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Study Finds All Blue-Eyed People Are Related to An Ancestor Who Lived 6,000 Years Ago   Whilst there are several characteristics that make all of us unique, from the colour of our hair to our shoe size, there’s one characteristic that gives those who share it a lot more in common than you may think – blue eyes!     Naturally, we know that blue eyes are much rarer than brown after scientists revealed that the genetic mutation of the OCA2 gene came from a singular human being many, many years ago.     Researchers have tried hard to understand the peculiar eye colour, studying the OCA2 ...

Updated Dec 22, 2020 | 15:19 IST One may think the findings of the study are new but they were first discovered back in 2008 when a team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen studied and tracked down the mutation. Blue-eyed people related to single, common ancestor: Study  Human beings differ from one another by their skin tone, hair colour, and height. But one varying characteristic that stands out from the rest is eye colour. The colour of the eye is determined by the pigmentation of the eye's iris. In humans, pigmentation of the iris varies from light...