Shout out to millions of my cousins...

[randeman]

In case you hadn't heard, about 7,000 to 10,000 years ago, somewhere in northern Europe, an ancestor had a genetic anomaly that prevented his (or her) eyes from turning brown.  Fast forward quite a few centuries and we find that all of us blues are descended from a common ancestor.  So, hello to all my cousins near and far.  Your turn to do the family holidays this year, right? 😛

[+ azdr0710]

Blue Eyes: How Rare Are They? | Warby Parker

WWW.WARBYPARKER.COM

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Do you want to learn more about blue eyes? Dive into this guide on blue eyes and their meaning, and learn some fun facts about this eye color.

 

[pubic_assistance]

My eyes are green.

Where did they come from ?

[samhexum]

13 minutes ago, pubic_assistance said:

My eyes are green.

Where did they come from ?

Envy?

Your great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather, the jolly Green Giant?

[pubic_assistance]

Cute.

What I meant was, I am curious if green eyes are the same direct malformation from brown or are green eyes a malformation of blue?  Because I think green is even more uncommon than blue.

Edited November 23, 2023 by pubic_assistance
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[randeman]

14 hours ago, pubic_assistance said:

My eyes are green.

Where did they come from ?

Well...according to Wikipedia:

Green eyes probably result from the interaction of multiple variants within the OCA2 and other genes. They were present in south Siberia during the Bronze Age.^[45]

Green eyes are most common in Northern, Western and Central Europe.^[46][47] Around 8–10% of men and 18–21% of women in Iceland and 6% of men and 17% of women in the Netherlands, have green eyes.^[48] Among European Americans, green eyes are most common among those of recent Celtic and Germanic ancestry with about 16%.^[48]

The green color is caused by the combination of: 1) an amber or light brown pigmentation in the stroma of the iris (which has a low or moderate concentration of melanin) with: 2) a blue shade created by the Rayleigh scattering of reflected light.^[26] Green eyes contain the yellowish pigment lipochrome.^[49]

Actually, according to the same article, the blue-eyed mutation came to Europe about 50,000 years ago, rather than 6,000 to 10,000.

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Edited November 23, 2023 by randeman
even more trivia

[+ Pensant]

My entire family have blue eyes. I read that less than 5% to 7% of the world’s now 8 billion people have colored eyes, but that’s still between 400 and 560 million people. That number will only tend to diminish over time. Here’s the list of countries. 

Countries With The Most Blue-Eyed People - WorldAtlas

WWW.WORLDATLAS.COM

 

[+ sniper]

Waaay back when doing Punnett squares in 7th grade biology class, I recall my teacher saying green eyes were "genetically blue." But i think also more has been learned about the human genome since then.

[samhexum]

7 hours ago, sniper said:

Waaay back when doing Punnett squares in 7th grade biology class, I recall my teacher saying green eyes were "genetically blue." But i think also more has been learned about the human genome since then.

Yes, I'd imagine our knowledge has expanded greatly since 1925ish.

[samhexum]

On 11/22/2023 at 11:03 PM, pubic_assistance said:

I am curious if green eyes are the same direct malformation from brown or are green eyes a malformation of blue?  

Green-eyed people are obviously descendants of a couple, one of whom had blue eyes, and one who had jaundice.

 

 

Edited November 24, 2023 by samhexum
because he's bored as hell

[+ WilliamM]

My first cousin 's son,  Scott, is so attractive (and gay) I don't remember  the color of his  eyes  

My educated guess would be quite blue

His husband died recently. So sad 

[samhexum]

On 11/22/2023 at 10:42 PM, pubic_assistance said:

My eyes are green.

Where did they come from ?

How do we get our eye color? A genetics expert reveals the fascinating truth

[pubic_assistance]

1 minute ago, samhexum said:

Like snowflakes.

I've seen a close up of my eyes. They are actually pixelated with a lot of colors, none of which are the color you see when you look at my face.

Mostly gold, turquoise and olive spots that make my eyes look light green from a distance.

 

[samhexum]

2 minutes ago, pubic_assistance said:

Mostly gold, turquoise and olive spots that make my eyes look light green from a distance.

Yeah, yeah, yeah... so what you're trying to tell us is that you are a rare gem.  Big surprise!

[pubic_assistance]

27 minutes ago, samhexum said:

Yeah, yeah, yeah... so what you're trying to tell us is that you are a rare gem.  Big surprise!

Where I grew up in Central PA this color is fairly common.

Never realized until I moved away from there that its actually pretty rare. Living in predominantly brown-eyed New York people comment all the time.

[samhexum]

5 minutes ago, pubic_assistance said:

Where I grew up in Central PA this color is fairly common.

Never realized until I moved away from there that its actually pretty rare. Living in predominantly brown-eyed New York people comment all the time.