As someone who used to live near the border of Scotland: this is the TRUTH. I have only encountered a few redheads from two geographical areas, and one of them is Scotland (also even Germans were originally redheads, apparently).
Same with Swedes and other Scandinavians. My fiancé is of Swedish decent on his mom's side (I think he's third generation out) and while he has typical blond hair—albeit darker than what you see in the movies—he does get a WICKED red beard. Like, legit red. Dark red. Blood red. He can't fully grow it out because he also has the 'fuck that shit, I ain't growing' beard gene too. A full red Viking beard on him would be magnificent.
I have Celtic in my heritage and I was born with beautiful red hair. Not the gingery red, but the dark red. Sadly, as I got older my hair bleached out to blonde. So, that's an option too. Many blonde haired people may have been born legit redheads but the sun and other genes bleached out their hair. I guess that would make them carriers rather than showers.
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Date: 2015-03-03 05:50 am (UTC)Same with Swedes and other Scandinavians. My fiancé is of Swedish decent on his mom's side (I think he's third generation out) and while he has typical blond hair—albeit darker than what you see in the movies—he does get a WICKED red beard. Like, legit red. Dark red. Blood red. He can't fully grow it out because he also has the 'fuck that shit, I ain't growing' beard gene too. A full red Viking beard on him would be magnificent.
I have Celtic in my heritage and I was born with beautiful red hair. Not the gingery red, but the dark red. Sadly, as I got older my hair bleached out to blonde. So, that's an option too. Many blonde haired people may have been born legit redheads but the sun and other genes bleached out their hair. I guess that would make them carriers rather than showers.
OMG, I HOPE WE HAVE REDHEAD BABIES. :D