How is it possible for my half-Korean friend to have blue eyes?

Subject: How is it possible for my half-Korean friend to have blue eyes?

Date: Tue Jun 29 22:29:53 2004
Posted by Nathan
Grade level: undergrad School: UW
City: Seattle State/Province: Wa Country: USA
Area of science: Genetics
ID: 1088566193.Ge

Message:


I have a friend whose mom is 100% korean and dad is caucasian of mixed european 
ancestry. Koreans are a VERY homogenous population and all koreans exhibit dark 
brown eyes as a phenotyoe. In my friend's mom's background-there are no other 
ethnicities in her family--pure Korean for many, many, many generations. My 
friend has blue eyes-which are recessive-her dad has blue eyes-But shouldn't 
mom's dark eyes be the exhibited phenotype?

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