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 My friend Amy Beth tipped me off to a story that scientists predict redheads might go extinct by 2100. Basically, we’re an endangered species!

I am not a full-blown redhead like my mother and two brothers, but you can see the hint of red in the right light. My husband is all brown, there isn’t even a spec of red in his beard so there is probably little chance that Baby Duso will be born a ginger, but I am still hoping.

Being a redhead (and freckeled) is special. Sure, kids may stare at first but there are many who find us beautiful. Plus, it was always easy to find my brother’s copper head bobbing about in a crowd. My mother even started the Redheads of Tucson float in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. There were more than 100 of us, marching in green and getting sunburned in the Tucson streets.

I will be sad if my gene goes extinct. What’s life without variety? So, if you are a redhead get busy!

You can read more here:http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2002266852_redhair09.html