Do you ever find it difficult telling people what your eye color is?
You may not be alone in this.
There are three types of heterochromia.
The one of interest to me is central heterochromia as I have observed it in high frequencies among Rh negative individuals.
So let me guess:
Some of you might be unsure whether you have central heterochromia or simply hazel eyes… correct?
Here is one explanation:
With hazel eyes, the brown diffuses into the region with the green. The amount of diffusion varies from person to person. This diffusion makes it appear like the eyes change colors with different light sources and changes in surrounding colors. With central heterochromia, the areas of color are more distinct.
Is this it?
Are you clearer yet about your eye color? Or did I get you more confused?
Please see the comment section for more information. Though I do not always have time to examine everything I post as much as I would like to, I am happy some of the members here take over those parts. Thank you to everyone for contributing. I will likely add additional information and thoughts in form of replies below as well.
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interesting posts on heterochromia Mike. my parents and i thought my eyes were brown until i looked at them closely in my late teen years. now i tend to say they are a military/Army green color overall, but there does appear to be some brown around the irises of both eyes.
I literally just had to look in the mirror to see what exactly my eyes look like. I know they are categorized as hazel, but I always knew there is more. I do have central heterochromia. Not that noticeable as the color variations are similar and the outside that is lightest has a thin area only of that lighter shade – Throughout the years I was surprised how different they look on different photos. From dark brown to blue. Two pictures I have taken over the years show them as blue. Hazel eyes are very frequent among Rh negatives, but I believe central heterochromia might be far more frequent than I initially thought among us. Usually people have eyes either blue, brown, green – it seems many colors from many parts of our ancestries are in one eye. Similar to many of us sporting several different hair colors on our heads and bodies. Now the question is why. Why doesn’t the dominant just dominate and overshadow our recessive traits as expected? Why isn’t recessive red hair out of sight in people with brown or black hair, but in the light the reddish shimmer appears. There are studies on it I am aware of which have not been accepted into the scientific journals. It is a real thing and much more than just my observation (not just mine, yours and others as well). The question is why. Why are we so likely to have recessive traits show up within our phenotypes?
There is such a thing as spontaneous genetic mutations with no related diseases. Too, there can be genetic mosaics. I have that, the central heterochormia, no serious medical issues but numerous ideopathic automimmune symptoms and curious congenital eye diagnoses, scoliosis that runs in the maternal lines, former teen acne, acruing allergies or sensitivities, mother mentioned having Rh- then Rh+ blood while pregnant with me multiple times. My eyes are light pewter green with a central ring of gold, often mistaken for brown or hazel, but I have deep set eyes and so shadows make my eyes seem dark. My hair has three distinct colors and is not a brown or red but even seems to have an olive green or brassy tint. I have two skin undertones, blue and pink. I do not tan, but I do get moles or freckles on my arms that turn into spots (yes). I have east and west genetics but the simple thing to note is paternal line has solid dark brown eyes, maternal line has solid light blue grey eyes, and I am the eldest with the green-gold eyes with a sibling having solid dark brown eyes and another sibling with solid grey eyes, and none have my coloring of hair or eyes. My ancestors are believed to be mostly Scottish, Irish, English, French, Polish, German, Nordic, and also Native American to a lesser degree. My great grandmother was dark and her children have shown solid black hair into their late 70s and even 90s. They had brown and light brown eyes, sometimes hazel. But none are green like mine, nor are there any green eyes in the maternal line anywhere. So, there is some level of spontaneous genetic mosaicism. I get curious at times about Rh factors, but my mother has never had great recall about events from my childhood, so I don’t have much to go on either.
when I was younger I had really solid dark brown eyes, now it’s a golden color by the pupil, then brownish ring, then blue/green rings then the outer ring is brown. it was a shock when I looked in the mirror closely and realized my eyes had changed, (I was looking because I had something in my eye). Thank you for the explanation, I was thinking something was wrong.
Interesting ! Given that both eye color and RH factor are genetic, has anybody looked at how they are inherited and how they intersect?
My son was born with dark blond hair with a white streak of hair on the side of his head. He was like this until he was 5 years iold then it faded. He didn’t like it because he was made fun of.
P.S. I am rhesus Neg. Ad.c. I have no idea what blood group my son is.
I just recently found out (35 years old) that both of my parents are negative blood types and I am RH- with a positive blood type. I seen this article and had to comment because I have severe central hetrochromia and Everything makes sense now lol.
I have a very noticeable central heterochromia as my main eye colour is blue/green with a gold ring around the pupil. I am the only person in my family with this but then I’m the one one who is A negative.