Be a friend of Ireland Calling Red hair is caused by V60L allele – ‘the ginger gene’. Some experts say it developed up to 50,000 years ago when humans left Africa and arrived in Europe. The days were shorter and colder which meant that people had less time in the sun and absorbed less Vitamin D.

Contrary to what many people assume, redheads did not originate in Scandinavia, Scotland or Ireland, but in central Asia. Their coloring is due to a mutation in the MC1R gene that fails to produce sun-protective, skin-darkening eumelanin and instead causes pale skin, freckles and red hair.

FAQs and Facts about Red Hair. A: Contrary to popular opinion, red hair did not originate in Scotland, Ireland or Scandinavia, but in central Asia.

Going grey may be inevitable for most people as they get older, but not for redheads. When our red hair follicles stop producing its gingerish pigment, we instead fade from red through a glorious spectrum of faded copper to rosy-blonde colours, through to silvery-white.

The title of rarest hair color/eye color combination belongs to red-haired folks with blue eyes. According to Medical Daily, both blue eyes and red hair are recessive traits, so the likelihood of both traits appearing together is actually pretty slim.

Redheads Shun the Dentist According to research published in the Journal of the American Dental Association, people with red hair tend to have more dental-office phobias because of their resistance to pain blockers like Novocain. Therefore, they’re twice as likely to skip the dentist altogether.

Most redheads have pink undertones in the skin which can appear ruddy. This can be cancelled out with yellow-based concealer or foundation. In the summer, keep it sheer with tinted moisturizer in a slightly warmer shade to emphasize the color of your freckles.

Well, I have! As the only redheaded child in the family, I always seemed to get sick the most. My mother told me when she was much younger she was told by a redhead (who was always sick with something) that redheads have weaker immune systems. Being a redhead is rare; it’s a mutation of the MC1R gene.

The Red hair mutation allows sunlight to reach the skin. So its likely that early curly haired Europeans adapted to low light condition that turned bushy curly hair the color red. Do Redheads Need Less Vitamin D?

In order to be a redhead, a baby needs two copies of the red hair gene (a mutation of the MC1R gene) because it is recessive. This means if neither parent is ginger, they both need to carry the gene and pass it on — and even then they will have just a 25% chance of the child turning out to be a redhead.

Women who choose to wear a very red hair are distinguished by their audacity. The red is the sign of courage, but also of sensuality. Dazzling color par excellence, the red is the color of passion and blood. This shade is energetic and when a person likes red she must have a strong personality.

Columnist suggests attraction to redheads may be because they are a genetic rarity. The universe makes only so many redheads, and so it makes an impression when a man is beauty-napalmed by one. I have had a lifelong attraction to redheads: their alabaster skin, constellations of freckles, and combustible temperaments.

REDHEADS are becoming rarer and could be extinct in 100 years, according to genetic scientists. Some experts say that redheads could be gone as early as 2060, but others say the gene can be dormant for generations before returning. …

A Tukey test was applied to this data showing that all three hair colors differed significantly from each other. Brunette was clearly the hair color perceived as most attractive, with blonde as the second most attractive, and red as the least attractive.

While men were 1.4 times more likely than women to wish their partner had a different eye color, both genders favored the color blue. Surprisingly, green, brown, and hazel were more preferred on a partner than gray eyes – the color respondents considered the most attractive.

Women rated the female models with brown hair as most attractive, followed by women with blond hair. Both men and women rated the female models with red hair as the least attractive. But the rarity of the hair color had no effect on its perceived attractiveness.

For women, 5ft 5in was the most right-swiped height while 5ft 3in and 5ft 7in came second and third place. According to the Office of National Statistics, the average height of a man in the UK is 5ft 9in ( (175.3cm) and a woman is 5ft 3in (161.6cm) – both of which don’t match the ‘most attractive’ heights.

Well, fellas, worry no more, because a new study has revealed 5ft 8in is the ideal height for a man. Dating app Badoo has revealed the most right-swiped heights based on their users aged 18 to 30.

Characteristic features of the female “sexy face” in comparison to the “unsexy face”:

• Suntanned skin.
• Narrower facial shape.
• Less fat.
• Fuller lips.
• Slightly bigger distance of eyes.
• Darker, narrower eye brows.
• More, longer and darker lashes.
• Higher cheek bones.

5′9 is certainly taller than average for a girl, but I wouldn’t call it “tall.” 5′9 is about the minimum height to be a fashion model for a girl. Tall Club International sets the minimum cutoff at 5′10 for a girl.

A woman who is 5′10″ is considered tall. The average height of women in North America and Britain is 5′ 4 1/2″. Tall women are certainly not common in North America.