New Opaline eyes - recessives

[Kayla Woodrunner]

Looking at your questions, BreeAnn, I think you are not looking at release dates. A lot of people don't but it's important when looking at new traits or even fairly new traits like Galaxy Star. Sorry this is long-winded but I tend to be that way and it's a good teaching opportunity as many people forget to look at dates.

Opaline was released with the Halloween cats as no new trait releases during the summer.
I believe the release date when people could first get Halloweenn cats was October 10, 2016.
Fabao discovered the Opaline on 12/6/2016.
This chart is the discovery chart so that kittybox was birthed on 12/6/2016
The age of the dad's parents are ages 160 days and 168 days.

I often use this site to do calendar count backs
https://www.timeanddate.com/date/dateadd.html
Subtracting 160 days from 12/6/2016 gives us the birthdate of the dad Nugget as 6/29/2016. Mom's is earlier.
Therefore Opaline could not come from Kurt the dad because his parent's have no possibility of coming from a Halloween starter.
Also Kurt cannot hide anything more recessive than Galaxy Star becasue in June 2016 nothing was more recessive than Galaxy Star so it is an automatic pure. The one eye known to be recessive to Galaxy Star was discovered in November 2016 with the Halloween release so it is not in play.

Therefore
Mom Ambra, Halloween Starter, gen evergreen shown
Dad Kurt, Galaxy Star shown and hid
Baby Opaline shown proving Opaline is Mom's hid and that it is dominant to Galaxy Star.

We have proven Mom's hid is Opaline

Next chart
Mom Ambra, Hallowee Starter, gen evergreen shown, Opaline hid
Dad Remy Exotic Journey shown
Baby shows Exotic Journey. Baby cannot hide genesis evergeen so therefore must hide Opaline. Therefore Opaline is recessive to Exotic Journey.

So Opaline has to be between Exotic Journey and Galaxy Star. The testing range is

proven recessive to Exotic Journey
Galaxy Burst
proven dominant to Galaxy Star

Only needs to be tested against Galaxy Burst to be placed

Dates when things are introduced are a factor when placing new traits.