My husband was a strawberry blond - now mostly white (solid German ancestry). Our two children, though, were standout redheads! And let me tell you, when I was out with them, people were always coming up to me to rave and talk about redheads! A lady in my daughter's preschool had redheaded twin girls - she said it was all but impossible go shopping with them in tow! I knew exactly what she meant! Interestingly enough, my former neighbor who was an RN told me that redheads were different in a lot of ways - one, that they bled more than other people. I believe she mentioned redheads shouldn't use the drug Lupron which came up due to discussion concerning uterine fibroids. This from google search page:(BTW I myself have two red haired sons and given what I am about to add below, it may explain a lot about their behaviour).
- “Classic anesthesia literature has documented that redheads require more anesthesia,” she says. “In addition, there is recent evidence that redheads are more tolerant to local anesthetics and more sensitive to opioids.” Apr 12, 2018
- Red hair is a recessive gene that occurs in about 2 percent of the world's population. ... Redheads need 20 percent more anesthesia than people with other hair colors. Jul 16, 2015
- Being a redhead is rare; it's a mutation of the MC1R gene. May 2, 2018
Whoopsie!BTW: Your post has to some extent pre-empted what I was going to say in the Alton Towers thread.
Your contributions in addition to Laura's work is so extremely fascinating although it does tend to make my head spin! The history, genetics, bloodlines - all the many factors that intersect with each other, up and to and including our current situation with the scamdemic and its genetic engineering mandate upon all of humanity. Well, we were promised a show! And thanks for your input!
p.s. My grandfather/Pop always use to say the following to me many, many times; "Redhead gingerbread - 5 cents a cabbage head!" Since my hair was auburn, I mostly avoided the Carrot Top tease.