XPost: soc.culture.irish, soc.culture.scottish, soc.culture.welsh   
   From: Féach@d.óir   
      
   Scríobh "Luke Kelly" :   
   >   
   >Luke Kelly wrote:   
   >> mikemc@cogeco.ca wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >   
   >> > However scientists could not shed any light on whether fair skin, red   
   >> > hair, freckles, and fiery tempers truly are Celtic traits.   
   >> >   
   >>   
   >> The fiery tempers bit is too subjective.   
   >>   
   >> Is there any evidence that blond hair might be inhereted through the   
   >> mother rather than the father?   
   >   
   >Could someone answer this simple question without giving me a load of   
   >crap?   
      
   IIRC hair colour is actually a result of the interaction of about half   
   a dozen different genes. AFAIR there's no evidence that any of them   
   are on the XX chromosome.   
      
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