red hair is only in 1-2 % of people
I love red head girls, so that's really sad to me.
Crazy how uncommon it is with only 1-2% of humans, red hair is so uncommon
That
It occurs in 2-6% of people in europe tho
I guess I'll have to move to Europe then.
Yea red hair is only in people with two copies of the recessive genes
That seems like why it must be so uncommon.
Red hair
Red hair (or ginger hair) occurs naturally in one to two percent of the human population, appearing with greater frequency (two to six percent) among people of Northern or Northwestern European ancestry and lesser frequency in other populations. It is most common in individuals homozygous for a recessive allele on chromosome 16 that produces an altered version of the MC1R protein.
Red hair varies in hue from a deep burgundy or bright copper (auburn) to burnt orange or red-orange to and strawberry blond. Characterized
, in Turkey, in Caucasia, in Northern Kazakhstan, and among Uyghurs and Udmurts. The use of henna on hair and skin for various reasons occasionally occurs in Asia. When henna is used on hair it dyes the hair to different shades of red.
Geographic distribution Modern Americas, Oceania and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Emigration from Europe has multiplied the population of red haired humans in the Americas, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. In the United States, it is estimated that 2–6% of the population has red