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| Montel Williams |
Frank
Sinatra’s were legendary, Paul Newman’s melted a million hearts while Cameron
Diaz’s dazzle in modern Hollywood.
However,
it’s generally believed that black people do not possess blue eyes. These
striking eyes have always been associated with the Caucasians. However there
is a small percentage of African people born with bright cerulean-blue
eyes.
Actress
Vanessa WIlliams and actor Michael Healey are well known personalities with
blue eyes.
So why do some few black people
have ‘blue eyes’?
One answer, according to scientists, is
attributed to genetic mutation or Waardenburg syndrome (WS),which is a
rare (1/40,000) disease characterised by sensorineural deafness in association
with pigmentary anomalies and defects of neural-crest-derived tissues.
However, it is also a
historical truth the Africans colonised Europe over 10,000 years ago and they
were in fact the first homo sapiens to cross Europe to Asia and South Pacific.
Could it also be that some blacks with blue eyes may have inherited them from
their ancient African ancestors and whites that inter-bred during
Africa`s colonisation of Europe? This question has become more relevant as some
few children born of both African/100% black parents possesses ‘blue eyes’.
This photo is, perhaps, the best example of a black African, non-mulatto,
non-albino, with blue eyes. Also, the boy in the picture does not appear to
have Waardenberg Syndrome, also a source of blue eyes in blacks. This leaves
the strong possibility of a rare mutation of a key eye color gene.
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