Re: [Cz-L] Jewish roots in Czernowitz

Cornel is right, King David is mentioned as having red hair.
Genetically, red hair is not a dominant trait, red haired people can have
children who's hair is another color and people with brown, black or blond
hair can have red haired children.
In many parts of Europe, it was generally assumed that only Jews had red
hair, but this obviously not true, since many Scotts and Czechs have red
hair too. Think of the legend of Rübezahl, the giant from Bohemia.

Mimi

On 9/15/10 9:41 AM, "cornel fleming" <cornel.fleming_at_virgin.net> wrote:

> The haircolour theory re red hair showing Khazar ancestry is nonsense since
> red hair has been around since biblical times. I seem to remember that King
> David had red hair too?? There is much controversy about the influence of
> genetics,nutrition and environment on physical appearance and
> characteristics. There was a (and maybe still ongoing) study in Israel re
> why relatively short,darkhaired Jews from our part of Europe produced tall
> and often light or redhaired offspring in Israel. Cornel

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