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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AFAIK, the following are all natural and hot:
Nicole Kidman
Lindsay Lohan (pre-skank she was hot)
Molly Ringwald (possibly - some say she’s really a brunette or at least auburn)
Alicia Witt
Alyson Hannigan
Angie Everhart
Laura Prepon (I think she’s a natural redhead)
Julianne Moore
>> Ok, who does not belong in this group? <<
Telly Savalas?
“Day walker”???
What did he do before the Ronald McDonald gig?
Alyson Hannigan is definitely sometimes much more red-haired than others.
I think her natural color is auburn, which I qualify as “red” for all intents and purposes.
Bozo, you forgot Bozo...
I am a natural redhead and I’ve got the empty Clairol box to prove it.
Since I am a granny, I can’t speak to the charge that they are hot. Half of them I never heard of but I will agree that Julianne Moore is a truly beautiful woman.
"One of these things is not like the others...one of these things is not the same..."
Actually, I’ve heard before of connecting each character from Gilligan’s Island with a deadly sin. IIRC, Gilligan was Sloth.
Sign me up for whatever Mary Ann represented. Actually, the wonderful way she aged might be explained by a devilish deal....
Okay, someone please post a picture of Peter Parker’s wife.
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.
Lady Godiva
Not a natural redhead, I believe.
She was blonde in “Jumanji” so I assume she is a blonde.
ping. Cartman’s evil plan is working!
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