Something that has always intrigued me is the genetics involved in having blue eyes. My sister and I both have blue eyes as well as my father, and mother. I’ve always been curious around the possibilities of getting blue eyes.
After doing some research i found out some information this topic. To be able to have blue eyes you need a blue allele from both of your parents, because brown alleles are dominate over blue and green alleles. So to have blue eyes you must get 2 blue alleles, one from your mother and one from your father. If you were to have a blue allele and a brown allele you would end up with brown eyes.
If your interested on this or a bit confused I recommend this site https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-determines-the-color-of-your-eyes they did a good job explaining what and how eye colouring genetics work!
As I was doing my reasearch I found this video.
In the video he is explaining the genes that’s affect and cause eye colour. He also explains how it can be secretly carried through a family.
Now to test your blue eye knowlage I’ve made a a quick quiz, 2 truths and 1 lie !
2 of the statements below are correct and one is false.
1. It is believed that all blue eyed people come from one person.
2. Blue eyes only started to appear 10,000 years ago.
3. Blue eyes are the least common eye colour.
Comment your answers below !
