Genes are so crazy.
I'm a blue eyed brunette, DH is a brown eyed brunette.
We have a blue eyed blonde!
Granted, I was blonde as a LO and my hair darkened with age to a light brown... So maybe LO's will darken with age. My mom and brother are both blue eyed blondes, LO is a spitting image of my brother!
How did the hair color and eye color genes play out for your LO?
GOLD / cantaloupe / 6581 posts
I can't wait to see what LO's hair color is! I have dark brown hair + blue eyes, as does DH. However, DH was born with very blonde hair that slowly darkened (and now it's almost black!) plus he has a very reddish beard that he inherited from his red-headed mama.
So, I have no idea if I will have a red-head, a blondie, or a brunette. All bets are off! Genetics are definitely wacky!
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
I can't wait to see what LO looks like either-- the crazy thing to me is that so much of that stuff was determined in the instant that egg and sperm met!
Since I come from a big family, it's funny to look at how it played out-- my parents both have very dark brown hair, dad has brown eyes, mom has hazel. Kids are: brown hair, brown eyes (x 2, me and my brother), dark brown hair green eyes, blond hair blue eyes, blond hair hazel eyes. Our own little genetic experiment.
Both my nephews are very blond, and one has crazy blue eyes (so does his mom). DH is kidn of strawberry blond with light blue eyes, so we'll see what LO comes out like! I hope he or she doesn't get DH's super pale, prone to sunburn skin, that's all.
pomegranate / 3858 posts
I am a brown eyed brunette, DH has greeny blue eyes and light brown hair. LO has red hair and brown eyes...my dad has red hair and DH had reddish hair at birth. Hoping it stays red!
bananas / 9227 posts
I have brown hair, very dark brown eyes. DH has gray eyes and ash brown hair, but he was platinum blonde as a baby! DD got his hair color (as it is now) and brown eyes, but it's lighter than mine.
eggplant / 11824 posts
I am extremely fair (think, Casper the Ghost lol) with red hair and hazel eyes, my mom is also extremely fair with blond hair and green eyes and my dad is very Mediterranean looking: black hair, olive skin and very dark eyes.
DH is half German and half Mexican with black hair, olive skin and very dark eyes as are both his parents.
LO was born with jet black hair with bronze tips and highlights and it keeps getting lighter and lighter and now is basically the same shade as mine, with red/auburn and blondish highlights. Her eyes are still really dark and she is very fair like me!
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
Green eyes/brown hair + Brown eyes/brown hair = Hazel-ish brown eyes/brown hair
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
DH and I were both blonde hair, blue-eyed children. We both have darker hair now (well DH does, mine has been dyed so much that I have no idea what it is now). DS was born with dark brown hair and blue eyes. At around 1.5-2 months it started falling out in patches, so we buzzed it off. It grew back in light blonde. His eyes have stayed blue (so far, but it's my exact shade of blue so I'm optimistic they will stay.)
squash / 13764 posts
Dh has brown hair/brown eyes, I have brown hair/hazel eyes, and Lo is blonde with blue (very very blue!) eyes! He looks more like my sisters kid than ours (she is blonde and blue eyed). I think his hair will eventual get darker, but I hope his eyes stay blue!
pear / 1743 posts
No kids of our own yet but my brunette, grey and brown eyed, fair parents managed to produce a child with auburn brown hair, hazel eyes and fair skin; a child with honey brown hair, brown eyes and olive skin; plus a fair-skinned blue eyed blonde! Genetics are so weird. Mum went to her high school reunion and said she'd had three kids. After seeing our photos, the common reply was "To the same father?" LOL
grapefruit / 4085 posts
I have dark brown hair and brown eyes and my husband has brown hair and blue eyes. Lady M was born a blonde and at 5 months her hair is a reddish/brown/strawberry blond. It's all over the place. She also has blue eyes. I never thought she'd have such light features. I always joke that people probably think I'm her nanny when we're out and about!
pineapple / 12526 posts
My mom has light brown hair and hazel eyes and my dad has black hair and blue eyes. My oldest brother has red hair and hazel eyes, my middle brother has black hair and gray eyes and I have dark brown hair and hazel eyes.
None of us look alike!
pomegranate / 3604 posts
I have blonde hair and blue eyes, DH has light brown hair (although he was blonde until about age 8) and green eyes.
LO has blonde hair & blue eyes. I wasn't surprised at all 
grapefruit / 4681 posts
DH and I both have brown eyes and brown hair (DH's is actually black). LO has blue-grey eyes and used to have bright blonde hair, but it has darkened to a dark dirty blonde, still much lighter than either of ours
Our fathers are both blonde haired, blue eyed, as well as my two brothers. Our mothers and DH's siblings all have brown hair and eyes.
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