Oslo, Norway (AHN) -- A research by Norwegian scientists suggests that blue-eyed men prefer blue-eyed women, apparently because eye color can help reveal whether their partner has been faithful. The study finds its basis on the law of genetics which states that two parents with blue eyes will always have blue-eyed children.

"Before you request a paternity test, spend a few minutes looking at your child's eye color," Bruno Laeng and colleagues at the University of Tromso in Norway said in the study.

To investigate, scientists asked 88 students to rate the attractiveness of models based on pictures manipulated so that half of them had blue eyes and the other half had brown eyes.

The male students in the blue-eyed group showed a preference for blue-eyed women. But the brown-eyed men, who cannot find any clues about paternity from a child's eye color, had no preferences by eye color.

Women also showed no preference for brown- or blue-eyed men, irrespective of their own eye color.

Two brown-eyed parents, who have both brown and blue-eye genes among their ancestors, have a 25 percent chance of having a blue-eyed child and 75 percent chance of having a child with brown eyes.

In a second study, 443 young adults of both sexes were asked about the eye color of their partners. Researchers found that blue-eyed men were again the group with the highest proportion of partners with the same eye color.

"Blue-eyed men may have unconsciously learned to value a physical trait that can facilitate recognition of own kin," the scientists hypothesize in the journal Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.

Appease an angry Great Volcano by winning 10 Tribal Challenges in SKIP-BO Castaway Caper! Take advantage of this incredible bargain and get two hit puzzle games for one low price!

More Weird News From 2006-10-23 The day's offbeat stories from around the world. • Insurance Company Finally Pays Out $10,000 For Hole-In-One • Ape Sets Off Fire Alarm • Man Makes Life-Sized Toy Plane • Campaign Calls On Voters To "Elect The Right Boobs" • Blue-Eyed Men Prefer Blue-Eyed Women • Dog Cuts Off Power In The English County of Durham • Dutch Mayor Wants Prostitutes To Accompany Troops Abroad • Japanese Tourists Require Psychiatric Treatment After Visiting Paris • Prince Harry Enjoys Walking Around His Army Barracks Naked • Australians Asked To Stop Singing In Shower To Save On Electricity And Water • German Woman Accidentally Mailed Cat • Chinese Girls Forced To Drink Liquor As Punishment   « Current Weird News Stories