I saw a redhead today, only she was blonde. She had the tell-tale faintly freckled fair skin, but she clearly dyed her hair. She was stunning, and I tonight I will be imagining her with her natural color. I may need to change the sheets tomorrow. 
Which scientists and experts say this? They don’t name a single source for this second-hand “information.” Damn poor reporting, that. And I find the “could be extinct by 2060” alarmist. Does that mean all the cute little toddlers running around now are going to be wiped out by some sort of plague by the time they’re in their 50s?
Exactly what I was going to say. Extinct? In one or two generations? Not a chance.
Red-headed women! Be more slutty! Have more partners! Save your genes!
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Red heads won’t be disappearing in my lifetime!
Whether when I die it turns out I was the last one is another question entirely…
Oh, and I, too, volunteer to pass a red-headed gene on to any attractive female who holds the continued existence of attractive redheads dear to her heart 
[She’ll have to be the attractive one, 'cos Og knows I ain’t giving anybody that gene… :o]
Although I haven’t bred, my four red-headed siblings have, and their progeny were mostly red-heads or at least a dark auburn - even the half-Korean ones. Now they are reproducing and producing more redheads. Frankly, I don’t see those genes all disappearing in a couple generations unless the next generation all decide not to reproduce.
I had redheaded great-uncles (mom’s side) and my grandmother (dad’s side) was a redhead. Neither of my parents or their siblings were redheads. I was the only redhead in my immediate family. None of my kids are redheads. My money is on me having at least one redheaded grandkid.
That’s odd, because I see a lot more redheads now than when I was a kid.
I’m not talking adult, dyed red-heads. I mean the (relatively) large numbers of redheaded kids.
As a redhead, I’ve always noticed other redheads and the numbers seem to be increasing.
And really, it’s all a cunning ruse. By spreading our genes thin for a bit, we’re insidiously inserting them into y’all’s gene pools. There may be fewer redheads for a short while, but then all those recessives will start popping back up and voila! Redheads everywhere! Mwa-ha-ha-haaa! Argonians Unite!
Did I say that in my out-loud voice? Oops!
I’d like to add the smokin’ hot Elizabeth Kucinich to that list, please. She’s like a red-haired Nicole Kidman before Kidman got all scarecrowey.
My dad is a red head… that means I have a recessive gene buried somewhere. I’ll step up to the plate too and spread that gene around.
I am sure Mrs. Prefect will understand my newfound duty to help prevent the redhead genes from disappearing off the Earth.
You know the very pale, faintly freckled skin comes with more than just red-heads, right? I’m naturally brunette, but dye red. People think it’s natural, because of the skin, but it ain’t.
My facial hair (if I were to let it grow) comes out a bit gingery, although my hair is a sandy blond/light brown colour. I guess I may have a bit of recessive ginge lurking somewhere in the mitochondria. My other half is blonde, but her sister has quite reddish hair. Who knows, if we have kids they may be… no, surely not…
Edit… er, by “we” I mean me and my other half. The bit about her sister was included purely for reasons of genetics. Gah…
I forgot about Mrs. Kucinich and Ms. Byron. They are both mighty fine indeed.
My deepest apologies.
I am the redhead to end all redheads!!
While this was a source of endless misery when I was a child, I am now defiantly, unashamedly embracing my redheadedness. I REFUSE to cower when random strangers constantly start talking about my hair!! I won’t bleach it anymore! I’ll wear orange if I want to! Redheads unite!!
Ahem. Yes, I AM upping the Ritalin again; why do you ask?
That makes you, according to the British press, a ‘Secret Ginger’ (there was a fab headline a while back above Ewan MacGregor skidooing- ‘Is Ewan a Secret Ginger???’)
As a natural redhead, I will now be accepting applications from all the cute doper men looking to help prevent wiping out such a fantastic recessive gene. Well, at least looking to help me practice for the future should I so decide I want to pass my genes onto another generation. Practice makes perfect after all. 
Cool. Can I…you know…have your stuff?
My colouring is actually pretty similar to his, although my hair is lighter. I just did a Google Image search and he does look quite ginger in some of the photos.
I’m a redhead and I’m not too ugly.
FYI, not all redheads have that freckly skin either. I get freckles if I go out without sunscreen but since I rarely do that, I don’t have freckles. I am ghostly white, though. Some people would prefer the freckles.
But it’s gonna die with me since I won’t be having any redheaded babies. And, I tend not to like redheaded men, except the occasional hot one, like Damien Lewis.
Now why didn’t I think of that? :smack: If redheads are more likely to interbreed with non-redheads in coming generations, it’ll actually increase the potential number of redheads.
If you have two ginger men and two fiery-haired women and they form two couples of redheads and each have two children, then the second generation only has four redheads, same as the first. But! If the redheads marry non-redheads while still each having two children that means the second generation has no redheads, but there are now eight people carrying the recessive allele.
The article is even sillier than I’d first thought. We’re not in danger of being wiped out–we’re taking over.