why do ppl think that scottish ppl hav red hair?

Question

in my skool there rnt many ppl with redhair, and the few ppl that do all get picked on for it..

ps: i am scottish and have dark hair

Answer 1

Because they are ignorant. Its the same as people thinking that everybody in Africa is black - which is not so. I am from Africa and I'm white.

Answer 2

Red hair


Naturally red hairRed hair is by far the least common hair color in the United States and in the world; around three percent of the U.S. population has red hair. It ranges from vivid strawberry shades to deep auburn and burgundy, and is found mainly in the British Isles and Scandinavia. While the Irish and the Scots are stereotypically noted for red hair, the English are statistically more apt to be redheads. Many physical anthropologists now believe red hair was not an indigenous Celtic trait; rather, it was introduced into Ireland and Scotland via the Nordic invasions of Vikings, Normans, and later by way of English Protestant planters. It is less commonly found in Japan, the Middle East, and Africa. The gene for red hair is recessive and believed to be uncommon.

Red hair is genetically associated with lighter eye color, especially green, blue, and light to medium brown and pale, often melanin-less skin. Red hair has the highest amounts of phaeomelanin and the lowest of eumelanin. They have the thickest strands of hair and the lowest amounts of strands at 90,000.

Answer 3

Its a sterotype that has developed over the centuries.
Back when there was not as much 'mixed' breeding, people from the 'Norse' end of the world had a prevalance/tendancy towards red hair (not all of them just a good number). Like the Chinese peoples having a tendancy towards black hair. Over time this is how that sterotype evolved.

P.S. I have red hair and Scottish ancestory! ;P :)

Answer 4

I thought the stereotype was that Irish people had red hair. Although, now that I think about it, I had a friend in high school who was a Scot and had red hair. I also dated a lovely red haired girl who was of Irish decent. Im confused.

Answer 5

Because a lot of Scottish people I know have red hair...I know that's not always the case though.

Answer 6

I always thought that red hair was associated with the Irish!!

Answer 7

I thought that was moreso an irish stereotypical image? But I suppose it's a Gaelic stereotypical idea.

Answer 8

pink heads are warm. i comprehend many men and women those who like it. My mom is a pink head and he or she continually informed me that little young children with pink hair in elementery college typically situations get made interesting of for it.. yet even as they become older, they are large warm and human beings like it. I heavily desire i might want to seem good with pink hair.

Answer 9

'Cause they are familiar with the Scottish "Jimmy" hat and expect every red headed Scot to be wearing that famous (or infamous) head gear
Cheers!

Answer 10

the same reason u expect someone from africa to have dark skin.

people from that area of the world evolved rather fair complexions over 1000's of years.