I thought the casting of the kids on the show was off. Both the parents had blue eyes, so not a one of those kids would have brown eyes.
The eldest daughter, played by Judy Norton-Taylor, didn’t remotely resemble the actors. Heavy jaw, dark brown eyes that were too close together. Criticized as a wooden actress by some fans (not entirely false). She got into Scientology (a “minister”, no less) and was married at 18 while on the show. Since gone through 4 husbands. When her career slumped, decided to pose for Playboy in the mid ‘80s. Didn’t help in the least.
“Erin”, Mary-Elizabeth McDonough, the second daughter, was probably way too Irish Catholic-looking, although she at least had the right colored eyes of the parents. A bit of a high forehead, freckle-explosion (which can be cute) and flat-chested (unlike Judy). I think she may have been jealous of Judy and she went out and got implants, which (sadly for her) leaked, and the actress developed lupus as a result. Yikes.
“Elizabeth”, Kami Cotler, was another physical miscast, having that also Irish-Catholic look, but with brown eyes (which always looks bizarre on a redhead). When she got older, she looked like a Kennedy. Apparently “Cotler” is either a Jewish or German last name.
I don’t notice eye color a lot of the time but you are absolutely correct. I guess Ike Godsey fathered Mary Ellen? Any ginger bucks on Walton’s Mountain? ;-d
I always thought “Jim-Bob” looked ‘tarded, another one for Godsey?
“Playboy”
Googled of course, wow, Interview with Fidel Castro shared the cover of that issue.
An aside, Nelson County, if indeed that’s where Walton’s Mountain was supposed to be, it pretty nasty politically considering there aren’t that many blacks. Trump couldn’t even clear 50%, though Gillispie for Governor managed to carry it by 5 votes despite a statewide loss of 9 points.