All People With Blue Eyes..

[WickedNerd]

I've got blue eyes.

They run on my father's side of the family.

 

[Sir Birdaholic]

Blue eyes here.

Hello all of my blue-eyed kinfolk!

 

[momofdrew]

Actually we are all related some where down the line... I have blue eyes blond [was when I was a kid] curly hair...
where did the curly hair come from?? Africa

edit to add I am English Irish Scottish French with a touch of German some how...and native American

 

[suzettex5]

Yeah, I read its a mutation too- although some studies into human nature/genetics has shown its' a desired mutation, that people tend to prefer blue eyes since they show more of the subtle sexual intrest cues more easily than dark eyes. One big cue being- the ability to see the pupil dialate, which happens when someone is interested in someone else, or when one feels fear or pleasure. It is much easier to see the dark pupil dialate in light colored eyes than it is in dark colored eyes. From a purely reproductive standpoint, it makes sense- being able to asses someones interest in you by their unintentional physiological responses can reduce the chances you will waste time on someone not interested in you, and increase your drive to go after a potential mate if they are interested, thus increasing your chances of creating offspring. Seems pretty much everything about our physical selves revolves somehow around reproduction, huh?!

Dont know for sure where my blue eyes came from, but all 5 of my kids have them too, with varying shades of green and grey mixed in. I swear having light eyes has made my eyes more sensitive to light than dark-eyed peoples' though- which is not so cool and I have to keep my dark sunglasses on at all times outside or my eyes start to hurt.

 

[welsummerchicks]

Without supporting details, I doubt it. I also think that more than one gene controls eye color, and its occurance is more characteristic of a multiple gene trait.

We've often been told that dark eye color is rarer in people with certain developmental disorders. There have been repeated suggestion that the prevelance of blue eyes among people with certain disorders that feature problems with growth and development of the brain.

Therefore I think that there are several different ways in which blue eyes can occur - via developmental issues, via spontaneous mutation, via inherited genes.

There are also epigenes that control a whole group of genes and that's possible too.

Genetic mutations occur all the time, so I think that I would need to see the data from the study that suggested everyone inherited one gene from eons ago.

THat has been stated about red hair, that it arose from one single person who had a gene mutation in Europe several thousand years ago, but again, I'm not sure there aren't other possibilities.

A friend of mine has fairly pale, hazel-grey eyes. In some situations they show rather blue, in others, more greenish, in others more grey.

I think it's really cool. I never get tired of looking at him....lol.

 

[awesomefowl]

Ha, I don't have blue eyes...my eyes are forest green with a ring of golden brown around the pupil. (You can tell I spent too much time staring at my eyes in the mirror! lol)

 

[welsummerchicks]

I have to make sure I always read with my READING GLASSES on.

I am not right now, and I thought you said you had NO EYES.

 

[awesomefowl]

 

[flnatv]

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That would probably be a very good idea

 

[maclady]

I have blue eyes & blonde hair. Have two sons both blue eyes and blonde hair. Hubby has brown hair and brown eyes. My dad is where I get my blonde/blue from and my brother is blonde & blue also. Can you see a theme?