Celts and Asperger's

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I find this red hair temper thing interesting. I have dark brown hair almost black and I have a scary, fast and violent temper (dad same way - jet black hair). I am married to a red head and have dated two other red heads (long term relationships), and I have red headed in-laws. The fact of the matter is that it takes a whole lot to get any of them mad or even to cause them to be uncivil. When they do get "mad" and I mean their version on livid they are not even close to what I consider just a little upset.

Very interesting

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I am adopted, but several genetic characteristics, common to being Northern European, such as red moles (I'll call them beauty marks) and keloid scarring, common to Spanish/African or darker pigmented ethnicities have sprung up in the last ten years. My adopted parents said that they were told that my birth parents were most definitely of Irish ancestry. I consider myself of Irish acestry if anyone asks what my ancestry entails. My skin color, according to a colorist I see, is between olive and a warm yellow.

I also had red hair until I was about 6 years old and then it turned brunette. I still have a lot of red in my hair, but would be considered brunette all the same. My daughter, who is 1 year old has red hair, so she must have gotten it from me, since my husband was platinum blonde as a child, although he too has red in his hair now that he too is a brunette.

Hmmm, I think it would a very interesting study, to see if people of Celtic ancestry tend to have a higher population of AS, but in the end does it really matter?

We're stuck with it or thrive in it and live our lives. The only reason to find out if the above is true would either be so NTs could cure autism or use Celtic ancestry as a means to irradicate a "bothersome" percentage of the population.

Tallgirl.

I have red hairs on my chin, genetic on both sides.

Take this with a grain of salt, of course, but my former hair stylist told me that less than 1% of the world's total population are true blondes, and he said 1 % of the total world population are red-heads. The majority of the world's population has brown hair (remember that color-wise Asian hair would be categorized as black to you and I, but is technically dark brown) with true black hair making up a close second majority.

I don't know how that would coordinate with autism, but it would be hard for me to believe that 1% of the world's population, who are red-heads, would also be autistic.

My hair stylist learned these statistics in beauty school, because as a colorist, one must be very precise in the true color of a client's hair, otherwise you won't acheive the color they really want. It is complicated, but strictly chemical at its core.


Tallgirl.

Excellent!

... I just died my hair a nice shade or redish purple!

Oh, and just what is it with brown haired guys who have red chin hair?! Strange!

No... nothing wrong at all...

I notice you have been going through avatars at an alarming rate Sarcastic... trying to find one that fits? I like the current one!

I fit into a few categories here, red hair, short-sighted (in one eye, does that count?), and HFA.
I have never met anyone with the same shade of red hair as me. I don't mind the term red.
Ginger it is not, as it is darker. I am always being asked if it is the natural colour.

On another note, redheads apparently produce less seretonin, maybe that explains our disposition....

I'd think that even those who consider themselves to be anglo-saxon by genetic make-up are pretty well steeped in Celtic genes. The anglo-saxonss did a really good job of interbreeding with the then natives. In more recent times Celtic genes have gone all over the world and many varied genetic varieties have been introduced to the countries you mention. In many parts of Scotland the Anglo-Saxon bloodline would be predominant, but I'm not aware of any pockets of predominence for Aspergers in the Celtic areas.

Redheads also dont process sunlight as well, which can lead to low moods which probably leads to they're fiery temper.