Posted by Sue on July 10, 2003 at 14:03:58:
In Reply to: How can my baby's eyes be brown? posted by Mels on July 10, 2003 at 13:37:14:
: Hey, girls. Does anyone know anything about genetics?
: My first DS was from my ex-boyfriend, whose eyes are very dark brown. Mine are hazel. My first DS's eyes are dark brown, just like his father's. Makes perfect sense.
: However, my DH (we married in April 02) has very blue eyes. Nearly everyone in his entire family has blue eyes. So he's blue, and I'm hazel. I assumed my new DS would be blue or hazel. I am surprised to find that they're the same very dark, slate-gray/brown color my first DS's eyes were at birth! If they're this dark at only 8 days of age, they will certainly be not only brown, but very dark brown. Nobody is going to believe he's my DH's child!!! Well, actually, they will, b/c his features look exactly like my DH's, but I guess I just think this is really weird. I personally wouldn't care if my son's eyes were purple or polka-dotted b/c I love him and he's beautiful, and I know my DH is the same way, but I'm wondering, could brown eyes really be that dominant that a blue and a greenish-hazel have a very dark brown-eyed child?
: Mels
Hey Mels, glad to see you back in action. I have brown eyes, DH has hazel eyes and our son has strikingly beautiful blue eyes. I don't know how that happened. I was sure that my brown genes would dominate and our child would have brown hair and brown eyes. But, he has brown hair and those pretty blue eyes. People always ask me about his eyes, I guess if Charlie didn't look just like his father, people might think I had been fooling around with the mailman or something. Hope you and Colin are doing well.
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