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Posted by: lschillinger 07-Jan-2009, 11:55 AM

Recently I heard something that was very surprising to me and I was even more surprised that it disturbed me!

I work with a woman who loves to "pick" on me for having red hair, and not in a joking haha way either. She has recently been on a kick about redheads being extinct by 2060. I decided to look it up today, (even though she prides herself on being the smartest person to walk the face of the earth) I found out this isn't the case at all. Red hair will continue on as it always has. So far, oddly enough, all of the women in my family have had a red head or two in every brood. I'm anxious for my day. I have married into a dark swiss/germanic family and according to the article below BOTH parents have to have the recessive gene.

http://science.howstuffworks.com/genetic-science/redhead-extinction.htm

Has anyone else heard of this and/or what do you think about this? Any other redheads out there? I think I need to form a support group LOL

Posted by: togo 07-Jan-2009, 12:04 PM

Always was curious why they called it red. Isn't it more of an orange color????

Posted by: lschillinger 07-Jan-2009, 12:15 PM

QUOTE (togo @ 07-Jan-2009, 01:04 PM)

Always was curious why they called it red. Isn't it more of an orange color????

Actually Togo, My hair isn't orange at all. Just like blondes and brunettes, there are all kinds of shades of "red"

Posted by: TheCarolinaScotsman 07-Jan-2009, 01:02 PM

I've heard the same about redheads....and blondes and blue eyes. I think some people are jealous. In my family, the red is our beards. No matter what hair color we have, our beards are red. My dad had black hair, my brother and I had brown, my sons are sandy blonde and my nephew is red headed. All of us have/had deep red beards.

BTW
Scientists have recently discovered a gene in Neanderthals that shows they had "ginger hair and blue eyes".

Posted by: marti64 07-Jan-2009, 03:26 PM

I have always heard that I have AUBURN hair. But I guess you could say that it is RED....some also refer to it as STRAWBERRY BLONDE.

Whatever it is, I have the RED-HAIRED GENE in my family.....
the Finnish/Scandinavian one!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Mailagnas maqqas Dunaidonas 08-Jan-2009, 11:02 AM

QUOTE (TheCarolinaScotsman @ 07-Jan-2009, 02:02 PM)

BTW
Scientists have recently discovered a gene in Neanderthals that shows they had "ginger hair and blue eyes".

Hmm . . . I wonder if this means us redheads have some Neanderthal ancestry?

Posted by: j Padraig moore 09-Jan-2009, 07:53 PM

I wonder what Dundee has to say about this?

Posted by: TheCarolinaScotsman 09-Jan-2009, 11:40 PM

QUOTE (Mailagnas maqqas Dunaidonas @ 08-Jan-2009, 01:02 PM)

Hmm . . . I wonder if this means us redheads have some Neanderthal ancestry?

If you ask my wife, the answer is yes.

Posted by: RedPop4 29-Jan-2009, 02:35 PM

Aye, present and accounted!
My younger son has darker hair, but in the sun, it's definitely red, not brown. He's proud of that, he got it from me

The "goatee" is getting too many grey strands......I noticed when I trimmed the other night.

Posted by: Patch 29-Jan-2009, 03:43 PM

Ginger hair skipped a generation in my family. My sister has red hair and a brother does too. My children all had brown/black hair and their children have red hair or close.

I do not care what branch of the tree my family goes back to.

Slàinte,

Patch

Posted by: MacFive 29-Jan-2009, 08:08 PM

I have read some of these studies; that Redhair is disappearing, blonde hair is disappearing and that blue eyes are disappearing.

Regarding the third item I have been thinking lately of establishing a political action committee to stop the discrimination of blue eyed peoples!

I think alot of these studies assume that as these people have children with non-red heads, and non-blue eyed people those attributes will disappear. Not to bring in a racial discussion here, but some of these studies also state that the caucasian race (anglo saxxon) is going to disappear from the earth in 200 years.

As Europe continues to allow immigrants of all different backgrounds come to Europe then eventually the caucasian race will become a minority; it is projected to happen in England in 2100.

Since these immigrant nations do not have any white populations, the caucasian race will eventually disappear as the immigrants can be continously replenished from their homelands whereas there may not be any 100% caucasian Christian nations left in a 100 years.

Posted by: marti64 29-Jan-2009, 08:14 PM

Blonde, blue eyes???? I like blue-eyes...... The Caucasian race seems to be in the minority anywhere you look now adays, doesn't it??
With so many immigrants into the United States alone.......
Is the Blue Eyed-Blone Haired American Race going the way of extinction?

Posted by: Madadh 30-Jan-2009, 05:58 AM

Two points:

Red Hair -- There will always be red hair in this world as long as there are good Celtic men to appreciate it and the fine folks at Clairol, L'Oreal, and Revlon.

Blue Eyes -- I happen to be the proud father of 4 all with blue eyes just like mine. My poor wife's eyes are brown and everyone always comments that it is amazing that all of our children have blue eyes. I just tell them that strong Irish Genes trump pooh levels anytime

Posted by: delainesunshine1978 30-Jan-2009, 07:38 PM

I cannot tell you how much I LOVE red hair! I always have. Too bad for me, I have dark brown, naturally anyways! It wont stop me, I dye my hair red!

