![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() When I think of blue eyes I think of Paul Newman.” When I mentioned the possible connection between blue eyes and attractiveness, she said, “Oh, yes. Who of the blue eye would not? Besides, my wife has blue eyes and I believe it is highly likely that her baby blues were a factor, however unconsciously, of the fact that we are now together. Obviously, I’m going with this attractiveness theory. This attraction would result in the desire to mate with blue-eyed people which would distribute the mutated gene. On the other hand, one theory-no doubt, from another really smart researcher-postulates the first blue-eyes may have been considered quite an attractive feature. It’s not always easy being different, as history repeatedly shows us. I wonder how he or she coped with all the other brown eyes in the tribe. According to a bunch of really smart researchers from Copenhagen University, all blue-eyed people can be linked back to this one ancestor who lived 10,000 years ago, probably near the Black Sea. Until this man or woman’s OCA2 gene mutated, all humans had brown eyes. It’s just that scientists have determined that all blue-eyed people who ever lived came from one individual. In fact, full disclosure: I have blue eyes. In some European countries, however, 20 to 40 percent of the population have blue eyes. Over the last 100-plus years as our population has become more diverse, the percentage of blue-eyed citizens is diminishing and is today less than one-sixth of the population. At that time more than half of non-hispanic whites had blue eyes. The question concerned the prevalence of blue eyes. Suggesting she is in a grumpy mood because her eyes are changing color could be a recipe for disaster.Īfter just a little research, I discovered that in a previous column vos Savant also wrote about blue eyes. That might be useful information for someone, but I would caution the boyfriend to be careful using that knowledge in their relationship. I also find it curious that the color of blue eyes changes according to one’s mood. “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain,” “Behind Blue Eyes,” and “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue” (all sung, perhaps, by Frank Sinatra, aka “Old Blue Eyes”) are just three old tunes that pop into this retro musician’s musical memory banks. Water and blue eyes are just made for songs. That is a very poetic, very lyrical sensation. Makes me recall how the color of water changes depending on light. Blue eyes change color according to the light striking them. The blueness we see is coming from the light that the eyes reflect. She explained blue eyes are missing a chemical called melanin which all brown eyes have. He wondered if it is just his imagination, or do her eyes change color depending on the lighting or even her mood? Marilyn says yes, blue eyes do change color. I learn so much.įor example, she just answered a question from a reader about his girlfriend’s blue eyes. Anyway, I love reading her answers to questions. That is probably why she got the writing gig. She is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as having the highest IQ ever recorded. Readers write her asking questions and she answers them. Marilyn vos Savant writes a column for Parade magazine that comes with the weekend edition of our newspaper. ![]()
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