Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Blue Eyes?




Okay, they're really more gray than blue. But they're definitely not brown. Both Ben and Will have these amazingly dark brown eyes. You can barely distinguish the pupil from the iris in Ben's peepers. And that, in itself, is weird: the fact that they have these dark brown eyes, that is. My eyes are greenish hazel. Mark's look greenish to me, but he insists they are brown. If so, they are the lightest, greenest brown eyes I've ever seen. They are more like an olive khaki color. So, theoretically, using the 2 gene eye color chart we all learned in school, I could have a recessive brown eye gene and Mark's eye color could be classified as a brown and wa la, boys with brown eyes. Brown eyes so dark they look nothing like either parent's eyes, but whatever. But now we have this possibly blue-eyed baby girl. What's the deal?? No way the 2 gene chart is working for this scenerio. Enter Google. Don't you just love Google? (Even if they might possibly take over the world...) Check this out from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience.
http://www.imb.uq.edu.au/index.html?page=57400&pid=11690
“So contrary to what used to be thought, it is possible for two blue-eyed parents to have a brown-eyed child, although this is not common.”
So, there you go! Fascinating, huh? Ella Rose's eyes could still change color. Most sources I found said eye color is established by about six months for most babies. So, we've got some time yet. Maybe she will have her mama's eyes after all. Come on Green!

1 comment:

Michelle Russell said...

Green schmeen! I'm rooting for brown! :) Love the pictures, keep on posting them!!! Auntie Mimi loves you, Ella Rose!