because, although brown is dominant you also have a green gene which isn't. Thus if you pass on the brown gene they will definitely be brown, but if u pass on Ur green gene they will be blue (as blue dominates over green)...Hope that helps...
2006-10-15 23:50:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The chances are 50 % Hazel and 50 % blue .
2006-10-16 00:07:13 · answer #8 · answered by friend 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would have to have a recessive blue eye gene to ensure blue eyes. My eyes are hazel too and my husband has brown all three of our children have brown.
2006-10-16 04:24:52 · answer #9 · answered by Jody 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have very blue eyes, my wife deep hazel. Have five kids, two
have very blues eyes, one has light honey eyes, another slightly
darker hazel/greenish, and only one has her mother‘s eyes.
Complicated equation, I think a lot depends on Grandparents
on both sides. It is said, but not proven, that darker eyes prevail
over lighter eyes. I am a Scotsman (Glasgow born) and my wife
is Brazilian born but her mother had green eyes. I would bet that
blue eyes is on it‘s way. Good luck to all. Cheers Iain
2006-10-15 23:58:59 · answer #10 · answered by Ricky 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