Dora et al I happened to watch a bit of the Scottish Open Badminton Championships on TV last night, and one of the matches featured a Swedish player who had bright carrot-red hair. I have also noticed that golden-red hair is not uncommon amongst the Germans, Boris Becker being one example Rhoda -----Original Message----- From: Dora Smith Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 8:08 PM To: iain.mcneill ; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Lanark] Viking red-haired roots I didn't know you all didn't realize how deeply the Norse penetrated into British Celtic territory. I thought red hair was being wrongly attributed to the Norse. The Norse are thought of has having red hair. Now, I frankly don't see a whole lot of red hair among photos of people in Scandinavia and Denmark; in fact, they're more likely to be medium to short and have dark skin and dark hair, that for some reason today is commonly associated with people of Scotch Irish stock in the eastern United States.

I never said NO Scandinavians had red hair! I said it doesn't appear to be a Scandinavian trait! As for Germany, to the south it was the Celtic heartland, and most of it was Celtic territory. Dora -----Original Message----- From: Rhoda Overson Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 6:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Lanark] Viking red-haired roots Dora et al I happened to watch a bit of the Scottish Open Badminton Championships on TV last night, and one of the matches featured a Swedish player who had bright carrot-red hair. I have also noticed that golden-red hair is not uncommon amongst the Germans, Boris Becker being one example Rhoda -----Original Message----- From: Dora Smith Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 8:08 PM To: iain.mcneill ; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Lanark] Viking red-haired roots I didn't know you all didn't realize how deeply the Norse penetrated into British Celtic territory. I thought red hair was being wrongly attributed to the Norse. The Norse are thought of has having red hair. Now, I frankly don't see a whole lot of red hair among photos of people in Scandinavia and Denmark; in fact, they're more likely to be medium to short and have dark skin and dark hair, that for some reason today is commonly associated with people of Scotch Irish stock in the eastern United States. ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as [email protected] You may contact the List Admin at [email protected] or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

Well, I don't know what to say. My grandfather, mother's father, born in Essex England, had red hair and freckles. Didn't pass those genes (or that gene) on to his immediate descendants, most of whom had/have brown hair. My sister-in-law with Jewish eastern European and Icelandic roots has red hair and freckles. My daughter has Jewish eastern European and Icelandic roots and she is a blonde. But then my dad, who was English and Scottish, was also a blond. None of my immediate Scottish relatives had red hair or freckles. Just to say, I would not make generalizations about the geographical origins of red, blond or brown hair and frankly, I fail to see what this has to do with family history. So can't we just drop it? http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/nov/25/mapping-redheads-which-country-has-the-most Carolyn On 2013-11-29, at 7:33 PM, Rhoda Overson <[email protected]> wrote: > Dora et al > > I happened to watch a bit of the Scottish Open Badminton Championships on TV > last night, and one of the matches featured a Swedish player who had bright > carrot-red hair. I have also noticed that golden-red hair is not uncommon > amongst the Germans, Boris Becker being one example > > Rhoda > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dora Smith > Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 8:08 PM > To: iain.mcneill ; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Lanark] Viking red-haired roots > > I didn't know you all didn't realize how deeply the Norse penetrated into > British Celtic territory. I thought red hair was being wrongly attributed > to the Norse. The Norse are thought of has having red hair. Now, I > frankly don't see a whole lot of red hair among photos of people in > Scandinavia and Denmark; in fact, they're more likely to be medium to short > and have dark skin and dark hair, that for some reason today is commonly > associated with people of Scotch Irish stock in the eastern United States. >