Red head people(ginger heads)....?

Sherminato

Where does the ginger hair come from?...is it only from ireland or can other europeans have it,spaniards,italians,british you get the point.

Also,if an american has ginger hair could we assume they have irish ancestors?

Answer
red hair occurs naturally on approximately 1â2% of the human population.[1] It occurs more frequently (2â6%) in people of northern or western European ancestry, and less frequently in other populations. Red hair appears in people with two copies of a recessive gene on chromosome 16 which causes a mutation in the MC1R protein.
Red hair varies from a deep burgundy through burnt orange to bright copper. It is characterized by high levels of the reddish pigment pheomelanin and relatively low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin. The term redhead (originally redd hede) has been in use since at least 1510.[2] It is associated with fair skin color, lighter eye colors (gray, blue, green, and hazel), freckles, and sensitivity to ultraviolet light.[3]
Cultural reactions have varied from ridicule to admiration; many common stereotypes exist regarding redheads and they are often portrayed as fiery-tempered.

In fact the USA, has the most red heads. It is estimated that 2â6% of the population has red hair. This would give the U.S. the largest population of redheads in the world, at 6 to 18 million, compared to approximately 650,000 in Scotland and 420,000 in Ireland.

The pigment pheomelanin gives red hair its distinctive color. Red hair has far more of the pigment pheomelanin than it has of the dark pigment eumelanin. So the more pigment pheomelanin the brighter your hair is.

Origins
Red hair is the rarest natural hair color in humans. The non-tanning skin associated with red hair may have been advantageous in far-northern climates where sunlight is scarce. Studies by Bodmer and Cavalli-Sforza (1976) hypothesized that lighter skin pigmentation prevents rickets in colder climates by encouraging higher levels of Vitamin D production and also allows the individual to retain heat better than someone with darker skin.[30] In 2000, Harding et al. concluded that red hair was not the result of positive selection and instead proposed that it occurs because of a lack of negative selection. In Africa, for example, red hair is selected against because high levels of sun would be harmful to untanned skin. However, in Northern Europe this does not happen, so redheads come about through genetic drift.[27]
Estimates on the original occurrence of the currently active gene for red hair vary from 20,000 to 100,000 years ago.[31][32]
A DNA study has concluded that some Neanderthals also had red hair, although the mutation responsible for this differs from that which causes red hair in modern humans.[33]

Red hair is a gene basically. It is in your DNA. You inherit it, it doesn't come from a particular place. Many think Scots or Irish are where you find the most red heads, but in fact it is the USA.

All from Wiki...Plus my brain...And other sites...Plus I saw some of it in a book. So I got it from various things.

If you have natural red hair, does that mean you carry the redhead gene?

~*~Lacey~*

If your hair is red, are you more likely to have a kid with red hair than someone who also carries the gene, but doesn't have red hair??

Answer
Red hair (also referred to as titian or ginger hair) varies from a deep orange-red through burnt orange to bright copper. It is characterized by high levels of the reddish pigment pheomelanin and relatively low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin. People with red hair are often referred to as redheads or gingers.

Approximately 1% to 2% of the human population has red hair. It occurs more frequently (between 2% and 6% of the population) in northern and western Europeans, and their descendants, and at lower frequencies throughout other parts of the world.

Red hair appears in people with two copies of a recessive gene on chromosome 16 which causes a mutation in the MC1R protein. This means that :-

(a) If you are red hair and married a person with red hair. You will have kids with red hair only.

(b) If you are red hair and marries a person with no red hair and do not carry the genes for red hair. All your kids will not have red hair.

(c) If you are red hair and marries a person with no red hair but they carry the genes for red hair. You might get some kids with red hair and some without red hair.

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RED HAIR QUESTION?! how to get bright red....?

lalalala.

I have dark brown hair, with bleached strands through which have been dyed red by my hairdresser which have gone like bright red. n the rest WAS all a dark brown, dark, dark red.

I have since then thrown over red dyes to get more red, which has gone perfectly fine!



If i bleach my own hair, myself only bits of it, and get a red hair dye will it be ok? Not go ginger or yellow or green.

Answer
Red dye over bleached hair can get really orange-y, so definitely let your stylist do the red part. You also want to be careful of what's in your bleach product and your stylist's dyes. Even though you rinse your hair really well, the hair shaft can still be coated in color. If the product you use is incompatible with your stylist's product, it could fry your hair.

If you're looking for an auburn kind of red, you might like the results you get using body art quality henna. Make sure you find BAQ, though, because any lesser quality could potentially react to the bleaching process just as badly as traditional dyes.

how can i redden ash blond hair naturally?

little_g0l

My hair is an ashy blonde. I've dyed it before and it held onto the red colour really well. Does anyone know of a shampoo or natural way of bringing out red highlights in hair? I look so much better with red or gold tones that they blue ash tone I have naturally but I don't want to dye it or use henna.

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Tea! You can make hair rinses out of tea that will not only nourish your hair, but provide a little bit of color as well. Find as many red-colored herbs or fruit+herb mixtures that you can. Raspberry tea, cherry tea, and cranberry tea all yield a reddish color. You could also use juices, but they won't nourish the hair, they'll probably make the hair sticky. Make the tea very strong and put it in a pitcher to cool. After you've rinsed out your conditioner and turned off your water, pour the rinse over your hair. You likely won't have to wash it out. Try this when you have some time to kill, that way you'll know how your hair will react (if it will be sticky, if the tea will need to be rinsed out of the hair afterward, etc.). I know that Celestial Seasonings Raspberry Zinger tea is very red.

You could also try dark red beer. Beer is wonderful for the hair because it contains hops, which naturally softens hair and skin.

Both tea and beer (but beer to a greater extent) will provide your hair with luster and shine. It's even better if you use them cold right after a warm shower; the blast of coldness will cause the hair shaft to harden much more quickly than it would on its own, increasing the shine and manageability of your hair. It may take a couple of rinses and trial and error before you see results in color, though.

Medium roast coffee will also bring out depth in your hair, and the caffeine will stimulate your scalp, which will increase the circulation of blood to the surface of the skin, aiding in hair growth and helping the scalp naturally distribute oils to the rest of the hair shaft, which would make your hair shiny. Everything we put on our skin contains chemicals that get absorbed into our bloodstream, but a very minimal amount of caffeine would actually make it in. Afterward, you could use the coffee grounds to make a body scrub for yourself. You could do the same thing with any tea leaves you have left-over -- I mix little concoctions of loose tea leaves, herbs, and coffee grounds all the time. Sorry, I know that's irrelevant to your question, but, hey, beauty can be cheap. Really cheap. So I thought I'd throw that in there.

Good luck! And, remember, if you don't see results right away, give it a little bit of time. Our eyes rarely pick up on slight differences in color. You might have to take pictures of your hair to get an objective idea of whether your rinses are working; that way, you'll know which teas to keep using and which ones to stop buying. If you find that any of these darken your hair too much for your liking, you can use chamomile tea with a squirt of lemon to lighten the hair. You can also make nourishing hair masks out of honey that will lighten hair as well.

This is a bit scattered, I know. I'm in a bit of a hurry.

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