# All blue-eyed people share one common ancestor

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 30, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-blue-eyed-people-share-one-common-ancestor/979066 "2023-01-30T19:07:10Z")\
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> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> Perhaps the blue eyes made the person popular for baby making?

That is one theory, as advanced in this prior thread:

> [@Why blue eyes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-blue-eyes/718718/4):
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> Getting laid? that’s the only reason the mutation has survived?

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