• Question: is their genes for having ginger hair

    Asked by morgz to Lena on 17 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Lena Ciric

      Lena Ciric answered on 17 Mar 2012:


      Yes there are. These are recessive genes so you need each parent to have one of them to get red hair in the child. As a results only 1-2 % of the world population has red hair.

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