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Blue Eyes Are More Common Than Any Other Colour in Britain

Blue Eyes Are More Common Than Any Other Colour in Britain Blue eyes are now more common in Britain that any other colour, scientists have revealed. The Blue Eyes Project has found that although all eyes in Britain were once brown, they are now 48% blue, 30% green and just 22% brown. Although there are no direct physical advantages to having blue eyes, such as better eyesight, the overwhelming change of eye colour from brown to blue has been a cross-Europe phenomenon. Alistair Moffat, managing director of ScotlandsDNA, which carried out the research, told The Times: "A lot of people think blue eyes are much rarer than they are."




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