Or their genetics to produce red hair & blue eyes!
King David may have had red hair.
https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/39160/1-samuel-1612-describes-david-as-ruddy-does-that-mean-king-david-had-red-hair
Yes. It would be very easy now to do genetic tests on Scythian remains to confirm relationship, no speculation needed.
It seems one group of Scythians were the Medes who decided to conquer Babylon and settle down from the nomadic life.
“Or their genetics to produce red hair & blue eyes!”
I read an historical novel about Jews or a Jewish family that the Jewish author traced from the fall of Jerusalem to modern times. He consistently described the Jews in 70 AD as being blonde or red heads, with blue/green eyes.