Red hair

[katiearianna]

What percentage of the British population has red hair?

[mikewith]

TE Reed, writing in Annals of Eugenics (1952) writes 'The frequency of red hair in Britain is only about 4%.' Nicholas Michelson (American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 1934) records that 2.37% of his sample have more than 50% red hair. Eiberg and Mohr, (Clinical Genetics, 1987) put the number at 4.85%. (Source: http://www.fawny.org/rhcp.html ) That's the dry scientific stuff:for more on what it is like to be a redhead (and proud) try: http://www.busco.de/redheads/redheads.html