if i have light eyes, but my mom has dark brown eyes, could i have her dominant brown gene within me?

Question

wouldnt i have darks brown eyes if i had her dominant gene?

Answer 1

The way I remember it, each parent gives one gene for each trait, so we have one dominant and one recessive. Brown is dominant. If you have light eyes, then you don't have the brown gene. If you have a child with a man with brown eyes, and he passes the brown gene, your child will have brown eyes. But it is possible that he has a recessive gene for blue eyes and passes that gene, the child will have light eyes. Because you also have light eyes.

Answer 2

Yes they can, but only if both parents have a recessive green eyed gene (meaning the gene isn't the dominant one, the one that made the parents have the blue or brown eyes). If only one parent has the green eyed gene then no a blue eyed mom and a brown eyed dad could not have a green eyed baby. Hope this helps, :D

Answer 3

According to Wikipedia, eye color is determined by at least three genes, so it is not as simple as a regular dominant-recessive relationship. This article also mentions that it is possible for two blue-eyed parents to have a brown-eyed child:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_color

Answer 4

There are so many eye colors is my family- my grandfathers had brown eyes, my grandmothers have blue eyes... my parents both ended up with green eyes. I have green eyes, now my two brothers have blue eyes! Brown is dominant yes, but if there are different colored eyes in the fam, you could really end up with anything. My husband has brown eyes- me green, and our son has brown... that's just an example for you- it all depends on your parents, and your grandparents as well

Answer 5

It might show up in your children.

Dark genes do tend to be dominant. My mother has light brown hair and hazel eyes and my father had black hair and dark brown eyes, and both me and my brother have black hair and dark brown eyes.

My fiance's dad has blue eyes and blond hair, and his mother has brown eyes and dark hair. He and his siblings are all dark like their mother.

I don't actually know of anyone who has light colouring while one of their parents is dark, although I have heard it happens.

Answer 6

It is interesting isn't it? Here's my family:

Me= Green
Hubby = Brown

1st child = Blue
2nd child = Brown
3rd child = Hazel
4th child = Blue

Answer 7

Not neccesarily. It's possible you could have gotten your fathers or grandparents eyes and the rest of you or most of you could come from your mother.

Answer 8

you have it like this
Ab
A is the light one (small a means you cant see it)
B: is the dark one ( small b means you cant see it)
your children will have dark eyes
I guess
I know the rule in Arabic I don't know how to translate it very well

Answer 9

well usually the brown is domintnat

Answer 10

you would have her recessive gene im pretty sure. to figure it all out, look up punnet squares online.