Where did the idea that we Scottish are "powder kegs" come from?

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do you have red hair?
i have scottish/irish/english lineage and
we have a few red heads.
i have a brother who had a bad temper
and tried to kill me when i was 8.
but probably genetics that he has red hair
and is quite mad.

Natural Hair Color Is Brown Tinted With Red, Why?

Tina Bee [

My natural hair color is brown tinted with a deep red. I consider my hair to be the color of copper.

I'm black with native american descent, but I'm wondering if this means I'm mixed with something else.

What race usually has deep red hair? Do most black people have red tinted hair?
I'm NOT a descendent of ANY slave(s).

My family is from Belize, Central (Latin) America.

We migrated from Africa on our own.

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My hair is black tinted with brown, does this mean I'm mixed with something? Most American blacks who are the descendants of slaves will have some race mixture in their lineage, and this is why blacks come in every skin tone, eye color, and hair color under the sun.

It's quite silly to assume that all blacks are the same and have the same features - that's not even true of African blacks (non mixed), where you find many, who don't have dark-brown eye color and who do have smooth, silky natural hair. Their features can differ depending on the region in which they live. And, I've seen many blacks with a natural brown hair color, including my niece.

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Black people who are born with red hair?

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Melanie C

Is that kind of like being albino?

The only (about 3) black red heads I've met in my life say they're the only one in thier family with red hair and aren't sure if any of the ancestors were red heads.
And none of these people I've met are bi or multi racial.

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It's usually because a white person in their lineage has red hair, and the gene just happened to show up in them. Red hair is a recessive trait. So if a red-head has a child with somebody with black hair, the kids will most likely have black hair. But they carry a red-hair gene that they can pass on. It's unlikely that it will show up if their lineage keeps procreating with dark-haired people, but not impossible.

How can i figure out my lineage?

Bendee

As far as i know i'm german. but my last name is scottish. i'm 5' 8" with auburn hair(reddish brown), i have red facial hair. my mother has blonde hair and my dad has black hair(red facial hair also). my mothers maiden name is definitely german and my dads last name is Bender (scottish). But how can i find out forsure?

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Last names (and their debateable place of "origin"), and physical appearance are the top 2 things that have nothing to do with your lineage.
Illustration # 1... your last name might be Bender, but without actually researching your EXACT ancestors, it leaves open that it may be something else, originally. Among other possible scenarios.. what would happen, if you dug into records and find that your gr gr grandfathers birth name was Schultz, and he got the Bender name by adoption?
#2.. you are working with your mother's last name (maiden name) and dad's. By the next generation, there are 4 surnames; and 8 surnames by the next. Just arbitrarily say that each of the happen to be the immigrant? You are equally part of each of those. You need to know who they were.
myth # 3... names have nationality. No. They do not. Easiest illustration is the name Lee, which is found in both England, and in China.
Once you get past the myths, you get to finding DOCUMENTS (ie your birth cert is example of beginning document) that PROVE each of your exact ancestors, their exact details, and pull them together. "For sure" lies in the core of genealogy, which is documentation, based on the exact persons, until you reach the immigrant ancestors and where they ACTUALLY were born. No, it is not as hard as it sounds. There are far more records than you might think.
When you start seeing the ancestors by name (not surname), it will click. You will find each of their origins.
and will know for sure.
Browse through the resolved questions here for more leads on starting your research.
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almost forgot... I have some data on some Benders, for a buddy of my husbands. I can send that to you, if you would like to contact me through my profile.

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