Posted on 08/23/2007 5:38:41 AM PDT by Republican Red
REDHEADS are becoming rarer and could be extinct in 100 years, according to genetic scientists.
The current National Geographic magazine reports that less than two per cent of the world's population has natural red hair, created by a mutation in northern Europe thousands of years ago.
Global intermingling, which broadens the availability of possible partners, has reduced the chances of redheads meeting and producing little redheads of their own.
It takes only one red-haired parent to produce ginger-headed babies, but two redheads obviously create a much stronger possibility.
If the gingers really want to save themselves they should move to Scotland.
An estimated 40 per cent of Scots carry the red gene and 13 per cent actually have red hair.
Some experts say that redheads could be gone as early as 2060, but others say the gene can be dormant for generations before returning.
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Ah, a man after my own heart. I love when the warm weather returns and all the freckles come out on my lovely redheaded wife. I have even played connect the dots with them once, wouldn’t tell you what I drew!
What ever happen to the “Fabulous Farkle family”?
Mrs. Howell was pretty when she was young but she was really old when she was in Gilligan’s Island. She was even older than the character she played.
BTW, Mary Ann, not Ginger. When I was young and the show was originally on, there was just something about Mary Ann that was attractive. Probably had a lot to do with how she looked in those shorts. Something like “I bet she shags like a mink” was probably going through my adolescent mind.
Nah. If you had the rich Mrs. Howell you’d be stranded on an island in the middle of nowhere with no way to get to Hawaii. :-D
(((What ever happen to the “Fabulous Farkle family”?)))
HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!
They are actually clones I think and their brain waves are synchronous. A stylist told my daughter that she was probably the only true strawberry blond he had ever seen. In the sunlight, her hair is absolutely stunning.
Of course perfection is fleeting, as redheads age, their hair darkens, but properly done, it still beautiful. I have seen a few scary ones however and a "Frost and Tip " kit will help them so much.
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