@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

Do noseberg have blue eyes

Can you tell if you carry the blue eyed recessive gene if you don’t have blue eyes?

@Tuze yes

@iamwhoiam yes, either with family history or with a genetic test

if one parent has blue eyes, then according to this model, you will have at least one blue eye gene

the blue eyes test isnt enuf