[Dundee]

I truly hope that we don't loose our redheads. Please, redheads, go forth and multiply.

[Joya]

Whenever I see a redheaded child, I remark, LOOK at that BEAUTIFUL child. Redheads really are gorgeous.

My son is engaged to a redhead, so it will be interesting to see if we have that recessive gene on our side. I hope so.

[coop71]

I did my best, but our kid just doesn’t have the red gene like I do. Oh well...

[ReignOfError]

I have brown hair, but my sister is strawberry blonde and a couple of my cousins have positively flaming red hair. So I’ve got the gene.

So all I need is an introduction to Alicia Witt, and I can do my part to save the redheads.

[redheadtoo]

I've noticed that there seems to be fewer natural red heads. Although the artificial ones seem to be in abundance. I can’t quite understand what black and Hispanic women are doing when they walk around with a head full of orange hair. For those of you who want to identify real red hair from the fake, look for the freckles.

[nycgal]

My one year old great niece is a beautiful redhead with big blue eyes.

[JoanneSD]

I done my part as well.. I am a red head.. and a beautiful daughter who is a red head...it is still alive and well in my family tree as well...

[r9etb]

...the proportion of the world's population with natural red hair is down to 2per cent...

Meaningless without more context. The number of redheads could stay the same, or increase -- it could even double -- and the percentage might still go down.

Why? Well, because the places with the highest birth rates are inhabited by people whose hair color is almost always black.

some experts say the last redhead could be born by 2060.

Unless there's a huge increase in interracial breeding in places where redheads typically occur, there is unlikely to be anything like "redhead extinction" in 50 years. I mean, heck -- even to put it that way marks it as stupid.

[zeebee]

[Mr. Mojo]

I truly hope that we don't loose our redheads.

We won't if they stay loose ;)

[nmh]

I love strawberry blond redheads!

You never know. I know a couple who are both DARK HAIRED. Both their kids are RED HEADS! It turns out a GREAT Grandfather had RED hair. Granted it appears there are fewer but genes are a funny thing - things pop up when you least expect it.