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Rae
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bassexpander
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| I had always assumed it was nearly impossible for a western person and a Korean to have a blue-eyed child, unless the Korean had some other eye color than brown somewhere in their family history? Is this wrong, then? |
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NoExplode
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| bassexpander wrote: |
| I had always assumed it was nearly impossible for a western person and a Korean to have a blue-eyed child, unless the Korean had some other eye color than brown somewhere in their family history? Is this wrong, then? |
Nah, an American buddy of mine of Nordic descent has 3 blue-eyed blonde half-breeds out of their 4 (with his Korean wife). |
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VanIslander
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Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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Nothing like finding out your ex-girlfriend's aborted fetus would've had a 5 in 6 chance of becoming a blue-eyed baby.  |
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SuperHero
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| how about a half korean with bright red hair. I know one couple with a half korean kid with hair redder than an apple. |
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Rae
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| bassexpander wrote: |
| I had always assumed it was nearly impossible for a western person and a Korean to have a blue-eyed child, unless the Korean had some other eye color than brown somewhere in their family history? Is this wrong, then? |
I thought the same thing but apparently it's possible. Though I'm not exactly sure if that would mean there's someone with blue eyes in their family generations down. I've heard of Japanese that can trace their lineage for generations and yet somehow their mixed baby turns out with blue or green eyes. I think what it all comes down to is there is no such thing as a pure race. We're all mixed somewhere down the line even if no one owns up to it. |
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Panda
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hamlet712
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K when did this change?
My wife is ful Korean, therefore she should code for DOUBLE DOMINANT Brown eyes, meaning the only thing she can pass on is Brown, and my recessive blue eyes dont mean squat.
We do still live in a world where ( unless a genetic mutation happens ) 2 blue eyed parents can NOT give birth to a brown eyed kid right? |
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Tiger Beer
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I just took the test, and 73% chance of a child having brown eyes.
Myself and my parents all have blue eyes, and of course an Asian wife would have all brown eyes in her family. |
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Rae
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manlyboy
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| It is uncommon for a baby to be born with brown eyes. Almost all babies have blue eyes because the iris has not yet made brown pigment (called melanin) that colors the iris. It is, however, common for babies to have blue eyes at 2 weeks. Usually, the iris doesn't make enough melanin until about 3 years of age |
Our first had brown eyes from day 1. Second kid is due in a week. 3% chance of blue. 13% chance of green. 84% chance of brown. |
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bassexpander
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| hamlet712 wrote: |
We do still live in a world where ( unless a genetic mutation happens ) 2 blue eyed parents can NOT give birth to a brown eyed kid right? |
Well, I'll tell you that my dark-skinned cousin and her husband (he's got naturally tan skin and dark hair, and she's also got black hair) had four daughters. Number 4 has hair as blond as hay, and bright blue eyes. Not a single person in their immediate families has blond hair like that, and everyone was surprised.
I'm just curious about how possible this is with a race like Koreans (when marrying a white foreigner, for example). I would understand it if some DNA from that dutch guy Hammel had gotten mixed in there somehow. In any case, it would be kind of interesting if we had a blue-eyed or green-eyed baby that was half Korean.
As a side note, I've seen a few full-bred Koreans with light brown hair lately, and it's not dyed! We had one at my previous high school job, and the principal told her she had to dye her hair black. The girl refused, and the mother told her she should do it. She never did. |
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Tiger Beer
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Whoa, here is an interesting part of the article...
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Believe it or not, sometimes what your mom eats while she is pregnant can affect your hair color. Well, if you�re a mouse, anyway�
Scientists did an experiment where they fed a mouse one food and her pups were black. A different food resulted in white pups. And all of the A, G, C, or T�s were the same between the pups. What happened?
The food ended up attaching little chemical groups called methyls to the DNA. These methyls made the gene unreadable. So even though genetics would predict the same color pups, the environment changed the outcome.
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GreenlightmeansGO
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I was wondering about that whole 'what she eats' thing. Can't they give an indication of what foods do these things? I think a mixed-race child with blue eyes would look pretty cool (and I think the child would be popular...oh, yeah, making money off the kids  ) |
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browneyedgirl
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| bassexpander wrote: |
| I had always assumed it was nearly impossible for a western person and a Korean to have a blue-eyed child, unless the Korean had some other eye color than brown somewhere in their family history? Is this wrong, then? |
I always wondered about that too because my great-grandpa had blue eyes and once in awhile someone in my family (usually a browned-couple) will have a blue eyed baby.
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