is cat eye color dependin on parents eyes?

ashmar

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My calico and cream colored cats just had kittens. The mother (calico) has green eyes and the male had gold eyes. I want to know the eye color of the black eyes
 

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Not sure what you are trying to find out Ashmar.

Would you please explain this again?  What do you mean by "black eyes"? Is that one of the kittens?  
 

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Unless your cats are pedigreed and a full blooded breed, I'm not sure you can know the eye color of your kittens.  Genetics is a funny thing and there are so many possibilities due to recessive genes carried by both the mom and the dad. 
 

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Additionally, the gene for coat color is carried on the X chromosome (female sex chromosome). This is what results in the phenomenon of calico cats being only female unless the male has a chromosomal anomaly. Anyway, eye color is not linked to coat color except in rare circumstance such as color point cats. So for a black cat there really isn't any way to tell.
 
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Not sure what you are trying to find out Ashmar.
Would you please explain this again?  What do you mean by "black eyes"? Is that one of the kittens?  
I meant black cats
 
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