If Sorcha inherited her black hair and green eyes from her mother, doesn that contradict the story that the Fomhoire legacy of the Sevenwaters family comes down through Lord Colums blood line?
No. The black hair and green eyes do come from Sorcha’s mother, Niamh. Lord Colum’s line carries the Fomhoire streak, which comes with black hair, and with a very distinctive eye colour that manifests itself only in the seers of the family – eyes ‘colourless like clear water’. The only two people in the series with these eyes are Finbar and Sibeal. Even though Liadan is a seer of sorts, she has her mother’s eyes. Most of the brothers have grey eyes. Note: lots of Irish people have black hair! And lots have red hair like Ciaran’s and Fainne’s. Note again: we know very little about Sorcha’s mother – an untold story there.
