Baby's eyes

Klavanga74 · November 2014

What color eyes does your LO have? Any best guesses on what they'll end up with? Both my older kids had blue when born. They both changed to green really late (like 18 months). This LO has really dark dark greenish brownish eyes. It's hard to tell exactly. My eyes are very brown and my DH has very blue. I'm thinking maybe we'll have a brown-eyed girl this time.

krazyinsane · November 2014

Blue. DH and I both have blue... All four kids also have blue. Very different shades amongst the six of us though. DS's are a deep blue for now but DD#2's are the lightest like DH and DD#3 are regular blue similar to mine. DD#1 are somewhere in the middle.

imagine7696030614 · November 2014

Isla's are a dark slate blue/gray color now. Assuming they'll be blue. I have blue eyes and dh has bluish/greenish eyes (stupid question: are hazel eyes only the brown/green combo or is it any combo, like blue/green?) and our other dd has blue.

BreandMikewedding · November 2014

They are blue right now. I have blue eyes and dh has hazel eyes. Dd has brown eyes (were brown from birth on) and brown hair. Ds1 has always had blue eyes and blond hair. Ds2 has brown hair but some of the new hair growing in is blond. I'm curious to see if his hair and eyes change colors.

krazyinsane · November 2014

Side note my older two daughters are and always have been bleach blonde... DD#3 & DS are brunettes... I'm dirty dishwater and DH has DARK brown hair.

bumpuser10309732 · November 2014

I'm pretty sure they're going to stay blue. I have blue but I thought blue eyes were a recessive gene so they get them from grandparents? Neither of my parents have blue eyes mine came from my grandfather. Hers are just getting lighter blue every day so I doubt she'll go brown like daddy.

JJsMum · November 2014

I'm gonna hazard a guess and say that DS#3 will also have blue eyes. DH and I both have blue eyes, as do our older boys. Very different shades of blue though. DS#1 has the brightest blue eyes I've seen, DS#2 has blue grey eyes like mine. So far DS#3 has very dark blue eyes.

krazyinsane · November 2014

Blue is recessive but if YH had the recessive gene he can pass it on to your LO. Was trying to explain this to DH in regards to blood type... I'm A- the girls are all A+ but DS is O+...we don't know DH's because he's a weenie

ladybug0088 · November 2014

My pediatrician is a close friend. She said they can change up to 3 years old! She said if they are dark or light they usually stay that way thought even if the color changes.

golfingdarwinfish · November 2014

I had blue eyes until 6 months and then they turned hazel.

The genetics of eye color is s bit more complex than the 2x2 punnet square that people were taught in HS, but I'll refrain from bringing out my inner geneticist in this thread.

bumpuser10309732 · November 2014

golfingdarwinfish said:
I had blue eyes until 6 months and then they turned hazel.

The genetics of eye color is s bit more complex than the 2x2 punnet square that people were taught in HS, but I'll refrain from bringing out my inner geneticist in this thread.

@golfingdarwinfish‌ that actually sounds interesting to me! That square in HS cracked me up because my eyes don't match my parents and neither does my blood type so the teacher was like hmmm I don't know. Haha

CNJ4EVA · November 2014

krazyinsane said:

Blue is recessive but if YH had the recessive gene he can pass it on to your LO. Was trying to explain this to DH in regards to blood type... I'm A- the girls are all A+ but DS is O+...we don't know DH's because he's a weenie

Based on the blood types you listed for you and your LO's, your can only be O+.
Also, if both parents have blue eyes, the children will never have brown. Recessive + recessive will always result in recessive.

I paid attention that day in biology.

ETA: The first line of my post should say "your H can only be O+".

kindacrunchy · November 2014

They are light blue and have gotten even lighter since birth so I'm hoping they stay blue. My mom and DH's dad both have blue eyes so it's possible but DH and I both have brown. Our other two girls were born with blue and both changed to hazel (my dad's eye color) but the blue was much darker and kinda gray.

golfingdarwinfish · November 2014

MrsBabe614 said:

I had blue eyes until 6 months and then they turned hazel. The genetics of eye color is s bit more complex than the 2x2 punnet square that people were taught in HS, but I'll refrain from bringing out my inner geneticist in this thread.
@golfingdarwinfish‌ that actually sounds interesting to me! That square in HS cracked me up because my eyes don't match my parents and neither does my blood type so the teacher was like hmmm I don't know. Haha

@mrsbabe614

eh, but I love reading everything people learned in HS bio

When I'm not holding S I'll post in more detail!

jenndub · November 2014

All 4 of mine have blue eyes. They all started deep blue and got lighter. DD1 has blue green, DS has blue gray, DD2 has a clear light blue and I'm not sure what DD3 will end up with. I have blue eyes and so does DH, but my ex, who is the father of DD1 and DS has brown eyes.

