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To: leda
Not odd, really. You are carrying a brown-eyed dominant gene from your dad and a blue recessive from your mom; therefore, your eyes are brown. Your hubby's two eye genes are both the blue recessive. When you made the kiddies, hubby contributed his one blue recessive and you passed on your blue recessive, therefore they all turned out with blue eyes. Had you contributed your brown dominant gene, kiddies would been brown-eyed.

Same situation in my family. Dad brown-eyed, Mom blue-eyed, but Dad carried a blue recessive gene. Of their six kids, only one...that would be me...came out with brown eyes. Four had blue eyes and one had hazel.

You are not alone! :-)

12 posted on 02/25/2007 5:26:38 PM PST by truthkeeper (It's the borders, stupid.)
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To: truthkeeper

see, i've always thought that too, i'm not sure,
but i think the article said something different.
they compaired the genetics to a lightbulb. brown
eyes vs. blue eyes is one lightbulb and hazel/green
is a different lightbulb.


15 posted on 02/25/2007 6:09:47 PM PST by leda (The quiet girl on the stairs.)
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