I was 13 years old the first time dye touched my hair. I was wearing my best friends black Pearl Jam T Shirt when it happened. She had some red dye and started to put the stuff on my dark brown hair! I remember looking in the mirror and falling in love with the deep red that mixed in with my hair strands!

For years I have had one red color after another. True, nothing on my hair looks natural, and as much as I love my red it will never be as beautiful as a natural red head!

It the red heads ever disappear I would be very upset!

Posted by: maggiemahone1 30-Jan-2009, 08:33 PM

QUOTE (Madadh @ 30-Jan-2009, 06:58 AM)

I agree Madadh....only our hairdresser knows and profits to Lady Clairol and the rest of the hair dye industry! Hubby and I both have blue eyes and our 3 daughters have blue eyes. 4 out of 6 grandchildren have blue eyes, only 2 with brown. You gotta' love those Irish genes!!!

Posted by: Harlot 30-Jan-2009, 08:46 PM

My dad had blue eyes and so does my brother, daughter,grand-daughter and I had a son that blue eyes. Three have blonde ,me I have hazel eyes and brown hair

Posted by: flora 31-Jan-2009, 10:04 AM

My dad and brother had the dark brown eyes and black hair. My mother, sister and myself have amber eyes with green mixed in.

Have you noticed how popular red hair is though? It seems alot of different ethnics enjoy red now also.

Flora

Posted by: dundee 03-Feb-2009, 04:03 PM

QUOTE (j Padraig moore @ 09-Jan-2009, 08:53 PM)

I wonder what Dundee has to say about this?

Wonder no more... moore... j padraig that is!

Being a fancier of Redheads for as long as i can remember. I can say that life with out them would be unbearable. There is something so soft, and subtle... the red hair the white skin oh and and them green eyes can't forget the green eyes!!!

I say anyone who say's they will be gone by 2060 are merely jealous .. not everybody can be a redhead no not even with clairol! redhead is an attitude a spirit a spunk. So let us raise our glasses (or two or three) to the redheads of the world, they make living in this mortal plane tolerable!!!

( lets hear some glasses clinking out there)

oh by the way...none of the above refers to redheaded men!!

ps and if they did disappear by 2060 it wont bother me i plan to be long planted by then
also the world ends 12/21/2012 according the the mayans right

Posted by: Madadh 04-Feb-2009, 05:47 AM

No to the mayan's, 12/21/2012 is just the end of round one.

Dundee, Good to see you are still alive. I knew a thread on redheads would bring you out.

Posted by: GKing 06-Feb-2009, 01:05 PM

I back the seniments above . There heaven sent . The light skin to boot .
In my younger days before marrying when I was still non-domesticed

I dated several red heads . Today my wife is brunette w/ blue eyes . Still to this day when a red hed cruises by I can't help but take a glance . I tell my wife to blame it on the celtic genes . When I was a child till 8 yrs old I had red hair . My father had very dark brown "as do I now" my mother was blonde w/ blue eyes . I am not a "gene scholar" but I wonder that as people age if certain genes do not recess and others break through . I wonder that everytime I shave . As I mentioned I am now very dark headed ,but when I grow my beard out it has alot of red . Anyhoo , I raise my mug to the redheads .

Posted by: sisterknight 12-Feb-2009, 10:10 AM

yup reds run in the family!!! meself, my neice & gran...seems we redheads all have blue eyes too!! i get to say it the scots flowing throught these veins

campbells & mcgregors

Posted by: CelticQueenCelticLord 12-Feb-2009, 09:43 PM

Wow, extinct?? That would be a sad thing. There are many gorgeous heads of red hair around and blonde with blue eyes. My Dad is blonde/blue eyes, my Celtic Lord is also. When I get in the sun I also have red in my hair, be it my true color or or my bottle blonde. My hair is naturally med brown with tons of red in it and now, as I have gotten older I lighten it and low and behold, the red is still there. I love it.
As to being white, I am proud of it as anyone would be of their race but.......
I can see the race becoming extinct in a way. Living in New Mexico we ARE the minority. We are surrounded by the Hispanics, Native Americans and African Americans. They are all lovely people really. But, with mixed marriages here there are chocolate- (half black/white,) as my grandson calls himself. There are the Native American with black, white, hispanic so I can see it possibly happening. I do hope not tho.

Posted by: GaffneyGirl 13-Feb-2009, 01:07 PM

I was born with the strawberry blonde that faded to more of a dark blonde with red highlights. But my husband likes it when I "nudge" it back to red. He has the typical irish fair skin, dark hair, blue eyes. Our son ended up with my hair and my blue/green eyes.

Happy Valentine's Day All!

Posted by: lschillinger 13-Feb-2009, 01:56 PM

I am keeping my fingers crossed for someone to carry on the redhair gene! I'm hoping to have a least one that has red hair, but that may be to much to hope for! I keep joking with my husband telling him I need to start a red head breeding program and it would be purely for the sake of science! I don't think he believes me, but I'm still holding out for the flogging molly lead man Dave King