EIGHT EYES EIGHT LEGS MAY EAT EG RIDDLES WITH ANSWERS TO SOLVE - PUZZLES & BRAIN TEASERS

Pilgrims and smallpox! Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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If your eyes are green, the answer is green. If your eyes are brown, the answer is brown etc. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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The Mississippi River. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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1 in 3.

Since my brother has blue eyes (bb), both of my parents carry one brown and one blue gene (Bb). The three possibilities for my genotype, equally likely, are BB, Bb, and bB. Thus, there is a 2/3 chance that I carry a blue gene.

If I carry a blue gene, there is a 50% chance I will pass it on to my first child (and, obviously, 0% if I carry two brown genes).
Since my child will certainly get a blue gene from my wife, my gene will determine the eye color.

Multiplying the probabilities of those two independent events, there is a chance of 1/2 x 2/3 = 1/3 of my passing on a blue gene. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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