text: the gene for blue eyes and deafness? i know that when dogs have blue eyes esspecially dalmations they are most likely deaf. but i met a black family where the dad and 1 son had blue eyes and they were both deaf but the son with brown eyes wasn't. actually it all has to do with the alleles of the past generations. blue eyes is recesive so his dad or mom must of both had blue eyes. deafness has no relation to blue eyes and can be caused by many reasons other than alleles