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Interesting.  So ... I'm one of those descendants.  (Though I 'm not quite sure I buy this story).

Blue-eyed people, listen up.

Ever wondered why your eyes are the colour they are? Well wonder no more.

Every blue eyed person is descended from a single European who lived around 6,000 to 10,000 years ago, according to scientists.

How did they work it out? Originally, all humans had brown eyes in various shades until there was a specific mutation that made the change.

The mutation is a gene called HERC2 and it switches off OCA2, the gene that determines how much brown pigment we make.

So that's why eyes become blue.

As for being descended from the same person, the evidence for this is because every blue eyed person alive today has this same mutation.

Scientists reckon only 8 to 10 per cent of the population have blue eyes and eyes don't fully develop in childhood meaning the brown pigment can kick in later, causing blue eyed children to end up with brown eyes in adulthood.

So if you have blue eyes, now you know - your family is a lot bigger than you might have thought previously.

A team at the University of Copenhagen released research on the subject.

Professor Hans Eiberg from the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine said: "Originally, we all had brown eyes. But a genetic mutation affecting the OCA2 gene in our chromosomes resulted in the creation of a ‘switch,’ which literally "turned off" the ability to produce brown eyes.".................

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/every-blue-eyed-person-on-the-planet-is-a-descendant-of-one-single-person/ar-AA1wzn5k?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=f5f654b6b68e4e7db4afc9274234fa33&ei=32

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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2025, 05:28:49 pm »
It was me.

That was a hella good weekend.  :whistle: :shrug: :silly:

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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2025, 05:31:57 pm »
It was me.

That was a hella good weekend.  :whistle: :shrug: :silly:


Thought so! *chuckle*

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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2025, 05:41:50 pm »
"So that's why eyes become blue."

Crystal Gayle said that donuts made her brown eyes blue.

Or something like that!  wink777
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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2025, 05:45:14 pm »
Ok, so what about those with green eyes and hazel eyes? 

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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2025, 05:45:49 pm »
Ok, so what about those with green eyes and hazel eyes?

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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2025, 05:48:42 pm »
"So that's why eyes become blue."

Crystal Gayle said that donuts made her brown eyes blue.

Or something like that!  wink777
Donuts???   :laugh: 


Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
Song by Crystal Gayle

Lyrics

Don't know when I've been so blue
Don't know what's come over you
You've found someone new and
Don't it make my brown eyes blue
I'll be fine when you're gone
I'll just cry all night long
Say it isn't true and
Don't it make my brown eyes blue.............


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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2025, 05:49:50 pm »
The milkman did it.  tipping hat!!

@roamer_1 were you ever a milkman?

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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2025, 05:55:32 pm »
Quote from: libertybele
Donuts???   :laugh: 

That's what I thought she was singing when I was little...I still hear it that way!

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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #9 on: February 06, 2025, 05:57:45 pm »
Blue eyes here.  Hello to all my cousins.

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« Reply #10 on: February 06, 2025, 06:01:50 pm »
That's what I thought she was singing when I was little...I still hear it that way!

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Too cute!

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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #11 on: February 06, 2025, 06:03:18 pm »
Maybe a @corbe poll -- eye color of those in this forum?

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« Reply #12 on: February 06, 2025, 06:33:54 pm »
  Thank You for the idea @libertybele
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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #13 on: February 06, 2025, 06:36:22 pm »
I've got blue eyes too.

It's a uniquely European thing, centered on the Baltic lands for some reason (just like light hair color) -

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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #14 on: February 06, 2025, 06:38:25 pm »
Sugarloaf Green Eyed Lady Music Video with Lyrics


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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #15 on: February 06, 2025, 06:42:01 pm »
"So that's why eyes become blue."

Crystal Gayle said that donuts made her brown eyes blue.

Or something like that!  wink777
I thought it Crystal blue persuasion.

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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #16 on: February 06, 2025, 06:52:27 pm »
I've got blue eyes too.

It's a uniquely European thing, centered on the Baltic lands for some reason (just like light hair color) -



I am a blue-eyed blonde (mostly blondish-gray now).

The boundaries of Baltic lands because of numerous wars have been redrawn and renamed so many times, that it has become very difficult to trace family lineage - with my mother's side of the family born in Czechoslovakia (no longer in existence) and my father's side of the family born in Yugoslavia. (no  longer in existence).

Boat records/logs are usually a way to trace a family, but even with help from someone who has done genealogy for quite some time we came to a quick dead end, especially trying to obtain any records from what was once Czechoslovakia.   We have a few pieces to the puzzle to my ancestors in Yugoslavia, but even at that it's guess work. 



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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #17 on: February 06, 2025, 07:00:23 pm »
I also marked red -- not because I'm stoned these days -- just not enough darned sleep!

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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #18 on: February 06, 2025, 07:03:49 pm »
I thought it Crystal blue persuasion.

That's a nice song! Thank you for making me look it up!  tipping hat!!
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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #19 on: February 06, 2025, 07:19:01 pm »
Interesting, but I'll withhold judgement.

Mom's eyes..brown. Dad's eyes green.

My eyes dark brown. First brother brown. Second brother hazel.  :shrug:

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« Reply #20 on: February 06, 2025, 07:27:15 pm »
Blue eyed blonde here.
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« Reply #21 on: February 06, 2025, 07:41:23 pm »
Mine are green.  Mrs. Liberty informs me green are the rarest in the world.
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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #22 on: February 06, 2025, 07:47:08 pm »
Was with a Semitic girl from the Middle East. She had a mocca look. She was fascinated by blue eyes. She bought some kind of Zombie Blue contacts. I felt like a deer, looking into headlights. They were glowing blue.

