People ask if my baby is mine because our eye colours don't match

"They are shocked when they meet him," the fed-up mum reports.

There are so many unpredictable aspects of parenthood - and your baby's appearance is one of them.

The conversations about whose nose/chin/hair/eyes they might have can be endless between those who've contributed to the cherub genetically, such as parents and other blood relations.

Then of course there's the total strangers on the street who insist on offering their random opinions too.

Well, one mum has had enough of insulting questions about her baby's eye colour - and has written an epic rant about it online.

"So sick of being asked why my baby has brown eyes"

Writing on Reddit, the mum says, "I have the most beautiful 11-week-old baby boy with brown hair and brown eyes. I myself have blonde hair and blue eyes so most people are shocked when they meet my baby and see that he has brown eyes.

"My husband has green eyes, and our parents are blue and green. I have no idea how genetics work, but I figured brown is dominant, so it was always a possibility?"

Whilst the mum seems to have a reasonable approach to the question of her baby's eye colour, she says she's fed up with others making it an issue.

"Wow, people just will not let it go. I’ve been asked if he’s actually mine (wtf?), if I'm disappointed.

"I know this is a silly thing to be annoyed over but just needed to vent. Rant over. Thanks for listening!"

The poster wasn't exactly soliciting advice, but she got it anyway - in the form of more than 500 comments.

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"Congrats on your brown-eyed boy"

Lots of commenters side-stepped the actual issue and congratulated the new mum on her bundle of joy.

There were also some who shared a similar experience, such as this woman, who wrote, "I'm brown eyed, my husband has green eyes although in certain light there's blue flecks. Our son has brown eyes and our daughter has bright blue!

"I had a few comments when she was little about her being the milkman's baby!!! I was so upset. People are dumb AF."

And this mum could relate, too: "It annoyed the f*ck out of me before my baby came, that everyone kept saying, are you excited to see his blue eyes? Like hello people, I'm Latino / Guatemalan, my eyes are like coal, my husband is dark Italian, we both have black hair and his eyes are also darker brown.

"Not all babies have blue eyes when they are born. When baby was born and opened his eyes, they were dark brown, coal, actually my exact eyes, everyone was shocked despite my regular reminders that that's not how genetics works...

"It pissed me off to no end."

Then there was also much discussion about genetics and which eye colour is more dominant...and what eye colours 'make' blue... from lots of people who were not experts.

We won't go into the worst nonsense, but one of the more innocent offerings was: "I have green eyes, my husband has very dark brown and our son has hazel, I love it, it's like our eye colours were mixed together. Genetics are fascinating."

As one group user noted much of the 'fake news' was simple misunderstanding: "It's probably because most people learned in school that two people with blue eyes (green being a mutation of blue) can't have a child with brown eyes."

But most of all, we loved this commenter's advice: "Just tell them you had an affair but your partner doesn’t know about it so you’d appreciate them not mentioning eye colour. Give them a shock and they might think twice before they ask intrusive questions!!"

For scientific information on genes, visit: Genes and genetics explained - Better Health Channel, or speak to a health professional. 

Originally published as People ask if my baby is mine because our eye colours don't match