How I have a blue eyed child when eye have brown eyes and my husband has hazel eyes.

Question

I’m tired of people questioning how this could happen so I need a simple way to explain it, please.

In: Biology

Answer 1

You both have the recessive gene for blue eyes. In your case, brown is the dominant trait overriding the blue eyes. You each only passed on the recessive trait to your kid leading to blue eyes.