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Old 12-22-2015, 04:52 PM  
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Green eyes are beautiful to look at. They are also extremely unique and very rare! It has been estimated that only 2% of the world’s population has green eyes. To give you an idea of just how special green eyes are, consider this factoid. Currently, it is estimated that around 7 billion people live on the planet. Going by the math, this means only 140 million people have some shade of green as an eye color. There are only a handful of celebrities who have green eyes and even a smaller number who are male.

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I did not know they were that rare, I assumed they were more common than blue eyes

Also adding this:
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If you are Middle Eastern, Spanish, Brazilian or North African decent, there is a higher likelihood of green eyes running in your family.
it turns out that they should be even more rare among central/northern Europeans (and more common among Mediterranean)?
That is very strange to me, again I really imagined that most of non southern Europeans have green eyes. Huge mistake by me... ?

EDIT: the above quote is wrong (as expected) though, more believable one:

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They are most common in Northern and Central Europe.[63][64] They can also be found in Southern Europe and Western Asia.
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