Just a curiosity thing, since I haven’t heard anything on the inheritance of eye color when it comes to hazel eyes (the color which has both brown and green regions on the iris). I know that many genes are responsible for eye color, but overall, what is the inheritance pattern for hazel eyes, and what would a cross with blue eyes result in?
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May 19th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
God only knows.
I’d say it could go either way. Blue or Hazel.
May 19th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
99% chance the child will have blazel eyes or possibly hue
May 19th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
well I believe that you could have any eye color that may be in the family background. So I think it really could be any color.
May 19th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
only god knows
May 19th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
This obviously falls on the genetics and things that you have mentioned, but realistically, it would be possible for the child to have blue, hazel, or brown eyes… or even an extremely small percentage of red/pink albino. It cannot depend on how the chromosomes line up essentially… just like people that do not take fertility therapy of any kind, but end up having triplets anyway. Sometimes, it just happens and the potential (no matter how slight it may be) is always there.
But, the probability remains that a child in the circumstances you mention would most likely have either hazel, or blue eyes, or even hazel-blue eyes (I have hazel-blue eyes), even though my parents had brown eyes, and blue eyes.
May 19th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
It all depends on whos genes are Recessive and whos are Dominant.
May 19th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
no way to determine. Probability using a pundit square can only be used when there are two reliable factors, and there are too many different shades of eye color not just blue green brown….
May 19th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Since blue eyes are the result of recsessive genes(like blond hair)the chances are good that children will have darker eyes,but,don’t place any bets.Nature has a way of making fools of us all.
May 19th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Hazel, blue, blue, hazel
May 19th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
well, as a rule blue is recessive to brown at least
but hazel is hard because it has two different colors and i don’t know if it’s dominant or recessive. i’d bet it’s dominant though
edit:
okay, so i found a linkhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?…
and it says that blue is recessive to hazel. so it would probably be like
H=hazel
h=blue
– H H
h
h
and all the offspring would be hazel-eyed
May 19th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
it depends what the recessive gene inside the parents are…
May 19th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Orange eyes, maybe………..
May 19th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
more likey hazel cause its darker which tends to dominate
May 19th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
blue, brown or green, oh or hazel
May 19th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
I’d say blue eyes and hazel eyes can go either way. I have hazel eyes and have blue eyed, green eyed and dark brown eyed kiddles.