OH NO! Redheads in danger

[xoxoxoBruce]

Gingers extinct in 100 years, say scientists.

REDHEADS are becoming rarer and could be extinct in 100 years, according to genetic scientists.

The current National Geographic magazine reports that less than two per cent of the world's population has natural red hair, created by a mutation in northern Europe thousands of years ago.

Global intermingling, which broadens the availability of possible partners, has reduced the chances of redheads meeting and producing little redheads of their own.

It takes only one red-haired parent to produce ginger-headed babies, but two redheads obviously create a much stronger possibility.

If the gingers really want to save themselves they should move to Scotland.

An estimated 40 per cent of Scots carry the red gene and 13 per cent actually have red hair.

Some experts say that redheads could be gone as early as 2060, but others say the gene can be dormant for generations before returning.

National Geographic says the gene at first had the beneficial effect of increasing the body's ability to make vitamin D from sunlight.

However, today's carriers are more prone to skin cancer and have a higher sensitivity to heat and cold-related pain.

Than God for Clairol.

[smurfalicious]

I put that article on my boss's desk yesterday morning.

I think he took it the wrong way (as in I was wishfully thinking).

[SteveDallas]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Than God for Clairol.

What can we do to avert this horrible crisis? Which of our presidential candidates will have the courage to run on a "redhead preservation" platform??

[Shawnee123]

It must be true. My younger brother (dark hair) and his wife (the most beautiful red hair with big curls, you've ever seen) have one girl with dark hair, two with blonde.

But we have a lot of redheads in our department. They must be drawn to student services.

[LabRat]

Lessee...husband, daughter, at one point 3 other kids in daughters daycare room (only 2 more now, one moved),a best friend, 2/3 of best friends kids, boss, boss's wife, 1/2 of boss's kids....

Hmm. I was just thinking recently that they were increasing in occurance. Or maybe I'm naturally drawn to them.

[jester]

OMG, what am i gonna do....this just isn't right

(i would love to go to scotland, don't know if i would want to have another kid at my age, but what the hey, wouldn't hurt to try )

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by LabRat

...Hmm. I was just thinking recently that they were increasing in occurance. Or maybe I'm naturally drawn to them.

Are you one of those "ginger magnets"?