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    Quote Originally Posted by KARTLOS
    interstingly there are some berber tribes in the atlas mountain in north africa with large percentages of blonde and red haired individuals.
    Isn't that usually attributed to the Vandals ?
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    Alexeios (I) of the Byzantine empire is said (by his daughter) to have had bright red hair.


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    Isn't that usually attributed to the Vandals ?
    After all this time those regions must be prety isolated.


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    That much the better for keeping alive recessive genetic features then. Happens a lot with isolated populations.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Watchman
    Isn't that usually attributed to the Vandals ?

    no and it is not logical either. the vandals did not subjugate the atlas mountains, they conquered the cities. they probably had very little genetic impact on the berber populations.

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    I don't think Greeks had red hair. Most of them had it because of Celtic influence.

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    Don't pull that whole, different than classical times card. I'm 80% Greek (20% Russian, which I used to think was half of me ), no red hair.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Patriarch of Constantinople
    Don't pull that whole, different than classical times card. I'm 80% Greek (20% Russian, which I used to think was half of me ), no red hair.

    so becuase you dont have red hair - no ancient greeks did?

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    Quote Originally Posted by KARTLOS
    so becuase you dont have red hair - no ancient greeks did?
    It means that it's highly improbable that Greeks have had red hair.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Patriarch of Constantinople
    It means that it's highly improbable that Greeks have had red hair.
    do you honestly believe that or are you joking?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Patriarch of Constantinople
    It means that it's highly improbable that Greeks have had red hair.
    your logic is fairly shocking

    just because you dont have red hair and are of greek descent no ancient greeks could have had red hair??

    nobody is suggesting that all greeks were red heads, so why is it impossible for you to believe that one or two were??

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