Anonymous #1 2w

Genetically, blue eyes is a mutation believed to be from the Mediterranean area ~11,000 years ago. All blue eyed people descend from that mutation. The spreading of genetics, customs, cultures are all products of immigration. Even a place as genetically isolated as Ireland has genetic markers from Viking and Norman settlers. To be 100% of anything genetically implies more inbreeding than an Alabaman

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Anonymous #2 2w

The less genetic mixing in a population, the higher the probability that individuals inherit two copies of the same recessive allele, making recessive traits far more likely to appear. So no, blue eyes is not a “product of immigration,” at least not the modern definition of the word

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Anonymous #3 2w

The singular instance of mutation and early generations, yes. However, OP was most likely referring to the high frequency of blue-eyed people in Europe (70-95% across Northern Europe). The spreading of blue eyes and its prominence as a trait emerging in such a short time is a product of immigration.

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Anonymous #3 2w

Blue eyes aren’t recessive bro

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Anonymous OP 2w

…. yeah they are?

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Anonymous #3 2w

Nah, there is not a strict recessive/dominant thing for eyes color. Brown + blue can make brown, hazel, green or blue.

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Anonymous OP 2w

nobody said it was a strict recessive-dominant categorization. they are recessive though. both parents need to have blue eyed genes to have a blue eyed baby

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Anonymous #5 2w

I’m not sure that’s true

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