[leda]

interesting...but...

i have brown eyes. my dad has brown eyes and my
mom has hazel eyes.

pat has blue eyes. his parents both have blue eyes.

all three of our kids have... blue eyes!

odd...

[muawiyah]

After cataract surgery my eyes were noticeably deep blue rather than bright green as they had been since I was about 6 months old.

The surgery simply removed the pigment on the front of the lens.

They are returning to green although the formerly "black ring" is at present only a "brown ring".

I'd always thought it odd to see someone with one green eye and one blue eye. Now I know the secret.

Neither of my parents has green eyes. One has bright blue and the other brown. My kids have light hazel with a black ring ~ the ring didn't form until they were 9 or 10 years of age.

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

What dolor eyes did the mailman have? :)

[truthkeeper]

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! :-)

[poindexter]

i have brown eyes. my dad has brown eyes and my mom has hazel eyes. pat has blue eyes. his parents both have blue eyes. all three of our kids have... blue eyes!

Not so odd. You got a recessive blue gene from one of your parents. Your recessive blue matched up with your husband's blue three times (against the odds, but not hugely so) to give blue-eyed children.