Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Irish Red Hair Gathering


 

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  1. with freckles
    Thank G-d it's not a recessive

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  2. No Irish need apply:

    Redhead Day (Roodharigendag in Dutch) is the name of a Dutch summer festival. The two-day festival, which inaugurated in 2005, is a gathering of people with natural red hair.

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  3. "...and now, ladies," said the photographer, "it's time for the Ginger Snap."

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  4. Was it the Vikings who introduced red hair to Ireland?

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    1. Actually, I don't think so. Viking's where blonde. Mind you, I'm not 100% sure. But according to a documentary I saw "The Viking's", and there are many documentaries, they were blonde haired people.

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    2. No. Red hair is a gene that goes all the way back to Neanderthals who cross-bred with some Homo Sapiens.

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    3. Ya, lots of that happening in Scandinavia. Back in pre-written history, the prehistoric people who occupied upper Scandinavia wouldn’t let the mirgrating Germanic tribes (later Vikings) into the area until they intermarried.

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    4. Yes, the Danish Vikings. My mother, Danish, married my father, Irish, and they had three children; all redheads.

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