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by Alatea on November 8th, 2005
EDIT - The story of Alexandria's Genesis is now appearing purely fictional. Sorry for the confusion. I have a friend with violet eyes, which appear "purple" so at first glance the story was believable to me.
There are children who are born with a medical condition that causes the whites of the eye to be purple. The condition is called Osteogenesis Imperfecta or OL.
"Alexandria's Genesis," as it has been called since the 1960s, is a genetic mutation generally found in women of Euro-American (a.k.a., Caucasian) descent. This mutation can be traced as far as the Middle Ages in Northern Europe. The first known record of "Alexandria's Genesis" was written in the year CE 1330 (Common Era).
A woman named Alexandria Augustine came into the world on April 29, CE 1329 in London, England. At the time, she appeared to be normal, but her parents soon noticed that her eyes were changing from the blue eyes Alexandria had at birth to the purple eyes she would have by her first birthday. The parents were startled by this dramatic change. They took her to their priest, thinking that a witch did this to their child, and that the priest might be able to ask God to change the eye color back. The priest told the parents that it was not the work of the devil, but a myth come true. This particular priest had heard a story about a race of people who had purple eyes. These humans were thought to have come from Egypt after a mysterious light flashed in the sky during a moonless night thousands of years ago. The purple-eyed humans also had very fair skin, and were thought to be spirits because of their appearance. The so-called "spirit people" eventually went north and vanished without a trace. The priest told her parents not to worry, for they had a special child in their hands and they should take good care of her.
Eventually, Alexandria grew up to be a very beautiful woman, got married, had four children (all four were girls, and all four also had the mutation), never got sick, and died at the age of 150 of natural causes. It is this discovery that helped to name the genetic mutation when the gene was discovered in 1968.
For more information please see the link
http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/units/life/forums/classify/0412054301.html
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Seems a little fishy to me...
by go_to_hellas on November 8th, 2005
mostly useful but question was about being born with purple eyes not those that turn purple shortly after birth.
by Grandma Roses - my avatar is my real dog on November 8th, 2005
I personally know a person who has purple eyes, so i approve this answer
by mysteryhawk on November 8th, 2005
by coffee bean on November 9th, 2005
The term Osteogenesis Imperfecta refers to 'brittle bone disorder' and has nothing to do with eye color. For more information see: http://www.rarediseases.org/search/rdbdetail_abstract.html?disname=Osteogenesis%20Imperfecta
by Aequitas on October 23rd, 2006
lol...that guys a dumbass..lol
by Anonymous on September 23rd, 2009
150 years old? yeah, impossible
by 1234LoL on January 31st, 2010
^ that's what I said, and the web address has 'fanfic' in it. Fan fiction.
by MJFanXX on July 23rd, 2010