http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/03/06/will-natural-blondes-become-extinct/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:18:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/03/06/will-natural-blondes-become-extinct/comment-page-1/#comment-4050 Jan Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:18:28 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2007/03/06/will-natural-blondes-become-extinct/#comment-4050 If anything, I'm surprised at how often the children of this generation, even when they are 10, 15, etc., have hair that is lighter than both their parents. The dark eyes and the darker skin tone gets passed along, but the hair seems to be even lighter than both parents', contradicting your High School-level genetics lesson. Of course, this is also completely unscientific observation. It is just that I'm surprised at how many of my dark-eyed, dark-haired friends married people with the same coloring and had blond and redhaired offspring, when none of the grandparents have that color hair. If anything, I’m surprised at how often the children of this generation, even when they are 10, 15, etc., have hair that is lighter than both their parents. The dark eyes and the darker skin tone gets passed along, but the hair seems to be even lighter than both parents’, contradicting your High School-level genetics lesson. Of course, this is also completely unscientific observation. It is just that I’m surprised at how many of my dark-eyed, dark-haired friends married people with the same coloring and had blond and redhaired offspring, when none of the grandparents have that color hair.

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