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It is because of an inherited phenotype, a phenotype is the outward expression of genes. the source of the inherited phenotype is dependent upon whether mother or fathers genotype is consisting of dominant or recessive allele i.e a dominant allele if pair with a recessive will be the one inherited.

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There are multiple genes which influence eye color. These genes are passed down from both sides of the family.

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