Copyright 1999 Athro, Limited. Athro, Limited Biology Genetics Eye Color Genes Inheriting Eye Color Bobcat mother and kitten. Corel Children look like their parents, but not exactly. Children inherit characteristics from their parents.
Individuals also have genes.
Each individual carries two copies of each of their genes, one from each parent. Human eye color is controlled by at least three genes, though we only understand two of them well. We can ask what children different combinations of parents would produce. Note that this two gene model does not explain most human eye color inheritance. We know that there are grey eyes, hazel eyes, and differing shades of brown, blue, and green eyes that are not explained by these two genes.