Eye color in babies

[wildfloweragain]

In my experience, brown eyes stay brown.

My 3 kids were born with blue eyes. One turned brown, the other two stayed blue.

H and I both have brown eyes and so do our parents. (We each have a blue eyed grandparent.)

[pinkdutchtulips]

DD was born w DARK brown eyes that lightened up a little. She busted the myth that all babies are born w blue eyes (unless her's were MIDNIGHT blue)

[closertofine]

Dd was born with true blue, and they've settled into a beautiful piercing blue. She has my dad's eyes.

Ds was born with a darker blue, and they settled into a hazel brown, exactly like his father's.

Mine are a dirty greyish,greenish,bluish. I never know what to put on forms.

[Brie]

Both boys were born blue and stayed blue.

H and I both have blue eyes, so I think it's pretty genetically unlikely for us to have anything but a blue eyed child.

[vtdiamond]

My twins were born with dark blue eyes. DS's lightened up and are very blue. DDs have darkened and I would call them hazel now.

[raangoli]

BB was born with like steel grey eyes. Now there's grey, brown, and green. I have no idea what they will end up as. My guess is light brown.

[pooh8402]

If baby is born with brown eyes, they stay brown. But if baby is born with blue or gray eyes, it's kind of a crapshoot. I've never seen green eyes in a newborn (but wouldn't that be pretty).

E was born with bright blue eyes, and they're still bright blue.

And it's totally a myth that all babies are born with blue eyes. I'm caring for a baby today that has gorgeous brown eyes.

[gaudi]

Both kids were born blue and stayed blue, but DH and I both have blue eyes so we would have been surprised if they changed.

[motzie]

Both blue, stayed blue. H and I both have blue eyes.

[auntie]

DS's eyes were dark grayish at birth and ended up grayish green.

Niece's eyes were bright blue at a year, very green at 2 (her mom and my dad have bright green eyes), by puberty they were sort of a mustardy brown.

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Aug 3, 2016 17:37:47 GMT -5 @bigreddog said:

Aug 3, 2016 17:37:05 GMT -5 wildfloweragain said:

In my experience, brown eyes stay brown.

My 3 kids were born with blue eyes. One turned brown, the other two stayed blue.

H and I both have brown eyes and so do our parents. (We each have a blue eyed grandparent.)

I also read brown will stay brown. I just wonder where he got that gene from since no one has dark brown eyes.

Eye color isn't determined by a single gene and doesn't follow simple inheritance patterns. There are a lot of genetic variations.

ghr.nlm.nih.gov/primer/traits/eyecolor

[Velar Fricative]

DD was born with blue eyes. For a while after they were blue and then gray, and now they have been green and I believe will stay that way. I have brown eyes (but have siblings with blue and green eyes) and DH has green eyes.

[rugbywife]

DD was born with dark blue eyes that changed to brown.

DS's eyes were also dark blue and are now hazel.

[cinco]

My first two had very dark blue/gray eyes that very gradually turned green and hazel. DD1's eyes were gray for almost a year and then they were hazel. They've stayed hazel, but have gotten a tad more brown in them over the years. DS's were blue and then got more green. Now I would consider them hazel too. DD2's have always been dark brown.

[tootsie]

DD1's were dark and indiscernible at birth and turned very blue. DD2 is 12 days old and her eyes are dark blue with a lighter blue ring in the middle, so I'm guessing they will turn into a light blue like her sisters.

I was born with dark blue eyes, they turned brown, then lightened up to hazel as I got older.

[Yankees21]

DS had blue eyes and they've eventually turned brown.

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Aug 3, 2016 17:41:26 GMT -5 pooh8402 said:

And it's totally a myth that all babies are born with blue eyes. I'm caring for a baby today that has gorgeous brown eyes.

I have never heard that myth! Crazy wives tales. That doesn't even make sense lol. I've had brown eyes since day 1.

[whereintheworld]

DH and I both have green eyes. All 3 boys were born with blue eyes - DS1 has lightened to a steely light grey blue, DS2 is the truest bright blue, DS3 is blue but deeper than the other two. I think DS1 may eventually turn green which I read can happen as late as age 12.

[pooh8402]

Aug 3, 2016 17:46:34 GMT -5 @wandering said:

Aug 3, 2016 17:41:26 GMT -5 pooh8402 said:

And it's totally a myth that all babies are born with blue eyes. I'm caring for a baby today that has gorgeous brown eyes.

I have never heard that myth! Crazy wives tales. That doesn't even make sense lol. I've had brown eyes since day 1.

They were teaching this shit in nursing school. Another myth: newborns can't produce tears.

[boiler717]

Born with grey, turned dark brown soon after.

[iheartbanjos]

DD1 was born with bright blue and are more green now at 6 years old. I am thinking that they are moving towards hazel. DD2 was born with dark blue and at 3, they are now bright blue.

[ilikedonuts]

DD1 was born with blue eyes. Now at almost 5 they are a mix of green/gray/blue. DD2 was born with blue eyes and at almost 3 they are still blue.

I have hazel eyes and DH has brown eyes. We each have 1 blue eyed parent.

[dcrunnergirl52]

DD was born with bright blue eyes and they've stayed that way.

DS1 and DS2 were born with brown eyes and they've stayed that way.

DH, my mom, and MIL all were born with brown eyes that stayed that way.

FIL and my dad's eyes are/were always blue.

I have green eyes.

[wanderingenough]

DS was born with brown and they stayed brown. I had always heard the blue eyes myth and have blue eyes myself, so I was definitely like "whaaaaa? I didn't even get a chance to win this contest?!"

[rugbywife]

Essentially, you can be blue eyed with no brown in your DNA (Blbl) or blue eyed with brown in your DNA (Blbn). Same with brown.

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Aug 3, 2016 17:47:58 GMT -5 pooh8402 said:

Aug 3, 2016 17:46:34 GMT -5 @wandering said:

I have never heard that myth! Crazy wives tales. That doesn't even make sense lol. I've had brown eyes since day 1.

They were teaching this shit in nursing school. Another myth: newborns can't produce tears.

 what?!?! What kind of genetic classes do they teach in nursing school?! lol

[mrsp7309]

DD had slate gray/dark blue eyes at birth, and they're hazel now. DS's eyes are a much lighter blue-gray. We'll see where they end up!

[Marmee]

Mine are straight green (minimal yellow) & DH cobalt blue.

All my girls were born with super dark gray/blue. Now they all have blue...from light to navy

[bk1]

DD was born with blue eyes that stayed blue

[broadsheet]

Both girls were born with dark-ish blue eyes. Dd1's are now green. Dd2's are green/hazel but I can't tell if they'll turn all the way brown yet.