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From: "Lona Boudreaux" <>
Subject: Re: [PaCambri] Re: Red hair gene Stewart line
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 07:34:56 -0600
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Before the gray took over I had, what my mother called, strawberry blonde
hair. Also, freckles. This all came from my paternal grandmother's side of
the family. We were told that one of her aunts from Wales had red hair.
Grandma was first generation American - her father came to America from
England and her mother from Wales. My husband, before the gray, had very
black hair and dark brown eyes. So, our son has brown eyes and brown hair.
Our youngest granddaughter has the brown eyes and hair but her older sister
has blonde hair and blue eyes. Our daughter-in-law has brown hair and blue
eyes. I wonder if the red hair gene is now gone or could it appear
somewhere down the road? I sure hated those freckles and red hair when I
was growing up here in Texas. Wanted to look like everyone else. Now, I
wish I had some of that natural color back. :) Guess we are never
staisfied.

Lona Laughlin Boudreaux
Houston, Tx
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Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 11:44 AM
Subject: [PaCambri] Re: Stewart line


Dear Sonya,
Do you have any connections to the Stewarts buried in East Ridge
Cemetery? Although it is "across the border" in Burnside Township in
Clearfield County, it collects burials from the Northern Cambria Area, and
some from Indiana. [Access on Clearfield County site.] I have been trying to
find the history/genealogy of some who lived in Hastings at one time, and
supposedly owned a hotel there.
One, Charles Stuart/Stewart, was a Scottish Emigrant, married a cousin.
I don't think he had any relatives in America.
Many Scots emigrated in the 1870 to 1890s as miners. There was a great
demand for miners who spoke English and were experienced in opening new
mines. Your relatives might be in this group. They would not have to be
miners, as many became merchants of various sorts.
Since I read Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover books, I have researched
red hair. Red hair is a series of recessive genes that only appear with any
frequency in a small, inbred population. It is most frequent in Scotland
and Ireland, and these two populations have intermingled. This does not
mean it cannot appear in just a few people in the family--it can appear
anywhere the recessive gene is present in both partners. But for large
numbers of people, or entire families,, to have red hair, there has to be a
large number of people with the recessive gene.
One area that must have such genes is the area served by the Glendale
School District in Northern Cambria and Southern Clearfield around Coalport.
I taught there, and I would have probably have one redhead per class at
least. This is not usual, in my experience.
One very unusual occurrence of red hair is in the Gobi Desert in China.
There are burials there that have mummified, and the burials often have red
hair and share genetic traits with the ancestors of the people of Scotland.
The current theory is they were shepherds who gradually moved East as far as
the steeps into China. Who knows? This has been on Discovery or A & E on
Cable or the Dish.
Marilyn

In a message dated 1/29/2005 9:31:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, Sonya Stewart
<> writes:

>I am a Stewart too. From Indiana County, although a
>lot of relatives are from Cambria. My grandfather had
>red hair. You wanna compare notes??? My line goes
>back to John, Levi and Archibald and it is a BRICK
>WALL!
>
>Sonya Stewart
>
>

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