how can two blue eyed parents have kids with brown eyes?

Question

My parents both have blue eyes and my siblings and I all have brown eyes.

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Answer 1

Are you *sure* they are both your birthparents?

Naw, it’s definitely possible. Eye color is a complex trait that probably depends on several pairs of genes. We don’t really understand how it works at the genetic level yet, but we do know many blue eyed parents have brown eyed kids.