Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1885 — The Color of the Eye. [ARTICLE]

The Color of the Eye.

The following is attributed to ths Indianapolis Journal. Whether it be true or not we aro unable to say: “When both parents have eyes of the same colof 88 pep cent, of the children follow their parents in this feature, and of the 12 per cent, born with eyes other than parental color, a part must be attributed to intermittent heredity. Moro femal is than males have b'aek or brown eyes in the proportion of 49 to 45. With different colored eyes in the two parents, 53 per cent of the children follow the fathers in being daak-eyed, and 60 per cent, follow their mothers in being dark-eyed. We read and speak of black, blue, brown, and gray eyes, but of these four colors there are a hundred varying shade* ip eyes, so that the venders of false eyes are compelled toi parry a very large stock of, different shades in order to suit all comers. Dr. Foote's Health. Monthly.