Blondes becoming extincted? Has anyone else heard of this?

Question

I heard that there will be less and less natural blondes in future years. I think i heard it was because, in the past a long time ago, men only wanted women with lighter hair and that a blonde was actually "created" this way. But now we are mixing so the blonde is being lost. I have no idea if this is even close to correct but do you know anything?

Answer 1

If this is true, then in a century or two, natural blondes will become highly prized specimens, and may have to be confined to zoos and private collections.

Answer 2

No, i heard something similar. Apparently by 2012 there will be almost no NATURAL blondes being born. This is i sippose because the allele (gene) for blonde hair is recessive so it takes 2 parents to produce a true blonde. As brunette is a dominant gene it only requires the allele from one parent. So as blonde haired people decrease, so does their chance pf procreating with another blonde- thus leading toward the extinction (eventually) of blonde hair.

I;m not actually sure it will occur in 2012 as i heard, but it is a likely possibility it will happen one day.

Answer 3

Not long ago there was talk that in the United States blond hair and blue eyes could be on their way out because mixing of darker haired/eyed people with lighter ones.

I haven't heard the story about men only wanting women with lighter hair; but that only means I haven't heard it and nothing else. I've always taken it for granted that fairer people tend to come from colder climates, and I've just always kind of imagined that more pigmentation occurred in hot climates while less occurred in colder climates.

Answer 4

I've heard it too. If a blond marries a dark haired person, usually most of the kids have brown hair. The blond hair gene must be recessive, I guess. I don't know if I would say extinct, but natural blonds would become rarer.

Answer 5

I guarantee you that this is a stupid question. As long as there is a preference for blonds, there will be blonds, by birth or by bleach.

Now, I wonder if what you are thinking is along the line so "racial extinction." Wherever human populations come together, they tend to have children. As the US becomes more multiracial, the population in general will be browner with darker hair. Racial categories are social constructs, and do not have any real biological meaning

Big question: SO WHAT?

Answer 6

Blondes being created is bullshit. And you're talking about the "browning of America" where some anthropologists believe that recessive traits will become rarer because of all the interracial reproduction going on in America. But blondes aren't dying out or something, that's just retarded, look at Scandinavians.

Answer 7

It is extremely doubtful on a genetic basis that " blond " will be eliminated from the gene pool; recessive or not. If it is a Mendelian trait, then all blonds would have to have no progeny; not too likely. If it was a polygenic trait, then we would have a continuous range of hair color; some additive to strong blond and some mixtures yielding other shades. I do not know much about the particulars of " blond ", but I know enough genetics to know " blond is not going " extinct ".

Answer 8

Eh, the gene for being blonde, I believe, is recessive. As populations continue to interbreed the phenotype will more often be for dark hair, although the gene itself may well survive in the genotype. This is much like blue eyes, which is recessive. Blue eyed people need both parents to contribute a gene for blue eyes in order for that trait to be expressed. This will be a much more infrequent occurrence as globalization continues and the social prohibitions against interracial marriage continue to wither away and interfere. I'm a product of that, my mom's side is all blue and green eyes but no more, because she married my dad who is very dark and produced children with darker complexions. However one of my sons has blue eyes, because I still carry the gene itself.

Answer 9

The genes for blond hair and blue eyes are recessive, so they should become rarer in future with interbreeding with the rest of the population, but who knows what choices will be available to those wanting children in the future?

Answer 10

No I never heard of this! Im a natural blonde but I dyed my hair just for a change but now I want my natural colour back!

Answer 11

Yes, the blonde gene is weaker than that of the dark hair gene so over time there will be less blonde people. Also, gingers face the same fate.