They were killing her. She was crying all the time. But she refused to take them out. She was willing to tough it out, for those blue eyes. It was a terrible situation. Young and not mature, she wanted what she wanted. But what she wanted was not realistic or practical.

At least she didn't go the far far far off thing and get her eyes replaced. Yes, there are some people who pay for an eye transplant. They want those blue eyes ... i do not understand the obsession.
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« Reply #24 on: February 06, 2025, 09:19:26 pm »
Was with a Semitic girl from the Middle East. She had a mocca look. She was fascinated by blue eyes. She bought some kind of Zombie Blue contacts. I felt like a deer, looking into headlights. They were glowing blue.

They were killing her. She was crying all the time. But she refused to take them out. She was willing to tough it out, for those blue eyes. It was a terrible situation. Young and not mature, she wanted what she wanted. But what she wanted was not realistic or practical.

At least she didn't go the far far far off thing and get her eyes replaced. Yes, there are some people who pay for an eye transplant. They want those blue eyes ... i do not understand the obsession.

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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #25 on: February 06, 2025, 09:21:40 pm »
Actually, my eyes go from cornflower blue (when I am happy) to shades all the way down to slate gray (when I am pissed), and sometimes with green hues mixed in... Weirdo, I know...  :shrug:

But the ladies call it a feature.  happy77


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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #27 on: February 06, 2025, 09:23:21 pm »
Interesting.  So far blue eyes is the most prevalent.

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« Reply #28 on: February 06, 2025, 09:24:44 pm »
Mine are green.  Mrs. Liberty informs me green are the rarest in the world.

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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #30 on: February 06, 2025, 09:47:50 pm »
Interesting.  So far blue eyes is the most prevalent.

Maybe they should study to see if there is a link between blue eyes and conservatism.   :laugh:
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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #31 on: February 06, 2025, 09:54:17 pm »
I've got blue eyes too.

It's a uniquely European thing, centered on the Baltic lands for some reason (just like light hair color) -



I have blue eyes as well.  Both my great grandparents came from the blue areas of the map.  My great grandmother from the dark blue area and my great grandfather from the lighter blue area.  My dad had "Paul Newman" eyes. Mine are a little darker than his.

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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #32 on: February 06, 2025, 10:03:14 pm »
I have brown eyes...my grandfather had blue eyes all of his 8 children had brown eyes like their mother[my grandmother] Doesn't really mean anything..just throwing it out there..lol

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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #33 on: February 07, 2025, 02:43:22 am »
According to my Driver's License mine are blue... The wife's is green...

Honestly had to check my License to know... I just don't pay attention to those things in myself.  Don't really have a clue where/if the family originated... Don't think anyone has traced back that far...Wife is probable Swedish, me I imagine all over Europe ???
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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #34 on: February 07, 2025, 05:53:04 am »
Parents, siblings, cousins, and I are blue-eyed. Our heritage is pretty much northern European: Norway, England, Ireland, Wales, Germany and a little French, just for the cuisine.
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« Reply #35 on: February 07, 2025, 11:05:30 am »
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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #36 on: February 07, 2025, 04:17:25 pm »
If ALL blue eyed people are descendants of the same person, how do you explain a Cuban immigrant I met a couple of weeks ago working at the Trump National Doral in Miami? Black hair, brown skin, and blue eyes. Said he had cousins who also had blue eyes.

How do you explain the blue eyed African people: 

The boy with the sapphire eyes:  https://africageographic.com/stories/the-boy-with-the-sapphire-eyes/


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« Reply #37 on: February 07, 2025, 04:22:03 pm »
That's a nice song! Thank you for making me look it up!  tipping hat!!
Yup even if Tommy James and the Shondels toured with Hubert Humphrey in 1968, old Hubert even wrote liner notes for their next album Crimson and Clover. They actually had some pretty good songs.

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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #38 on: February 07, 2025, 04:27:01 pm »
Very much NO!  Righty, very dominant.

That would have been even more rare, but yes, green eyes are indeed very rare.

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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #39 on: February 07, 2025, 04:27:54 pm »
I have brown eyes...my grandfather had blue eyes all of his 8 children had brown eyes like their mother[my grandmother] Doesn't really mean anything..just throwing it out there..lol

Genes for brown eyes are dominant over blue.

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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #40 on: February 07, 2025, 04:30:56 pm »
Yup even if Tommy James and the Shondels toured with Hubert Humphrey in 1968, old Hubert even wrote liner notes for their next album Crimson and Clover. They actually had some pretty good songs.

I had to take a moment here and recognize that song; it is an excellent tune!!! One of my all time favorites


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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #43 on: February 07, 2025, 05:29:58 pm »
Genes for brown eyes are dominant over blue.



I think that's true. However, my dad's green eyes "watered" down my brothers eye colors as it went along.

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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #44 on: February 07, 2025, 05:35:48 pm »


I think that's true. However, my dad's green eyes "watered" down my brothers eye colors as it went along.

Brown is the most common eye color worldwide by a large majority. In contrast, green is one of the rarest eye colors worldwide. The color of the eyes depends on how much melanin the eyes contain.

All people with blue eyes share the same genetic trait, meaning they likely descend from one common ancestor.


https://www.news-medical.net/health/Genetics-of-Eye-Color.aspx

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/eye-color-percentage#summary
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Re: Every blue eyed person on the planet is a descendant of one single person
« Reply #45 on: February 08, 2025, 09:11:57 am »
I think Violet eyes must be rare as well. Liz Taylor is the only person I have ever heard of that has violet eyes.

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