By Damn - 06/05/2012 13:53 - Australia

Today, I noticed my nephew has blue eyes, freckles and dimples which don't run in my family or my sister's husband's family, but they do run in my husband's family. FML
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theonlysweetpea 10

Run a DNA test on both. Then kick ass if your poor sweet nephew is your stepson.

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negb 30

Maybe you're over reacting? Sorry :(

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withasmile 3

This is an excerpt from "ask a geneticist" - explains how the biology is much more complicated than the simple charts we learned in high school. Check out the link below for more info: Can two parents with blue eyes have a child with brown eyes? Yes, blue-eyed parents can definitely have a child with brown eyes. Or green or hazel eyes for that matter. Blue-eyed parents can have kids with brown eyes. If you stayed awake during high school biology, you might find this answer surprising. We were all taught that parents with blue eyes have kids with blue eyes. Every time. http://www.thetech.org/genetics/ask.php?id=332

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tanlines26 0

It's called recessive traits, idiot.

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bsamarty 0

overreacting .. i suggest you read up on genetics and how traits are passed along

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Ashybebe 2

Could be recessive genes... You never know. But I'd still confront your husband

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mlj_ASW 0

My mom has brown eyes and my dad has blue eyes but of my two younger brothers and I, I'm the only one that came out with colored eyes...and they're green

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EvanescenceLuver 12

@333 Same here. It's actually very simple. In genes, there are dominant genes and recessive genes, but some are kinda both. You can have genes for brown, green, and blue eyes, but only the brown would show. Brown eyes are the most dominant. Then, comes green. Finally, blue. So, it's like rock paper scissors. Brown beats green, green beats blue, and blue just gets to suffer at the bottom. So your mom had brown eyes and your dad has blue eyes, and you have green eyes. When they reproduced, there was a 33% chance of brown eyes, a 33% chance of green eyes, and a 33% chance of blue eyes. Your genes come out to be Gb, meaning you have green eyes, but you also have the blue eyed gene, which mean your children could have green or blue eyes. Same as me. Cool, right? :3

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RedCrow 0

Wait, my brain is processing what you just said... Nope, still don't get it. Someone explain this to me.

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theengineer86 1

Blond hair, Blue eyes and dimples are all recessive traits. Its probably a rare coincidence.

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alpacaman 5

It's all about biology. His genes may be recessive genes, or those unlike his parents. Don't worry.

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