# How many redheads on the Dope? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 24, 2005, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-redheads-on-the-dope/286466 "2005-01-24T20:46:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-redheads-on-the-dope/286466/41 "2005-01-25T05:00:09Z")
Checking in šŸ†’ ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-redheads-on-the-dope/286466/42 "2005-01-25T05:02:34Z")
Me ---
**Author:** ![Cherry2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cherry2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry2000)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-redheads-on-the-dope/286466/43 "2005-01-25T05:18:36Z")
'nother redheadā€¦natural. **MaggieTheCat** , mine is sort of a gold-red too. It was a very dark red when I was little. Then it went more gold, and now as I get a little older is is going toward a darker red again, ever so gradually. My eyes were blue until I was almost two years old. They they darkened to green and stayed there. To look at me, thereā€™s no doubt that I am a good Celtic lass šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-redheads-on-the-dope/286466/44 "2005-01-25T05:20:25Z")
> [@Cherry2000](#): > > To look at me, thereā€™s no doubt that I am a good Celtic lass šŸ˜‰ _drool_ Ok, someone smack me! I think I died and this thread is Heaven. And whereā€™s all the photo cites, huh? Huh?? šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-redheads-on-the-dope/286466/45 "2005-01-25T07:34:10Z")
Yay for redheads! And did I hear right, **Gum** has red hair _and_ grey eyes? ~swoons~ Ahem, I meanā€¦ ~escapes~ ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-redheads-on-the-dope/286466/46 "2005-01-25T12:47:25Z")
Red head checking in. Completly natural of course. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-redheads-on-the-dope/286466/47 "2005-01-25T12:47:42Z")
Not a redhead, but my 11 yr old daughter is. And my sister, and two of her three children are. I guess you could say I have close associations with redheads. ---
**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-redheads-on-the-dope/286466/48 "2005-01-25T13:17:48Z")
Total redhead here! Medium copper, long and completely straight (hair). Ok, question about ā€˜otherā€™ hair - they donā€™t always match exactly do they? My eyebrows are light brown with a decided red cast, nothing like my head hair. Then again, my head has some interesting variations such as deep purple. I **like** being technicolor! ---
**Author:** ![Canadiangirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Canadiangirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadiangirl)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-redheads-on-the-dope/286466/49 "2005-01-25T13:23:54Z")
me, too. Auburn with brown eyes -wish I was copper and green eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-redheads-on-the-dope/286466/50 "2005-01-25T13:45:43Z")
As **Mo** said, Iā€™m one. Iā€™m on the coppery side, sort of auburn with blonde. At least I think I am. Iā€™m natural and as Iā€™ve gotten older, itā€™s gotten darker, but with more golden blonde which makes no sense, I realize. I look at those packages of hair color sometimes, and Iā€™ll pick one out and think itā€™s my color and then hold the box to my hair or ask my daughter and inevitably Iā€™m way off. Now that I think about it, the colors I tend to pick out match the carpet more than the curtain. Hmmmm, what does that say? Never mind, I donā€™t want to know. I never actually buy the stuff, but just in case I go gray overnight, I want to be prepared, you know. My eyes are hazel-brown. They sort of match my hair. Although my hair is long and curly/wavy and my eyes arenā€™t. Any other older redheads not going gray quickly? Iā€™ve got a few here and there, but considering Iā€™m in my 40ā€™s, seems like there should be more. Maybe my birth certificate is way off and my mother never noticed. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-redheads-on-the-dope/286466/51 "2005-01-25T14:30:02Z")
Grey? No, Iā€™m going blond as I age (and losing hair too, but thatā€™s another story). ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-redheads-on-the-dope/286466/52 "2005-01-25T14:33:23Z")
> [@Salem](#): > > ā€¦ > > Any other older redheads not going gray quickly? Iā€™ve got a few here and there, but considering Iā€™m in my 40ā€™s, seems like there should be more. Maybe my birth certificate is way off and my mother never noticed. In my 40ā€™s and I donā€™t see any gray hair yet, however since I have red and blonde hairs the grays could be disguised as blonde. Sometimes I think some of the ones around my hairline look a little gray. My sister was a red redhead all her life, sheā€™s 8 years older than me and sheā€™s only been going gray in the past few years, it seemed to coincide with helping raise her two grandchildren both under 4 years of age. ---
