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Ok time to write a bit more about our eyes, this week
we will start with eye colour. Our eye colour is determined by the amount of
pigment which is also called melanin is present, most dark-skinned people have
a lot of melanin thus they have darker eye colour. If someone has pale skin
their eye colour can vary from a very pale grey to blue, green or brown.
Iris colour is controlled by a single pair of genes
one we get from our mother the other from our father, the gene for brown eyes
is the dominant one so if your mum has brown eyers and your dad blue you will have
brown eyes. I have brown eyes like mum, dad had hazel eyes, like Tim he has
hazel eyes and all our girls have brown eyes like me.
Can we change our eye
colour, well first why would you want to anyway if you want to have different
colour eyes you can wear coloured contact lenses which is the most common and
reversible method. Also, eye colour can appear to shift subtly depending on lighting, makeup, or the colours
you wear.
Babies are often
born with blue or grey eyes that darken over time due to melanin development.
Some people
experience subtle changes in eye colour as they age, though it’s usually not
dramatic.
Mine are hazel, but I wore contacts for years that were blue. Made them turquoise colored ... pretty fun!!
ReplyDeleteThat's cool about the blue contacts, I wouldn't be able to handle doing that
DeleteI have green eyes.
ReplyDeleteMy dad had bright, blue eyes, and my mother's were amber in color. I got the blue eyes! Blessings, Jo-Anne!
ReplyDeleteThat's cool
DeleteMine were bluer when I was younger. They are a pale blue now--almost gray sometimes.
ReplyDeleteYeah I wonder if blue eyes are more likely to fade then brown eyes
DeleteI have one blue eye and one partially brown eye. Many don't see it since I wear eyeglasses. I always can tell if someone is really listening intently to me, because even through the glasses, they will always say, " hey you have one blue eye and one brown." It always amuses me as if I didn't know already.
ReplyDeleteThat is odd, I knew people could have different coloured eyes but have never seen anyone with them
DeletePerfect timing! On Sunday we had a big family lunch where the question of inherited eye colour came up. My grandchildren, whose 4 grandparents came from Russian, Polish, Egyptian and Czech nations, all said they had hazel-ish eyes. What happened to the brown and blue inheritances?
ReplyDeleteThey all have hazel eyes wow, yeah what happened to the brown and blue
DeleteI love blue and green eyes but no one in my family has those coloured eyes.
ReplyDeleteNo blue or green in my family other then Tim who has hazel eyes
DeleteMy eyes are hazel, but I always wanted dark brown eyes!
ReplyDeleteI have brown like most of my family and honestly have never given any thought to having a different colour.
DeleteThat's funny- My Mom's eyes were brown like mine, and Dad's were hazel...
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