OK, I am watching this movie and . . .

[Brigid]

There is an actor in it who, according to wikipedia, has a Turkish father and a Greek mother. So how is it he has blue eyes?

[Ron Obvious]

1. Why not?

A lot of the ancient Greeks (Alexander among them) are described as golden-haired and blue-eyed in ancient literature.

Remember the Afghani girl on the National Geographic cover with the gorgeous green eyes? The gene definitely exists in those populations.

[sarge43]

2. Turkey is one of the most ethnically diverse areas on the planet

Starting with the early migrations Out of Africa to the site of more than a couple of empires and a principal European/Asian trading route. With the exception of Native Americans just about everyone congaed through the area and if they stayed over night ...

Or for the purpose of the role the actor could have been wearing tinted contact lenses.

[pipi_k]

3. Genes are amazing things...

I once knew a black girl with a cafe au lait complexion whose mom was also cafe au lait with brown eyes and whose dad was very dark skinned with almost black eyes.

The girl herself had green eyes.


That's some cool stuff there