Yes, it can happen.
Heterochromia (also known as a heterochromia iridis or heterochromia iridium) is an ocular condition in which one iris is a different color from the other iris (complete heterochromia), or where the part of one iris is a different color from the remainder (partial heterochromia or sectoral heterochromia).
Uncommon in humans, it is often an indicator of ocular disease, such as chronic iritis or diffuse iris melanoma, but may also occur as a normal variant. Sectors or patches of strikingly different colors in the same iris are less common.
Alexander the Great and Anastasios the First were dubbed δικορος (dikoros, "with two pupils") for their patent heterochromias. In their case, this was not a true dicoria (two pupils in the same iris).
Real polycoria can be due to disease but is most often due to previous trauma or surgery.
In contrast, heterochromia and variegated iris patterns are common in veterinary practice.
Siberian Huskies show heterochromia due to interbreeding, possibly analogous to the genetically-determined Waardenburg syndrome of humans. Some white cat fancies (e.g., white Persians) may show striking heterochromia, with the commonest pattern being one uniformly blue, the other green. Striking variegation within the same iris is also common in some animals, and is the norm in some species. Several herding breeds, particularly those with a blue merle coat color (such as Australian Shepherds and Border Collies) may show well-defined blue areas within a brown iris as well as separate blue and darker eyes. Some horses (usually within the white, spotted, palomino or cremello groups of breeds) may show amber, brown, white, and blue all within the same eye, without any sign of eye disease.
One eye with a white or bluish-white iris is also known as a walleye.
2006-11-11 12:31:52
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answered by Goldista 6
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Yes. It's not common by any means, but I personally know two people (unrelated) who have different eye colors.
It's also possible for one eye to be darker or lighter than the other. That's sometimes what people mean when they say someone has two different eye colors. If you have a dark brown eye and a light brown eye, the light brown one, in contrast, can appear hazel or even a shade of green.
2006-11-11 20:36:42
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answered by CrazyChick 7
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Hey, yeah.. my right eye is light blue and my left eye is perfectly half blue and half brown. Its really trippy everyone thinks its awesome. All the photos i have of me as a baby are like that too so im not sure when it changed to that colour or whether it was like that from the start but ive had it as long as i can remember.
Wentworth miller also has two different coloured eyes.. i green and one hazel i think. its pretty cool come to think about it, but ive always been abit self concious about it. When i look in the mirror though i dont even notice it now but when i meet someone they look at me and go "Awww have you got two different coloured eyes or are they contacts?!!!?" "That is Mad, i love it!!!"
2006-11-14 21:07:57
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answered by Jordy[♥] 3
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I used to have a green eye and a blue eye. I don't know if I was born that way or not. It evened out as I got older and you can even tell anymore.
2006-11-11 20:38:36
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answered by pollywollydoda 3
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Yes it's certainly possible. My friend has a green and a brown eye. I think david bowie has two different eye colours too.
2006-11-11 20:27:53
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answered by lola 2
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The genetic designation is there and predetermined, however, the eye color at birth is temporary and only later does the genetically encoded information manifest itself. As a matter of fact, I went to school with girl who had one green eye and a blue eye. Peace
2006-11-11 23:55:12
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answered by rasputin 3
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Yes it is possible. My father has one brown and one green eye. His father also had the same condition with the same color. I wonder what the statistics are on how common it really is? My family are the only people I've ever met with it.
2006-11-13 19:46:08
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answered by Melissa J 4
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Yes. I know someone who has a brown eye and a blue eye.
2006-11-11 20:26:06
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answered by Mariposa 7
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yes it possible, i have one grey eye and one hazel my dad has hazel and my mom grey... kinda cool though i get a lotta complements people think i have contacts on, i use to be very self contionts and would'nt look people in the eye when i talk to them but hey.... the dr says the color would even out as i got older but it hasnt im 34 now
2006-11-11 20:45:10
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answered by filipina_n_blk_princess 2
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yes one of my eyes is light green and the other one is light brown.
2006-11-11 20:21:11
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answered by Blazed and Confused 2
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