Disappeared and Abducted Children and Young Adults > The removal of blonde blue-eyed children from Roma camps.
Blonde haired girl taken into care from a Roma couple in Dublin.
south of the river:
genetically it is impossible for two brown eyed parents to have a blue eyed child
but I doubt this is just a random picking on a random Roma family - they must be known to the authorities or there has been a tip off from the public.
The authorities do have a responsibility to act and if the child is at risk then they need act -
suppose we will in due course
Redblossom:
--- Quote from: icabodcrane on October 22, 2013, 02:25:18 PM ---There must be more to this story than has been reported, surely ?
A child's colouring not being the same as the parents is not a matter for 'the authorities' is it ?
... not unless they're Roma, apparently
This is dangerous stuff
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I wonder if the reporter was "inspired" by recent events!
Bit more detail here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24626422
Reported because she looked nothing like her siblings
Physically or colour wise? Not all siblings look alike.
How long till Clarence comments......?
The DNA should tell anyway soon hopefully....then it will be a matter of right or wrong hospital records, charitable adoption if not theirs, abduction, etc etc....but yes, that they have powers to remove if a child is not in danger and only a suspicion she may not be theirs due to colour and looks is quite unbelievable....they could have arranged for tests without traumatisinf the child, if theirs, I hope they sue for the distress
Redblossom:
--- Quote from: Opposing Pat on October 22, 2013, 02:26:20 PM ---Black parents - white baby, anything is possible.
http://m.nbcnews.com/health/white-baby-born-black-parents-1C6437718
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I didnt read the whole article, but if there was no white ancestry there, this is more of a fluke of nature....having a blonde blue eyed child while not common to Roma is not a rarity at all
Cariad:
--- Quote from: south of the river on October 22, 2013, 02:38:14 PM ---genetically it is impossible for two brown eyed parents to have a blue eyed child
but I doubt this is just a random picking on a random Roma family - they must be known to the authorities or there has been a tip off from the public.
The authorities do have a responsibility to act and if the child is at risk then they need act -
suppose we will in due course
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Two blue eyed parents can't have a brown eyed child. If you have brown eyes you can also carry the blue eye gene but it's masked by the dominant brown eyed gene. If you're blue eyed, you don't carry the brown eyed gene, you have two copies of blue.
Green is different again. It can manifest as hazel for a start, looking more like brown, but it isn't 'proper' brown.
Redblossom:
--- Quote from: south of the river on October 22, 2013, 02:38:14 PM ---genetically it is impossible for two brown eyed parents to have a blue eyed child
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Someone on yahoo answers asked a question, why they had blue eyes whilst both their parents had brown eyes, the answer:
It is because brown eyes are dominant that they can hide for generations. Here's a quick explanation.
You inherit two genes for each trait, one from each parent. But in order for you to have brown eyes, you only have to inherit a brown gene from one parent. The other gene can be blue - but it will be overridden by the brown gene. If you then have children with a person who also has one brown gene and one blue gene, the child has a 25% chance of inheriting two blue genes and will therefore have blue eyes.
If B represents a Brown gene, and b represents a blue gene, the family tree looks like this:
Mother - Bb - brown eyes
Father - bB - brown eyes
Child can be any one of these:
Bb - brown eyes
BB - brown eyes
bB - brown eyes
bb - blue eyes
So 1 in 4 chance
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