Do my family members have eye problems?

Question

I've been wondering about this for quite some time. Its because I'm asian so that means i have brown eyes but then my grandfather and my uncle have grey or blue-gray eyes. They have had brown eyes for most of their lives but then as they aged their eye color changed and now i noticed my dad has developed a ring of blue-gray around his eyes. I dont think its a sickness because they dont have much problem with their eye sight. And on my mother's side my grandparents still have borwn eyes and they are the ones with the eye problem..

I go to a school where there are chinese nuns and one day when i was greeting one of them her eyes are completely blue. So i asked her if she was mixed and she said she is pure chinese.

Answer 1

Well, don't it turn my brown eyes blue.

They say sometimes brown eyes lighten as they age. Even blue eyes turn watery, lighter blue as they attain elderly status. It's interesting that they have no vision problems.

Are there any photos available of this?

Answer 2

that sounds like it could just be getting older and also could be a eye health issue with the ring in the eye

Answer 3

Dear Brown Eyed Girl

There is are two possible explanations for your sore eyes. The first possible answer is that your family has a predilection to high cholesterol. A ring known as arcus lipidois forms on the corneal tissue making it appear as though the eyes have changed color. The other explanation is that as one ages, the pigment cells called melanocytes can apoptose (programed cell death) in the iris causing a lighter eye color. I'll bill you for my time.

Answer 4

Wow, cool. It's not really a health problem or anything, its actually sometimes normal for Asian people as they age.