There are many reasons why blue eyes may occur in Africans besides the artificial eyes deliberately achieved with the use of contact lenses.
Citing a team of researchers from Copenhagen University, livescience.com, posits that having blue eyes be be a fall-out of genetic mutation.
It explains that “a single mutation which arose as recently as 6,000 to 10,000 years ago is responsible for all the blue-eyed people alive on earth today.”
It can also be caused by the Waarndenburg Syndrome, a deficiency inherited from parents with the same characteristics.
A folklore suggests that blue eyes are the result of ancient interbreeding with the Neanderthais who went into extinction 25,000 years ago.
In a story monitored in Asoebiladies, a more scientific angle was given in a post monitored on its instagram post:
“Ocular Albinism is a genetic condition /Mutation ,with the lack of pigmentation at the back of the eyes . Melanin is provided by our cells called Melanocytes , which is found in your skin, hair and eyes .several genes provide instructions for the making of proteins involved in the production of melanin .
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“It’s proven that behind every Brown eyes , there is a blue eye. The only difference is the thin layer of the pigment on the surface . If the Pigment is away the the light can enter the stroma and reflects back the blue end of the spectrum
“It was believed that the light skin arose in Europeans 40,000 years ago , soon after the people left the tropical Africa for higher latitude .as they moved to the colder regions , needed something to synthesize Vitamins D in places where the UV light is lower , and that caused the change in the mutation of the genes.”
Meanwhile, pledges made to Risikat and her 2 blue-eyed daughters are already being redeemed. Good Samaritans have changed their wardrobe while financial gifts keep flooding in.
Punch reports that the Kwara State First Lady sent emissaries to deliver a package to the ladies
The former First Lady of Kwara State, sent a delegation to them today. She posted the update on her facebook page:
