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What Can Cause Grayish Brown Eyes In New Born Baby?

Hi my name is Cami and I have a question about my daughter. She is a new born. She has Brownish Gray eyes. They look brown in the shade but in the sunlight there grayish color. She is a Native American Her dad is Native American/White, He had light brown eyes. And his father has green eyes.Im full Native American and I have dark brown eyes. I was just wondering how she could have grayish brown eyes.Very curious please get back to me ASAP
Fri, 8 Jun 2018
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Hello and Welcome to "Ask A Doctor' service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
When both parents have brown eyes, their child will also have brown eyes.
It takes about a year for the eyes to finish changing color. There are cells in the eyes that make the pigment that is responsible for eye color.
When these cells make only a little pigment, baby's eyes will be blue; more pigment and eyes will be green or hazel; most pigment and eyes will be brown.
When your newborn is a year old, then you will know what her eye color will be.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Arnold Zedd, MD, FAAP
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What Can Cause Grayish Brown Eyes In New Born Baby?

Hello and Welcome to Ask A Doctor service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. When both parents have brown eyes, their child will also have brown eyes. It takes about a year for the eyes to finish changing color. There are cells in the eyes that make the pigment that is responsible for eye color. When these cells make only a little pigment, baby s eyes will be blue; more pigment and eyes will be green or hazel; most pigment and eyes will be brown. When your newborn is a year old, then you will know what her eye color will be. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Arnold Zedd, MD, FAAP