Why do brown-eyed parents give birth to children with blue eyes: who is to blame

20.09.2024 10:51

The most common scenario for eye color inheritance is that a father and mother with brown eyes will have a child with brown-eyed irises.

But perhaps you have witnessed how brown-eyed parents give birth to blue-eyed children.

Why does this happen? The answer to this question should not be based on the possibility of a child substitution or adultery.

Genes are to blame for everything, of course.

According to a 2010 study published in the Journal of Human Genetics, eye color is determined by 16 genes.

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For this reason, the final result may be unpredictable.

There is another possible scenario - when two parents with a recessive gene for blue eyes may have a brown-eyed child due to modifier genes or mutations.

Mutations occur when genes are switched off for a variety of reasons. This can happen due to environmental influences or a disease.

Elena Shimanovskaya Author: Elena Shimanovskaya Editor of Internet resources