Do You Have Blue Eyes? Then we're family!

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Published on February 2, 2008 By OckhamsRazor In Biology

Recent genetic research has uncovered that all blue eyed people share a common ancestor, so leave me a note if you have blue eyes. We're family!

Article on the subject

Comments (Page 1)

ParaTed2k

on Feb 02, 2008

Hey Cuz!

dharmagrl

on Feb 02, 2008

Woo hoo! Does this mean you're going to lend me money? I mean, we ARE family and all.....

SanChonino

on Feb 02, 2008

Man, just wait until you see the family reunion we throw together here . . .

SanChonino

on Feb 02, 2008

If you look for a wife at your family reunion, you might be a redneck...

If your grandma yells out, "Come look at what I made before I FLUSH it!" you might be a redneck.

KFC Kickin For Christ

on Feb 02, 2008

If your grandma yells out, "Come look at what I made before I FLUSH it!" you might be a redneck.

oh darn it.....I thought it was being able to burp all stanzas of Jingle Bells that proved you were a redneck.

Well I'm not related to you Ock in more ways than one. No blue eyes in this family atall. In fact, been told I have the darkest brown eyes than anyone they've ever seen more than once!

RoyLevosh

on Feb 02, 2008

you might be a redneck.

If you've ever climbed up on a water tower with a bucket of paint to defend your sister's honor, then you might be a...

Anyway, my Dad's eye's are blue but mine are brown. Hmmmm...

JillUser

on Feb 02, 2008

My hubby and I both have baby blues. We always joked when people would ask "Do you think your baby's eyes will stay blue?" I'd say "They better or I'm in a lot of trouble"

My mom and dad both have very similarly colored blues too. My hubby swears they're cousins because he thinks I'm a major hick. There is a difference between being a hick and a redneck! A hick is only a hick when they're still in the sticks but a redneck is a redneck wherever he goes.

Zoologist03

on Feb 02, 2008

Hmm...I know there's a number out there that says we're all related by a certain extension...but I really can't find it.

Oh well, I have blue eyes...'sup cousin?

~Zoo

OckhamsRazor

on Feb 02, 2008

I've always thought of mine as blue but Simon describes them as 'chromed steel.'

Mine are Blue Steel

KFC Kickin For Christ

on Feb 02, 2008

I just read the whole article Ock and all I have to say is....hmmmmmm

no kidding.. its like they don't even know what they are concluding..
blue eyes originate from one person about 6 to 10,000 yrs ago?.. go figure..

OckhamsRazor

on Feb 03, 2008

Seems far fetched to me too, but I'm not a geneticist, so I won't hate on it until I understand more.

Zoologist03

on Feb 03, 2008

blue eyes originate from one person about 6 to 10,000 yrs ago?.. go figure..

Well, everyone knows Adam and Eve had brown eyes...so where'd blue come from, eh?

~Zoo

KFC Kickin For Christ

on Feb 03, 2008

so I won't hate on it until I understand more.

hahahah well I'm not hating on it. As a creationist I'm loving it actually.

Dr Guy

on Feb 04, 2008

I saw the article, and in light of what some geneticists are saying, it sounds kind of strange. They (about 10 years ago) claimed that through mitachondrial DNA that we are all descended from a woman in Africa about 250,000 years ago.

So of course we are all related! Or maybe ET snuck in to get us the blue eyes?

OckhamsRazor

on Feb 05, 2008

hahahah well I'm not hating on it. As a creationist I'm loving it actually.

Awesome! Then you can explain to us the workings of the OCA2 gene! Please, continue!

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