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“When will your baby’s eyes change to your color?”
I chat with my husband’s aunt.
27/01/2015
Ruth Silbermayr
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In November 2014, my husband, our in-laws, and I visit my husband’s aunt in a small town in Jilin province, bringing our baby son along.
Our son has brown eyes with a hint of blue.
My husband’s aunt studies his eyes carefully and then looks at my eyes, which are lighter than our son’s—green with a shade of brown.
She asks, “When will his eyes change to your color?”
Has anyone ever asked you a question like this?
This is part of the series ‘Conversations with Locals in China,’ where I share conversations with Chinese people on my blog.