“I want her to be proud that she is different and unique as she grows”

This is for my daughter. She was born with complete heterochromia. When I first found out she had different coloured eyes I worried about what color eye shadows she could wear. Now that she’s 3, there are no fears. I encourage her to embrace it and love it. She knows they’re different and tells people. I want her to be proud that she is different and unique as she grows. Her older sister is proud to show off her baby sister, saying she is a gift.

“The tattoo artist gave me a huge discount because of my unique eyes”

“You live in a world where you have an eye color of your own and one from the color of your soulmates.” Philippines

 

 

Okay, Heterochromia Iridum. No one really cared what you looked like. Your skin color, your hair type, your eye color. It was all thrown in the bin of “Who cares?”. Imagine this. You live in a world where you have an eye color of your own and one from the color of your soulmates. Sounds simple, right? Not when everything gets complicated. Then you’re completely wrong.

 

” I have a peace sign in my eye, it represents the peace I long for the world to see.”

 

“Are you a witch?”, ” Are you vitamin deficient?”. A few of the questions I’ve been asked, not only by a health professional but the ultimately curious. No, I say, but I do have mood rings for eyes. A week after I was born my eyes decided that I was gonna be different…They decided that the soul I hold is worth looking into. They say the eyes are the window to the soul and I believe that. I have a peace sign in my eye, it represents the peace I long for the world to see. I do believe that this genetic abnormality offers me a view that many might not be able to see. I have also been told that the light in my eyes makes other’s see light in things bigger than themselves. Whether this is because I am personally more aware or because I make other’s more aware, I am not sure. What I do know is, I have a spirit many haven’t come across before, and whether the uniqueness of my eyes or the uniqueness of my soul is to blame, I cannot be sure. What I do know. All that meet me, can never forget me.

“Something about your 30’s just makes you finally truly embrace your whole self. Now I let the freak flag fly”

I was born with congenital cataracts which caused me to have a lazy eye. I had a million surgeries, so it’s corrected but I was never really comfortable with my eyes. They were weird. I hid behind glasses for years. Something about your 30’s just makes you finally truly embrace your whole self. Now I let the freak flag fly.

“The worst being called the daughter of the devil. My Dad was wonderful at handling it. He simply told me that he was the devil & anyone who called me that in a negative way, would surely be punished & sent to hell”

 

I was born with Heterochomia. Left eye, light blue with dark blue/gray outer border. Right, green with a spot of brown & an outer gray/blue ring. As a kid, I was teased relentlessly. The worst being called the daughter of the devil. My Dad was wonderful at handling it. He simply told me that he was the devil & anyone who called me that in a negative way, would surely be punished & sent to hell. He instructed me to state, proudly, “why YESSSSSSS, I am his daughter!”I got so good of convincing my harassers of this that by high school, everyone was truly afraid to say anything to me!
As I got older, I loved having two different colored eyes. It’s a great conversation starter! And, people compliment me on them now, because they are unique.
I’m so glad to be able to connect with others who have the same condition. Thank you so much for starting the Heterochomia Project!

 

“I will be 65 soon, and I never even heard of Heterochromia. Never really questioned why my eyes are the way they are”

I will be 65 soon, and I never even heard of Heterochromia until very recently!  I have Central Heterochromia,  but never really questioned why my eyes are the way they are.  I thought they might be considered hazel, but I didn’t really know, or even think about it much.

 

“As a child, I was really insecure and I didn’t look people in the eyes”

As a child, I was really insecure and I didn’t look people in the eyes. I was very sensitive and eyes are the mirror of the soul for me. I didn’t want the world to see me. Some new people around me, noticed months later that I had different eyes. And then I had to look at them, so they could see my eyes better. I always felt uncomfortable in that moments. After years of hiding myself behind a lot of invisible masks, someone said to me: “Your left eye is your mask, and your right eye is who you are.” And that is true. Now I dare to be different: I accept and love myself for who I am.

“Being born with one blue and one green eye is something I am quite used to, I often forget about it until people notice it. Little did I know that I would pass it onto my daughter

Apparently, I started the genetic line since both my parents have brown and hazel eyes, brother got brown eyes. Being born with one blue and one green eye is something I am quite used to, I often forget about it until people notice it. Little did I know that I would pass it onto my daughter as well who is now 19.

“Do you see blue with your eye and green with your other eye? And then I ask them if they see brown with both eyes…”

They always ask me if I see different colors with my eyes…

-Do you see blue with your eye and green with your other eye? And then I ask them if they see brown with both eyes…