Husband Abandoned Daughter And I Because Of Our Blue Eyes’ -Mother Of Viral Girl With Blue Eyes Speaks (video/photos)
A mother of three identified as Risikat Azeez-Ayegbami has narrated how her husband abandoned her and their children because of their rare blue eyes.
A student of the University of Osun state who travelled to Ilorin for the Sallah festivities, brought the family’s plight to limelight by sharing their photos on Facebook.
The student, Alabi Rukayat Oyindamola revealed that she met the Risikat and her daughters, all naturally born with blue-eyes.
However, one of Risikat’s twins died while her husband abandoned then because of their rare eye color.
The family’s story went viral and the mother of the blue-eyed girls, Risikat – who is also blue-eyed – shared her story.
Risikat, from Kwara State, during an interview with Punch revealed that they were all born with naturally blue eyes.
She explained that since it was unusual, her parents took her to a General Hospital where a series of tests were done and it was revealed that her eyes are perfect.
The woman revealed that none of her nuclear or extended family members have same eyes as she does.
Risikat explained that as she grew older, concerned people kept commenting on her eyes and advising her parents to take her for a medical checkup.
While in primary school, she said her teachers invited her parents and also advised them to take her to the hospital to check her eyes.
The mother explained that when her parents took her to the hospital again, she had another round of tests but the doctors told her the eyes are in perfect condition.
She added that the doctors gave her lots of gifts and told her that they love her eyes, adding; “I can see clearly and there is nothing wrong with my eyes.”
A relative also explained how Risikat used to be invited to the General Hospital when she was a child just because they were fascinated by her eyes.
The relative added that the General Hospital used to ‘compensate’ Risikat for honouring their visit.
Risikat grew older, got married and gave birth to two girls who all inherited her eye colour.
However, she explained that her husband, Abdulwasiu Omo Dada, had a problem with their eyes and abandoned them as a result.
She said her husband loved her with her eyes at first but after she had their first child and found out she was born with the same eyes, their relationship changed.
Risikat expressed;
When I had our first baby, it became difficult to have a conversation with him. Till I left with the children, we did not have a conversation. Whenever I attempted to have a conversation with him, he would get angry and walk out on me.
She said when she got pregnant with her second daughter, things were so hard for them that they could not afford food or medical care.
The mother said she resorted to visiting her parents’ home in order to be fed and when it was time to have her child, her parents paid her hospital bills.
The second baby came out with blue eyes too and at this point, her husband’s behaviour worsened. The issue, according to Risikat worsened when his parents also expressed their displeasure about the eyes of his children.
Risikat said;
Even his parents were asking him if he was going to keep having children with blue eyes.
She said her husband later on began to leave home for days without any financial assistance for his wife and children.
Risikat said after her second child’s christening, she left her husband on the advise of her parents and that he has not shown up to ask after her or their kids since then.
Watch a video of Risikat speaking below;
Scientific Reason For A Blue Eye
According to Auckland Eye research, the colour of the eyes depends on how much melanin is present in the iris.
Blue eyes get their colour the same way water and the sky get their blue colour — they scatter light so that more blue light reflects back out.
The iris is made up of two layers. For almost everyone — even people with blue eyes — the back layer (called the pigment epithelium) has brown pigment in it.
The front layer of the iris (called the stroma) is made up of overlapping fibers and cells. For people with brown eyes, some of the cells also have brown pigment in them.
If there is no pigment at all in this front layer, the fibers scatter and absorb some of the longer wavelengths of light that come in. More blue light gets back out and the eyes appear to be blue.
