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Welcome to Red and Proud’s weekly bulletin, carrying the Auburn message around the globe.
If you are a Redhead in the news, or have a story you feel should be highlighted on the site, let us know click here
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Week ending 5th April 2008
1.4.08
Bianca's Back!
Bianca, aka top Redhead Patsy Palmer, has returned to Albert Square in Eastenders. Bianca hs returned to the Square for Frank Butcher's funeral - her first visit back since her tearful departure in September 1999. Red and Proud welcome Patsy back to Soap Stardom!
We Are The Rarest - It's Official!
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We Redheads make up 3% of the world's population , and that makes Red hair the rarest natural hair colour. "There is not one particular group of people historically associated with red hair," said Chad Israelson, a history professor at Rochester Community and Technical College. "Because of migration and invasion patterns, red hair was widely dispersed among northern and western European countries."That being said, Israelson added, there seems to be a preponderance of red hair in the British Isles.
Though commonly thought of in the United States as being an Irish trait, many redheads -- particularly those in Minnesota -- attribute their hair color to German, Scandinavian or English heritage.
Because the gene for red hair is recessive, having a red-headed child requires both parents to pass along a mutated version of the MC1R gene. Genetic carriers, therefore, aren't necessarily redheads, making generational gaps fairly common. Indeed, numerous reports and rumors have circulated declaring redheads a dying breed. Researchers generally agree, however, that while red hair may become increasingly rare because of intermingling among varying ethnic populations, the gene itself isn't going anywhere.
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Week ending 23rd September2007 |
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Are we dying out?? Genetic scientists warn that redheads are a dying breed; soon they will become extinct in the next 100 years. National Geographic magazine reports that less than two per cent of the world’s population has the natural red hair.
But the future doesn’t look bright for the redheads according to the National Geographic article. |
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Red hair was created by a genetic mutation in northern Europe some thousands of years ago. The article reports that the gene had the beneficial effect of increasing the body’s ability to cope with sunlight; it helped make vitamin D from Sunlight. But now because of world wide interactions, the today’s carriers are more prone to skin cancer and are more sensitive to heat and cold related pain.
Because of smaller percentage of redheads present in the population, it has reduced the chances considerably for the redheads to get redhead partner, so their offspring may or may not be a redhead. The redhead can produce a baby from a single redhead parent; the chances become high when both the parents are redhead however.
Some experts warn redheads could be gone as early 2060, but others say the gene can be dormant in the reproductive system for generations before returning.
It is too early to predict redhead extinction, more research and analysis needs to be done if that is the case.
We here at Red & Proud say "Don't Panic!" We Redheads are a hardy bunch - we will survive! |
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Week ending 16th September |
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Red Alex Wins In Paris
Alex McLeish led Scotland to perhaps their best ever result with a 1-0 win against France in Paris on Wednesday night. The result, which followed a victory against Les Blues at Hampden earlier in the group, leaves the Scots at the top of the group with a great chance of qualification for Euro 2008. Alex McLeish red and proud profile |
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Week ending 9th September |
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Red Film Katie-Lee Webster receives a special Red and Proud mention for her great head of hair. She's only ten weeks old, yet sports a fantastic Elvis style red barnet. Her mother, Stephanie, says that Katie-Lee has already become a local celebrity, and is always being stopped in the street to have her hair examined by curious locals. We at Red and Proud salute little Katie-Lee. |
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