Babies Eye Color At Birth at Babies

Babies Eye Color At Birth. Eye color is determined by melanocytes, which are cells that secrete the protein melanin. Most of the new born babies have blue eyes, which may change color over time.

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And while many people assume all babies are born with light blue eyes, the majority of newborns worldwide actually have brown eyes at birth. A baby could have blue eye color at birth for the following reasons. Caucasian newborns, on the other hand, are often born with blue or gray eyes that will darken over the first year.

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If your baby is born with darker eyes, brown or dark green, there's already a lot of melanin present, and your baby's eye color probably won't change (although it could). While some baby’s eyes are blue or gray at birth, as the study above noted, many are brown from the start. The following conditions and scenarios related to genes could lead to blue eyes in babies. And while it’s true that many babies have blue or gray eyes at first, it’s important to know that eye color can change for months after birth.