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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b][quote=Anonymous]Recessive genetics: Two blue eyed parents can only have blue eyed children. (unless their eyes are not really blue, but are grey --that is a dilution of the brown gene) Green eyes are a mix of brown + blue gene. Dilution gene is an aspect of another gene -- make it lighter, and is recessive.[/b]
True blondes, who remain blondes in adulthood without a trip to the hairdresser: If both parents are true blondes, all off spring will be blonde. Blonde + recessive dilution gene = white blond hair.
Blonde as kids, brown as adults have dominant brown gene. It is possible to have a double recessive blonde hair child, but  (80% against) unlikely if both parents carry the brown gene. Genetics! [/quote]

This is oversimplified and kind of incorrect. Eyes are either pigmented (brown) or unpigmented (everything else). There are several genes that determine the exact shade of unpigmented eye. Two blue-eyed parents can have children with hazel/green/grey eyes. The genes that determine eye color are also very susceptible to mutation. Unpigmented eyes were likely a mutation somewhere in human ancestry, or else we would all have brown eyes.

For the record, I have unpigmented eyes and they have changed color over the years from caramel-brown to amber-green. My DC's eyes are blue-grey.[/quote]
Really not correct. Is a complex subject and I tried to make it simple. unpigmented=high dilution factor. Not the same as color factor. two different genes.
I have a lot of expereince in color genetics...animals are the same as people in color genetic. true blue eyed parents an only have blue eyed offspring. Your eyes are not unpigmented, they are high dilution factor brown.[/quote]

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