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Post by tonynatuzzi on Nov 9, 2005 23:13:47 GMT -5
but who's hair turn darker as they get older never get darker than light brown like for example how come somebody who's born as blonde as a Swede can never ever have their hair turn naturally black as the average Southern European when they get older.I have yet to see a blonde child ever end up with hair naturally darker than light brown when they turn adult.Is it biologically impossible for somebody to be born as blonde as Brad Pitt but end up with hair as black as Sylvester Stallone's when they get older.
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Post by asdf on Nov 9, 2005 23:45:43 GMT -5
I believe people don't start producing the pigmentation dictated by their genetics until adolescence, so it tends to get darker.
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Post by tonynatuzzi on Nov 9, 2005 23:52:43 GMT -5
I don't know any very dark haired adult Caucasians (keyword here being very dark think Al Pacino's hair color for example) as in darker than light brown hair who used to be blonde as a child.Sure some of them had lighter hair as toddlers but it wasn't light enough to be considered blonde by most people.
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Post by asdf on Nov 10, 2005 0:12:17 GMT -5
Why would you expect that to happen?
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Post by Hairless on Nov 10, 2005 0:17:19 GMT -5
I don't know any very dark haired adult Caucasians (keyword here being very dark think Al Pacino's hair color for example) as in darker than light brown hair who used to be blonde as a child.Sure some of them had lighter hair as toddlers but it wasn't light enough to be considered blonde by most people. My grandmother had black hair, now grey, as did her father. It was definitely not dark brown. On that side of the family there is nothing to suggest any sort of Asian or Amerind admixture and many reasons to assume that was not a factor.
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Post by yigal on Nov 10, 2005 0:31:14 GMT -5
my hair was reddish brown(chestnut?) its now very black except for stray red hairs and copper hairs amongst my massivly black beard
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Post by Miguel Antunes on Nov 10, 2005 4:23:53 GMT -5
My mother had really blond hair when see was a baby...until se was 6 years old or something like that...and now has really dark brown hair....I think the same happened with her father...her sister and her niece... My brother on the other hand had very light brown/dirty blond hair and has regular brown hair now..
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Post by aroundtheworld on Nov 10, 2005 13:47:46 GMT -5
I've seen something very strange amongst the snow-white platinum blonde people.
The babeis are born with jet-black 'down" hair. that hair slowly grows out to reveal yellow/white hair with the black hair still attached. It eventually sheds. I've seen this many, many times with the babies in the hospital.
Strange phenomenon indeed b/c it's only like that with the platinum blondes. The children who grow up to be dishwater or gold-blonde or brunette have slightly lighter hair color.
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Post by OdinofOssetia on Nov 10, 2005 19:15:42 GMT -5
But that "darkening" does not always happen either; some people who were blond as children are still blond as adults; it would be curious to see some statistics of how many blonds darken with age, how many stay blond, and in case of the darkening ones, how much darker do they get?
I agree with that blond children turning into jet black-haired adults must be a rarity indeed.
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Post by tonynatuzzi on Nov 10, 2005 20:14:04 GMT -5
Scandinavia has the largest percentage of naturally blonde haired adults while the U.S probably has the largest number of naturally blonde haired adults pure numbers wise because of America's heavy Northern European stock.I noticed that naturally blonde hair among Southern European adults who are not mixed with Northern Europeans are rare.Most of the naturally blonde Italians that I know are not even 100% Italian to begin with most are either half or only a quarter Italian.The 100% Italians that I know personally with blonde hair all got it from a bottle.
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Post by OdinofOssetia on Nov 10, 2005 20:28:33 GMT -5
Would you have any statistics and/or studies to back-up your claims? The north-eastern Europe should also have some more significant proportions of blond adults, like Poland, the Baltics, Belarus, northern Russia, Finland, but I do not know precise statistics either for that part of Europe, Scandinavia, or the U.S.A. About Italians, I do think there are some naturally blond ones, but they are just a rarity. Perhaps traces of Slavic admixture? :-) A bit on it here: michalw.narod.ru/SlavicSpain.html
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Post by tonynatuzzi on Nov 10, 2005 20:35:46 GMT -5
You mean you didn't know it was a well known fact that Scandinavia is the blondest region in the world.You actually think I am just making this up out of thin air. ::)I doubt Russia is blonder than say Norway atleast not percentage wise.But pure number wise I am sure Russia is blonder since they have a significantly larger population.
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Post by OdinofOssetia on Nov 10, 2005 20:44:22 GMT -5
Not really, northern European Russia, Belarus, and the Baltics, may be just as blond as Scandinavia. Belarus has an ancient Iranian admixture which may darken them up, and even a small Tatar one in the west, but that still leaves the others. Most blond and depigmented people in the world are East Baltics, not Nordics. Don't also forget that Iranian Ossets used to be worshipped as "gods" in the distant past by the Norsemen, so there may also be some dark Iranian genes in Scandinavia. More on it here: michalw.narod.ru/SlavicSpain.html
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Post by tonynatuzzi on Nov 10, 2005 20:53:51 GMT -5
So your saying Rutger Hauer and Dolph Lundgren types are a dime a dozen in Russia.
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Post by OdinofOssetia on Nov 10, 2005 20:56:47 GMT -5
There are some East Baltics around in comparison to which even Dolph Lundgren is somewhat of a "darkie". I'm not really joking here.
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