**Author:** ![My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Darn_Snake_Legs)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-redheads-on-the-dope/286466/53 "2005-01-25T14:57:15Z")
So, my question is: Why are we taking all of this on faith? Cite?! ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-redheads-on-the-dope/286466/54 "2005-01-25T15:30:45Z")
> [@Salem](#): > > Any other older redheads not going gray quickly? Iā€™ve got a few here and there, but considering Iā€™m in my 40ā€™s, seems like there should be more. Maybe my birth certificate is way off and my mother never noticed. Yep. Iā€™m almost 42, and I have but a few gray hairs, and you canā€™t tell unless youā€™re very close. [Cite.](http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/maupins/detail?.dir=4576&.dnm=aa2e.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-redheads-on-the-dope/286466/55 "2005-01-25T15:49:03Z")
I think I count as a redheadā€¦ Deep irish blood in my roots, my mother is pale as a ghost, big green eyes, red hair she canā€™t fight, but she tries to dye it blond sometimes. Sheā€™s about as tall as an imp (orā€¦erā€¦ a leprechaun, perhaps?) I inherited her pale skin, absolutely no freckles, and was born strawberry blonde, but it grew darker and darker. However, many brands of shampoo, or any attempt to dye my hair will suddenly bring all the red flaming through. For years, like my mother, I tried to fight it. ā€œblonde! I want to be a blonde!ā€ I would scream, but only end up with a weird, brassy colour. And soā€¦ well, sometimes I decide to stop fighting it, and flow with it. Perhaps even flow a little too much. I gleefully pour on the red dye, celebrating my heritage, sometimes psychotically screaming at my hair in the mirror ā€œYou want red?! Iā€™ll show you red! Iā€™ll show you RED!! MWAMAHAHAHA!ā€ [This](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/Anastasaeon/pict0015.jpg) is when I leave it alone. [This](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/Anastasaeon/1ab3.jpg) is when I force it blonde. [This](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v307/Anastasaeon/mehat.jpg) is when I cackle at the mirror. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-redheads-on-the-dope/286466/56 "2005-01-25T16:17:10Z")
And I canā€™t check the carpet to verify. I have waxed floors. šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-redheads-on-the-dope/286466/57 "2005-01-25T19:26:01Z")
I used to be a redhead. Deep auburn, all through my formative years. Now Iā€™m only a redhead in the summer, when my very dark brown hair gets sunbleached. I have more grey than I should, at 25. ---
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-redheads-on-the-dope/286466/58 "2005-01-25T21:36:41Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > In a Pit thread Iā€™m subscribed to, **Stretch** mentions that sheā€™s a red head. Yep. > [@elfkin477](#): > > Can I ask fellow redheads a couple of TMI questions? > Speaking of carpets matching curtainsā€¦ those who say ā€œyesā€ really-really match, or is one darker than the other? The hair on my head is a few shades darkerā€¦ The other question is odderā€¦Are any one elseā€™s ā€œshort and curliesā€ not curly, but straight? Iā€™m sure itā€™s genetics(no Asian genes ftr) but Iā€™ve always wondered if it was colored related. The carpet matches the curtains almost exactly. > [@elfkin477](#): > > The other question is odderā€¦Are any one elseā€™s ā€œshort and curliesā€ not curly, but straight? Iā€™m sure itā€™s genetics(no Asian genes ftr) but Iā€™ve always wondered if it was colored related. Mine are curly. However, my aunt (only two years older, we grew up together) has straight pubes. My aunt has the true red hairā€“which is fairly straightā€“pale, thin skin, and icy blue eyes. My eyes are green/blue/grey depending on who you ask, my skin tans the slightest amount and isnā€™t quite as transparent (which isnā€™t saying much). My hair is more on the copper side, I guessā€“overall it looks like a cross between the dark orange of your average orange tabby cat and the dark gold of my new Golden Retriever. Individual hairs are run the gamut from white to dark red. I have wavy hair; currently itā€™s a little more than halfway down my back when dry, down to my ass when itā€™s wet. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-redheads-on-the-dope/286466/59 "2005-01-25T21:36:52Z")
My hair was red till I got to be 2 or 3, then it changed to chestnut. Nowadays I get it colored so itā€™s more burgundyish. Does any of that count? ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-redheads-on-the-dope/286466/60 "2005-01-25T22:02:05Z")
[Yeppers.](http://tremorviolet.funtigo.com) And I havenā€™t gotten a single grey yet either despite being almost 38ā€¦ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-redheads-on-the-dope/286466.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-redheads-on-the-dope/286466.md?page=4)