Red Hair Gene

A year or so ago I tried to do research on the genetics of red hair. Don't ask why; I don't remember. There were no books, no results on a Google search, nothing. Apparently some real scientists were doing some first hand research at about the same time, and their findings are reported by the Seattle Times here.

Things I found interesting were:

The gene for red hair was only recently discovered, is recessive (brown hair being the most dominant) and can be a mutation of the hair color gene.

Red hair occurs all over the world, in Asians, Africans, Europeans... not only the Irish or the German, with whom red hair is most commonly associated.

4% of the billions of people alive have red hair.

Marrying someone because they have red hair does not make cute red-headed children all that likely. Oh well.

Thanks to YLCF for the link. They also have an entire page dedicated to red hair and one for Anne of Green Gables (who is, of course, a redhead).

To God be all glory.