Klavanga74 · November 2014

I didn't pay attention those days in bio but wish I had, so y'all feel free to geek out!

narabug · November 2014

His are a gray blue right now. At birth they were greenish brown. DH and I both have brown, though mine are much darker than his. We do both have close family with other eye colors though, so there's a chance his could stay blue.

CNJ4EVA · November 2014

I'm looking forward to GDF's insight. I hope I haven't been incorrect in my understanding all these years..... :-S

DreadGamerWife · November 2014

C was born with dark blue eyes (and still has them at almost 4 weeks). DH has blue eyes and I have blue/green eyes. However, I had blue eyes until I was a teenager so we expect C to have blue eyes as a child.

pinkshades05 · November 2014

Definitely blue. DD1's eyes are blue, too, along with DH and mine.

LightBright515 · November 2014

DD has brown eyes. But they have this strange light area around the pupil. I'm curious to see what shade of brown they will actually be...

LightBright515 · November 2014

*waits patiently for GDF to come back and explain*

krazyinsane · November 2014

@LightBright515‌ I'm not as patient while waiting for @golfingdarwinfish‌

Saragoeswest · November 2014

I really have no idea what DD's eyes will do. They are still dark gray blue at 3 weeks. She looks so much like DH that a small part of me hopes they turn brown like mine but green like DH's would be so pretty. Who knows!

windwithfingers · November 2014

Same, @Saragoeswest‌. DS still has those newborn eyes, but he looks so much like DH (who had brown eyes) that I hope his eyes are green like mine.

golfingdarwinfish · November 2014

Here's a bit of geeky anatomy & genetics info...

In Caucasians baby eye color tends to be blue because the presence of few stromal melanocytes, which in time will migrate or differentiate from pre-cursor cells. The 'adult iris" color is present by 3-5 months post birth, when migration and differentiation are complete.
It's now hypothesized that eye genetics are not Mendelian in nature (i.e. no 2x2 punnett square), and instead is polygenic, meaning that it is influenced by more than one gene, as there are at least 4 pigment related genes that are known to influence eye color, though there is a specific gene that is thought to be the most influential.

ETA: I feel like I should leave a summary. Basically, if two blue eyed people have any brown in their lineage, they could have a brown eyed baby since there are multiple genes that influence eye color, and not a single gene that gets all the credit.

Dubsgirlie · November 2014

PurpleHippo19 said:

golfingdarwinfish said:

Here's a bit of geeky anatomy & genetics info...

In Caucasians baby eye color tends to be blue because the presence of few stromal melanocytes, which in time will migrate or differentiate from pre-cursor cells. The 'adult iris" color is present by 3-5 months post birth, when migration and differentiation are complete.
It's now hypothesized that eye genetics are not Mendelian in nature (i.e. no 2x2 punnett square), and instead is polygenic, meaning that it is influenced by more than one gene, as there are at least 4 pigment related genes that are known to influence eye color, though there is a specific gene that is thought to be the most influential.
ETA: I feel like I should leave a summary. Basically, if two blue eyed people have any brown in their lineage, they could have a brown eyed baby since there are multiple genes that influence eye color, and not a single gene that gets all the credit.

I have a friend whose parents had brown hair and brown eyes, and he got blonde hair and BLUE eyes. And all three of his siblings got the brown/brown. So funny!

That's exactly my family and me. I'm the oddball out.

golfingdarwinfish · November 2014

Kaylajade8911 said:
I'm really unsure on LO. I have brown, SO has blue. All his family are blue eyed and my whole family is 50/50.
So I'm guessing there Is still a chance he will have brown even though SO has no brown ?
Am I wrong?

You are not wrong. There's definitely a chance your son will have brown eyes.

pushgal84 · November 2014

I have blue/green/gray eyes with a wedge of brown in each eye (sectoral heterochromia) and H has blue eyes with a ring of golden brown (central heterchomia). DS has those newborn blue gray eyes right now, but I'd be interested to see if he inherits the multi-colored eyes. From what I understand heterochromia is more likely if a parent has it.

slsl509 · November 2014

I think DS will be brown-eyed, olive skinned, dark-haired like me. DD has blue-grey eyes, light blonde hair and fair skin. Not sure where that came from but she def looks like DH so no denying paternity

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