Eye Color Change: Will It Change With Age?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the potential for eye color to change with age, particularly focusing on a participant's personal experience and genetic background. The inquiry touches on genetic inheritance and the implications for future eye color changes as the participant matures.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Technical explanation, Conceptual clarification

Main Points Raised

  • One participant questions whether their eye color, currently brown, will change as they age, given their father's lighter hazel eyes and their mother's brown eyes.
  • Another participant references a previous discussion on the topic, suggesting that it has been explored before.
  • A different participant provides a genetic explanation, proposing that the participant likely has a homozygous brown genotype (BB) based on their description, while their father may be heterozygous (Bh). This explanation includes implications for potential offspring's eye color.
  • There is an emphasis on the importance of vision over concerns about eye color.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

The discussion does not reach a consensus on whether eye color will change with age, as participants present differing perspectives and genetic interpretations without resolving the inquiry.

Contextual Notes

There are assumptions regarding genetic inheritance patterns and the definitions of eye color genotypes that remain unexamined. The discussion does not clarify the mechanisms behind potential changes in eye color with age.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in genetics, eye color inheritance, and the effects of aging on physical traits may find this discussion relevant.

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hey all I've read a couple articles about eye color changing with ageing, well here's the thing i have brown eyes but my father which is 48 has light brown kind of hazel looking eyes and my mom brown.I was wondering sense I am 16 will my eye color change as i grow older?
 
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alright, but still dosent answer my question as much towards my post
 
$treet$oulja said:
hey all I've read a couple articles about eye color changing with ageing, well here's the thing i have brown eyes but my father which is 48 has light brown kind of hazel looking eyes and my mom brown.I was wondering sense I am 16 will my eye color change as i grow older?
Most likely your father is heterozygous for brown eye color with recessive hazel gene (Bh), while your mother is homozygous for brown eye color (BB). You are either Bh or BB, but since you do not mention that you see any trace of your father hazel in your eyes, you most likely are just like mom (BB). What this means is that any children you have will all have brown eyes--if not, then you are like your father and have the Bh genotype. Be thankful you can see--do not worry about color of your eyes.
 

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