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From: "Terry" <>
Subject: Re: Scottish Tribes of Jewish Origin
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 12:36:22 -0700
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Just by way of information, my mother was firstly married to a person with
red hair, my mother has dark hair as did both of her parents, she had two
children from that marriage both with bright red hair!
Terry

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Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: Scottish Tribes of Jewish Origin


>
> In a message dated 11/17/2004 11:08:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, WJhonson
> writes:
>
> In a message dated 11/16/2004 5:01:46 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> writes:
>
>
> It seems that families with red haired, light skinned children, continue
> to
> have
> red haired, light skinned children.
>
>
> Sorry this makes no sense. If red hair was dominant, we'd have 70%
> redheads
> in the US instead of 5%. Instead, we have 70% brown-hair, which is the
> dominant color.
> The melting pot of the US, magnifies the dominant trait of the European
> dna
> pool. Sure if you have two parents who are BOTH red-headed you're going
> to
> get more red-headed children than normal, but it's false that they are
> all
> going to have red hair.
> Will
>
>
>
> OK Will, I am neither a trained geneticist nor an expert in genetics. I
> have noticed that certain colorations of the skin and hair are more
> prevalent in
> some families than in others. I don't know if the gene/genes concerned
> are
> dominant or recessive. All I can go by is what I have seen with my own
> eyes.
>
>
> Do you dispute that some families have more red haired, light skinned
> children, and that such families have done this for generations? OK, if
> you
> dispute that, do you dispute that families who have more very dark
> skinned, kinky
> haired children will likely continue to have such children, and have done
> so
> for generations?
>
> Sure, there are exceptions. There can always be a sport. But like
> normally
> produces like. Or do you dispute that also?
>
> I also stated that both my mother and father were dark haired. On the
> other
> hand some of the members of both my mother's and father's family are/were
> reddish haired, light skinned. That oughta skin the cat.
>
> Gordon Hale
> Grand Prairie, Texas
>
>
>


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