and 25% of not getting any blue eye genes

in this simplistic model

So you can purify genes in 4 generations.

i'm not sure if that's the whole picture with brown and blue eyes, though

there are other genes involved in eye color

you can use a punnett square

@stem I’m confused. So if I had a child with someone with brown eyes but no recessive blue eyed gene, my child would have a 50% chance of carrying the blue eyed recessive gene even if it doesn’t show up in him? What happens if he marries someone with brown eyes but no recessive blue eyed gene, does their child have a 50% chance of carrying the blue eyed gene also

in this model, your child would have at least one blue eye gene no matter what

because we are assuming you have two

as a recessive gene for a trait that you display

your spouse would have to have at least one blue eye gene for you to have a child with blue eyes

but if htye have no blue eye genes, your child would be a carrier, but would not have blue eyes

Let me rephrase. Is the recessive blue eyed gene always passed down? (I’m not talking about whether it actually shows up in the child’s phenotype)

it is not always passed down

you have two of each gene

in your case, you would always pass it down because both of yours are blue

a person with one blue and one brown will have sperm/egg with one or the other

Oh so it’s guaranteed that my child would carry the blue eyed gene even if he doesn’t show up with blue eyes?

your child will have at least one gene

because any sperm you make will have the blue gene

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What does homozygous recessive mean?

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homozygous means you have the same gene on both sides

both of your two versions of the gene are the same

But I have blue eyes so that means I carry two blue eyed genes, right? Which means my child will receive atleast one blue eyed gene?

correct

Are all light colored recessive? Green, hazel also?

Hazel
Light
Good one

but

according to this article, it's not that simple

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_color

or it is that simple

i don't know

the article contradicts itself

people without blue eyes are "working class"

people without blue eyes should be deported