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Foxglove77 Fri 03-Mar-23 20:02:36

I have blue eyes and my husband has brown eyes. I assumed brown was predominant and our children would have brown eyes too. However our daughter has blue eyes like me and our son has green eyes. Apparently green eyes are rare. Our grand daughter has beautiful green eyes too. What's your experience?

downtoearth Sat 04-Mar-23 11:00:53

Ex husband has deep brown eyes, I have green eyes,2 children with deep brown eyes,1 child blue eyes.
Mixed race DGD has brown eyes,and youngest DGD has brown eyes,dads are deep brown, mums are blue.

M0nica Sat 04-Mar-23 14:06:10

My family have hazel/green/ grey as family eye colours. My mother had the most glorious deep grey eyes, a colour DD inherited.

DS has a brown eyed wife, ethnically European. My DGD has brown eyes, but DGS has inherited the wonderful ark grey eyes my mother and daughter have. DS has blue eyes, inherited through his father, who also has blue eyes.

TerriBull Sat 04-Mar-23 14:32:45

My dad was quite swarthy being a mix of English and Mediterranean ethnicities, dark brown eyes. My mother, English and Irish, from her mother, English., French and Jewish from her father had blue eyes, which I also have.

My children who started off fairer are now dark haired and have quite a Mediterranean appearance too but with deep blue eyes. My grandchildren have brown eyes from their half Italian mother. My husband's older grandchildren veer towards a Nordic look of blonde hair and blue eyes.

pascal30 Sat 04-Mar-23 14:41:35

My mum had hazel eyes, Dad had blue and I have green, Both my DB and DS have blue eyes, as does my son.

HowVeryDareYou2 Sat 04-Mar-23 17:47:45

My mum had blue, dad had brown. Two of my brothers had brown eyes, one had blue. Mine are green.