To quote South Park's Eric Cartman:
"We gingers are proud people! We are the noble descendants of great Americans like Ron Howard, and ...others! We will not be discriminated against any longer, for we are a great race! Gingers are the chosen people! The chosen race! And we must view the rest of the world as the lowlife, dark-skinned rats that they are!
This story is at least two years old and was debunked.
I guess that means there won’t be anymore fire in beds?
The age old question, Ginger or Mary Ann? I prefer Mary Ann, anyway.
That was a classic episode. Thanks for the morning chuckle.
Do these “genetic scientists” get to demand that they see proof positive that the girls really are redheads?
Do they get to do an inspection?
Hmmmm.... sounds like my next occupation!
Hey, baby, trust me. I’m a scientist...
This story is complete BS... with only 1 parent needing to have the gene to produce a red headed child, there is ZERO chance that red heads will become extinct.
The author is an idiot!
FIRST, although many inhabitants of the British Isles are red-headed, red-headedness comes from a genetic mutation which has occurred many times. Red-headedness was once a *Jewish* stereotype! This stereotype has been purposely forgotten because of its close association with anti-semitism, but close family friends of ours were very middle-eastern-looking (deeply olive skin, etc.) Jewish people with gloriously bright red hair. Even black people can have red hair, freckles, etc.
Famous non-Northern European red-heads:
Napoleon Bonaparte, Cleopatra, Christopher Columbus, King David of Israel-Judea, Bette Midler, Ramses II, Malcom X. Judas and Salome were also said to have red hair, but it’s hard to know whether this legend is the result of anti-semitic stereotyping, or the cause of it. (IOW, was Judas stereotyped as having red hair, because he was an archetypical Jew (even his name simply means “Jew”), or does the stereotype exist to link associate all Jews with Judas?)
(Of course, America could almost be said to be a ginger conspiracy too: Columbus, Washington, Jefferson and many other founding fathers and early presidents were all red-heads.)
Since ginger is a recessive trait that experiences heavy interference from other genes, you don’t even need “day-walker” parents to have a ginger kid.
That could cause some big problems in a marriage if the mailman has red hair.
They won’t be gone, not as long as you can buy red hair in a bottle (as many pictured above have done).
(Real true redheads are not usually great lookers.)
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
As a redhead/ginger, I was surprised our son (meaning me and my husband’s son, not yours, poster - LOL) wasn’t born with bright red hair like mine. But I’m also relieved. Redheads run one of two ways in my opinion: hot or not. There’s generally no in-between with regards to appearance. (Except me, of course, Mrs. Mediocre - a title I’m very happy with!) And kids can be so cruel - especially to redheads. So I was relieved that he’ll have one less thing to be teased about as he gets older. His hair (see my profile for a pic) is kind of strawberry blonde. Whew.
I’m going against the Redhead Creed by saying this, but I think lots of redheads are kind of scary looking. And I think for “real” gingers...freckles, pale skin, brilliant orangey hair....it’s a tough look to pull off - especially for boys.
I am a natural redhead and I’ve got the empty Clairol box to prove it.
Genes do not go dormant. They are simply recessive and will surely manifest themselves whenever they meet up with other genes which do not dominate them.
The only way they will be totally extinct would be to have ethnic cleansing of everyone with a “red haired” gene.
ping. Cartman’s evil plan is working!