Hair colour of family members

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No. There is black hair, blonde hair and brown hair. I have never seen red hair in my family.

I don't have red hair, but my dad used to (it's sort of turned into a brown-ish colour now). I don't have red hair.

But I don't think it's true that red hair is common in Autistics. That is a myth what people seem to believe. Red hair is the least common colour hair in the general population, but some people have red hair no matter what neurology. I've met about 9 or 10 people with red hair in my life, and they aren't Autistics. And I've met about 3 Aspies now, and I've seen documentaries with Aspies and Autistics in, and none of them had red hair. If it were that common (common enough to speak of), then at least one would of have red hair, otherwise it is not common or known to be common.

I have met more women with blonde hair then I have men, but that doesn't mean to say blonde hair is more common in women.

Yeah, that sounds like a totally scientific way to tell.

No, it means more women bleach their hair.

4 second degree redheads here

Yeah, that sounds like a totally scientific way to tell.

lol IKR?

This is like saying because all white people don't have blue eyes it's not a predominantly caucasian trait.

That's the whole point.

AS is more common among white people anyway. That's not to say people of other ethnicities don't have genes inherited from the Caucasian profile.

Like red hair, it's a purely caucasian gene, yet you see it in biracial (black and white) children.

This means that the African American parent carried the gene, it's not possible to have a redhead child otherwise.

You also see very random red hair among other ethnicities, believe it or not.

White people are going to be far more likely to have red hair or have it in their family but many people of other races carry the gene.

That's odd. Most things I read say that autism is fairly evenly distributed among races. Even if these findings are wrong and it is more common among Caucasian people, that seems like a far cry from "AS is a purely Caucasian gene." Perhaps you subscribe to different views on this though. There seem to be many that do. This would explain our disagreement.

Also, (and not to derail the topic as I fear I might) didn't sequencing the neanderthal genome show that people of pure African descent have no neanderthal lineage? I don't understand how the neanderthal AS hypothesis works in that case, since children in Africa have similar rates for Autism. This is a genuine query of mine. Please PM me with an explanation if you have the time, because I've never really understood and I am curious.

My first cousin has red hair but then again, I heard gossip that she may not even be the real daughter of my uncle (her mother isn't related to us, she just married my mom's brother). My other cousin, whose mom is my mom's first cousin, has her hair a bit reddish.

No, I meant that red hair is a purely caucasian gene. Autism is so complicated but it is more common among Caucasians as far as I know. Or was? I keep hearing different things I'm getting confused now.

But the races (as we know them) have been mixing for thousands of years. There were Roman soldiers that invaded China, now you see some completely random Chinese redheads(VERY rare but it happens).

I really wouldn't be surprised if some breeding between Neanderthals and Africans had occurred. Not a lot, but some,. This whole Neandethal Theory is far from being completely understood but I'm inclined to believe that even if a small amount of interbreeding had taken place autism might have been introduced into their genome, even by interbreeding with Homo Sapien Caucasians who had some Neanderthal lineage.

I know much of Africa is a continent where the majority of people appear to be undilluted, Asia as well but it's very common for people to carry genes from interbreeding and show no signs of them whatsoever. At a certain point, anything that was "purely Caucasian" at one point should be considered a shared trait IMO.

I have some redheads in my extended family. And for a time, my sister was a redhead. But then, strangely enough, her hair fell out, and then grew back in brown. My own hair is, and has always been, dark brown. I happen to have dyscalculia , as a comorbid, by the way. And interestingly, I've likewise read that it's theorised that there might be a connection between redheadedness, and dyscalculia.

My mom has black hair.

My sister and I both have brown hair.

My dad has red hair, my mum has black hair and I have brown hair.

Sounds like a red herring

lol

I'm calling you out on that one.

Almost every human, regardless of race or descent, has some red color to their hair. The coloring comes from a chemical called pheomelanin, which brings out a pink/red hue. It's very easily covered up by both black and brown eumelanin (which causes black/gray hair and brown/blonde hair, respectively), so it's not usually visible. However, it does withstand environmental damage and is surprisingly resilient, which is why someone with black hair that spends a lot of time in the sun might start noticing reddish highlights- the UV light breaks down the eumelanin easily, but the pheomelanin stands strong, giving the red tint. It's also the reason that, if you've ever seen an Egyptian mummy, their hair is usually orange/pink. There weren't red-headed Egyptian pharaohs, right? It's just that over thousands of years, all the eumelanin has been destroyed, leaving the strong pheomelanin behind.

Hair genetics are complicated. There is never any one gene that causes a single color, but rather a combination of genes working together. When a person ends up with what we call "red hair", it's actually due to a high concentration of pheomelanin verses a low amount of eumelanin. So it's not so much that a "red hair gene" causes lots of red hair in caucasians, but that some people's genes call for a high concentration of pheomelanin, a chemical that we all have some of, alongside a low amount eumelanin.

Wat.

It's originated from Neanderthals, who were never anything but white. And scientists have identified the gene MC1R, a gene that mutated in the Neanderthal population and introduced red hair to the human race.

If you're going to call me out read the whole thing. I said any trait that is spread throughout races should be considered a shared trait at some point O_O