2007-10-31 01:01:04 · 18 answers · asked by mindyjow2000 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Yes, assuming that each person has a recessive gene for blue eyes. There's a 25% chance of a blue eyed baby in this situation.
2007-10-31 01:04:46 · answer #1 · answered by Snoopy 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes if there are blue eyed people in their extended families. In other words if grandparents had blue eyes then genetically it is possible for two brown eyed parents to have a blue eyed baby.
2007-10-31 01:04:50 · answer #2 · answered by elaeblue 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, my husband and I both have brown eyes. Our son is 6 and he is a blonde haired and blue eyed. Our daughter is 5 1/2 months her eyes were brown with a tinge of blue when she was born, by 3 weeks they were brown and brown hair. My mom has green/blue eyes and dad has hazel eyes. Mother in law has blue eyes and my late father in law had brown.
2007-10-31 02:21:33 · answer #3 · answered by TM 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they can, and this actually follows the most simple rules of genetics. Blue eyes are, generally speaking, recessive to brown eyes. Say "B" is a gene for brown pigment and "b" is a gene for no pigment (default blue). Now, everyone has two genes for each trait, one from Mom and one from Dad. So people who have the gene combination BB or Bb have brown eyes, because their cells are making at least some brown pigment. Only people who have genes bb have blue eyes. (This is a simplification, but it works for our purposes.) Suppose that the two parents have:
Man = Bb
Woman = Bb
Their child receives one gene from each parent, and therefore could be BB, Bb, or bb. So you see that under these circumstances, they could easily have a blue-eyed baby!
found this info in this web:
http://www.faqkids.com/idx/0/016/article/Can_two_browneyed_parents_can_have_a_blueeyed_child.html?lore_sid=67ce387242ed61ed8b14dac8418406df
2007-10-31 01:21:58 · answer #4 · answered by mason41307 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, my husbands brother and his wife have brown eyes and so does everyone else in there family and they have a blue eyed little boy.
2007-10-31 01:12:19 · answer #5 · answered by Jennifer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. My brother and his wife are both dark haired and brown eyed. Both their kids have blue eyes and red/blond hair. Remember also, all babies are born with blue eyes.
2007-10-31 01:09:34 · answer #6 · answered by Penelope R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep...my dad and mom are both brown eyed and have a blue eyed baby...something about carrying recessive genes or....something....0.o
2007-10-31 01:08:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they can. Although, if you ask my father-in-law they can't. We got into a hot debate before my son was born about whether or not he would have blue eyes (I have brown, my husband blue) and my FIL said that it's impossible to have a blue eyed child. I had to laugh to myself... seeing as my FIL has brown eyes and all of his children have blue...
2007-10-31 02:12:07 · answer #8 · answered by PJ's Mom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, blue eyes could be a recessive gene in either of the parent's genetics.
2007-10-31 01:05:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My husband and I both have brown eyes, yet our first son has light blue eyes. It's kinda funny how people look at us when they see his eyes...they always ask how he got them!
My husband's family has blue eyes, but my family does not, so both parents don't necessarily need to have this trait in their family.
2007-10-31 09:23:19 · answer #10 · answered by E-and-K's_mommy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