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Saturday, June 23, 2012

A Dying Breed?

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Every once in a while I see an article proclaiming that in a few generations there won't be any more redheads.  That bothers me.  Although none of my kids are redheads, and so far at least, none of the grandkids, we've always had redheads in my family.  Actually we've had them on both sides.  Today I think that my nephew is the only one.

My grandfather had red hair and blue eyes.  My father, sister and uncle (my mother's brother) all had brown eyes with red hair.  I think that my nephew's eyes are grey.

There are redheads I know without any redheaded children, and there are families with redheaded kids who inherited their striking color from grandparents or even more distant generations.

That redhead personality is a different story...
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4 comments:

  1. Jennifer in MamaLand24/6/12 06:16

    None in my family, but I was hoping I'd get some from the Irish side of my husband's family. ;-)
    But nope... 2 blondini (kind of - one's faded to brown as he's aged), 2 chum, 0 gingy. ;-)
    But we do have 3 with blue eyes...

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  2. Batya24/6/12 06:25

    Considering that my husband and I both have brown eyes, and the last light ones on my side were my grandfather's, we never expected but brown. 3/5 light eyes; 2 light grey/green/blueish and one olie green.

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  3. Connie28/6/12 14:13

    So funny you should post this now. When I see you in New York in a few weeks, remind me to tell you the best family red head story your father told me (about his red hair and my mother's).

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  4. Batya28/6/12 22:00

    Connie, I'm pretty sure I've heard that one, but have you heard the one about Spiegelman blue eyes and Paul Newman?

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