How rare is it for caucasians to have brown eyes?

[miri]

Since 2 blue eyed cacausians cannot have a brown eyed child and 2 brown eye parents can have a blue eyed child, even though blue eyes are recessive, it is rare to meet a caucasian with brown eyes. Poll is for caucasians only please.

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: miri
Since 2 blue eyed cacausians cannot have a brown eyed child and 2 brown eye parents can have a blue eyed child, even though blue eyes are recessive, it is rare to meet a caucasian with brown eyes. Poll is for caucasians only please.

racist. :roll:


J/K . I've got hazel eyes.

 

[EyeMWing]

WTF are you talking about? Damn near every caucasian I know has brown eyes. Every girl I've ever dated has been white with brown eyes. I'm white and have brown eyes. Both my parents are. My brother is the same.

 

[her209]

I've brown eyes. But I'm martian.

 

[Davegod75]

yeah WTF are you talking about. I think brown is the dominant color if i'm not mistaken

 

[laurenlex]

White boy. Brown eyes.

 

[miri]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
WTF are you talking about? Damn near every caucasian I know has brown eyes. Every girl I've ever dated has been white with brown eyes. I'm white and have brown eyes. Both my parents are. My brother is the same.

Really? It is the opposite for me, it seems every single caucasian I meet has either blue or green/hazel eyes. I find it really rare for caucasians to have brown eyes.

 

[Malak]

Both my parents have brown eyes. And my sister and I got blue eyes

 

[chasem]

No.

Best keep having them until you get a brown-eyed one.

 

[miri]

Originally posted by: Davegod75
yeah WTF are you talking about. I think brown is the dominant color if i'm not mistaken

Brown is dominant but since 2 blue eyed parents cannot have a brown eyed child and 2 brown eye parents can have a blue eyed child it seems to make brown eyes rarer.

 

[Amused]

From my understanding, blue eyes and blond hair are weak genes, and will cease to exist in the not too distant future.

I have dark brown eyes, BTW.

 

[Kalvin00]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
WTF are you talking about? Damn near every caucasian I know has brown eyes.

Same here..

I have green eyes.

 

[miri]

Originally posted by: Amused
From my understanding, blue eyes and blond hair are weak genes, and will cease to exist in the not too distant future.

I have dark brown eyes, BTW.

They are not weak genes, they are recessive genes. Not sure about hair though.

 

[bandana163]

Brown eyes are very common among white people.
I have greenish brown eyes.

 

[DainBramaged]

Blue eyes

 

[Malak]

Wait so why can't two blue eyed people have a brown eyed child? They still have that gene don't they?

 

[mcvickj]

White with Brown eyes here.

 

[miri]

Wait so why can't two blue eyed people have a brown eyed child? They still have that gene don't they?

Blue eyes are recessive that is why.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

I have 2 blue eyes and 1 brown eye

 

[Malak]

Originally posted by: miri

Wait so why can't two blue eyed people have a brown eyed child? They still have that gene don't they?

Blue eyes are recessive that is why.

Which means they can only come out if both pop up blue. Why does that mean two blue eyed people can't have a brown eyed child? They still carry both genes, do they not?

 

[DrPizza]

So, it's confirmed... OP doesn't know what the heck he's talking about...

Add me to the white with brown eyes group.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: malak
Wait so why can't two blue eyed people have a brown eyed child? They still have that gene don't they?

I don't know if that's even possible. Consider A being the dominant and B being the recessive gene. If two AB had offsprings, you have a 1 in 4 chance of having a BB. BB can only have BB offsprings.

 

[miri]

No, if they have blue eyes they do not have the brown eye gene. But brown eye people can have blue eyed genes. That is why 2 brown eyed parents can have blue eyed children but not vice versa.

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: miri

Originally posted by: Davegod75
yeah WTF are you talking about. I think brown is the dominant color if i'm not mistaken

Brown is dominant but since 2 blue eyed parents cannot have a brown eyed child and 2 brown eye parents can have a blue eyed child it seems to make brown eyes rarer.

It seems to, but think about it a little. Dig way back into your 8th grade biology memories. Remember punnet squares? There's a teeny, tiny chance of a brown+brown couple producing a blue child. It's a 1/4 chance if both parents are carrying the blue eye gene.

 

[TwinkleToes77]

hazel, infact my dad and i have hazel eyes, and my mom and my sister have brown eyes.