Hi John, As a variation, my convict ancestor is recorded as having dark hazel eyes; I would have called this brown! Lol Perhaps I should start calling my eye colour dark hazel. Regards Janine -----Original Message----- From: aus-pt-jackson-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-pt-jackson-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John Bushell Sent: Thursday, 19 February 2009 9:27 PM To: aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PJ] Introduction from New List Member Welcome Robert, Yet another convict with hazel eyes. I started a topic on that last year sometime, and as I watch these pages I keep seeing a very high occurrence of hazel as the colour of their eyes. Who was it the other day said he needed a research project? I suggest this is one just crying out for someone to take it up. A comparative study of the occurrence of hazel eyes in the convict population and the occurrence of hazel eyes in early 21st century Australian population. Might be some distorting factors like immigrants from Asian countries in recent decades and southern Europeans following WWII, but the person doing the research can take that into account. Best regards, John Bushell PS. I have blue eyes whereas my first known ancestor amongst the convicts was described as having hazel eyes. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message