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All blue-eyed people have a single ancestor in common
www.businessinsider.com ^ | Sep. 21, 2017, 3:50 PM | Zach Williams and Jessica Orwig

Posted on 09/22/2017 1:55:00 PM PDT by Red Badger

New research shows that all blue-eyed people share a common ancestor. This person lived more than 6,000 years ago and carried a genetic mutation that has now spread across the world.

The exact cause remains to be determined but scientists do know that eye color began to change long before recorded history began. The following is a transcript of the video.

All blue-eyed people have one ancestor in common, born around 6,000-10,000 years ago. Blue eyes are caused by a gene mutation. For years, researchers had searched for it on the OCA2 gene. The OCA2 gene determines how much brown pigment is in our eyes. But what they were looking for wasn't there at all.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: blue; blueeyes; dna; eye; genetics; ggg; history; nordic
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To: FoxInSocks
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181 posted on 09/24/2017 12:33:59 PM PDT by redhead (Pray for children in pedophile pipeline, destined for abuse, torture, and even sacrifice...)
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To: trisham

“Green eyes are beautiful!” My husband’s eyes were green as grass. Mine are brown. Our first child had eyes as gray as smoke.


182 posted on 09/24/2017 12:35:42 PM PDT by redhead (Pray for children in pedophile pipeline, destined for abuse, torture, and even sacrifice...)
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To: redhead

That’s amazing!


183 posted on 09/24/2017 1:28:01 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: gleeaikin

i very much doubt that dating one set of remains gives us a date of origin, it’s merely the earliest known. It wouldn’t be surprising if blue eyes had arisen more than once, or that it was original and that other eye colors arose from later mutations in more than one place. My DNA showed something like 30% Scandinavian origin, but of course the Vikings were, for centuries, all over the British Isles, which is where most of my paper trail leads.


184 posted on 09/24/2017 2:11:55 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: I want the USA back; Red Badger

>> Could there have been OTHER mutations at OTHER times? <<

For sure, IMHO. No matter how unlikely the possibility might be, I don’t see how — purely as a matter of logic — that it can be ruled out altogether.

Alternatively, could exactly the same “original” mutation have occurred for another individual?

Same answer.


185 posted on 09/24/2017 4:03:43 PM PDT by Hawthorn
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To: trisham
Green eyes are beautiful!

I'm partial to blue and not because mine are blue. Most beautiful woman I ever saw had blue eyes. They were the color of the clear, cold winter sky. She was from one of the Scandinavian countries, heart stoppingly beautiful. A smile that would steal your breathe. You just ached to look at her.
186 posted on 09/24/2017 4:14:57 PM PDT by JamesP81 (The DNC poses a greater threat to my liberty than terrorists, China, and Russia. Combined.)
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To: JamesP81

I like blue, too. My husband has blue eyes.


187 posted on 09/24/2017 4:18:21 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: SunkenCiv; All

What I meant by “strong political motive” was that Lula was planning to run for president again, and other politicians probably were trying hard to remove his candidate possibilities for their own ends as the article indicated.


188 posted on 09/24/2017 11:37:06 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: livius

My mom had blue eyes and my dad had brown. Both my sister and I have blue eyes. Three of my children have blue eyes,one has hazel. Their dad has hazel eyes that sometimes look green. It’s interesting that it’s our eyes that can affect our attractiveness. Think of a person wearing dark glasses, who looks attractive,then when the glasses are removed, they may be either more or less attractive, depending on their eyes.


189 posted on 09/24/2017 11:58:38 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative
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To: gleeaikin

My late husband had intensely light blue eyes. He was red haired, pink skinned, big boned and very muscular. A weak chin and heavy brow, and short intense temper. ..................

190 posted on 09/25/2017 6:03:51 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Persevero

Noah........................


191 posted on 09/25/2017 6:13:28 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: FrdmLvr

Yes, of course, but the division of the chromosomes at fertilization is totally random............


192 posted on 09/25/2017 6:15:02 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Rio

193 posted on 09/25/2017 6:16:30 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: I want the USA back

Absoluetly!

Everything about ‘you’ is encoded in your genes.

A mutation can occur anywhere on the DNA molecule.........................


194 posted on 09/25/2017 6:20:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: gleeaikin
Lula's strong political motive to run again was to try to beat the rap, he was already in hot water over his corruption while he was in office.

195 posted on 09/25/2017 10:22:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: Red Badger; All

There you have it, and at 5’11” and 200 lbs., sparring partner to an Olympic heavy weight wrestling contender at his Big Ten university. Then, with a 32” waist he did look a lot like this cartoon. Now his son is a 6’1” 210 lb. member of Special Forces.


196 posted on 09/25/2017 10:34:31 AM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: Red Badger

Does that include border collies?


197 posted on 09/26/2017 8:11:00 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: KyCats

Ok, but what about us hazel-eyed people? Our eyes change color all the time, depending on what we wear I think, all the way from Green to Grey to Blue.


198 posted on 09/27/2017 2:00:27 PM PDT by wildbill (If you check behind the shower curtain for a slasher, and find one.... what's your plan?)
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To: Red Badger

Japheth, whose wife was light skinned and had blue eyes.


199 posted on 11/26/2017 6:48:59 PM PST by Bellflower (Who dares believe Jesus?)
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To: trisham

Me, too. There must be some connection with the gene for skin tone, too, as most blue-eyed people are rather fair skinned.


200 posted on 01/07/2021 1:05:08 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (If you "win" at Monopoly because you stole money from other players' piles, you didn't actually win.)
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