World's biggest sperm bank, Cryos, tells redheads: We don't want your semen

[katty]

more:

http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/health/2011/09/18/2011-09-18_worlds_biggest_sperm_bank_cryos_tells_redheads_we_dont_need_your_semen_.html

World's biggest sperm bank, Cryos, tells redheads: We don't want your semen

The world's largest sperm bank is telling redheads to keep their semen.

Demand for ginger-haired donors is so low that Cryos International says they needn't bother donating.

[sakabatou]

1. It's because they have no souls.

:P

[Another Bill C.]

2. Quite often

carriers of the red hair gene don't have red hair. If two carriers match up, there's likely to be a red haired child, and possibly some disappointed parents.

[ananda]

5. That is true.

My cousin and her husband are not redhaired, and two of their kids are.

[PCIntern]

12. Paperboy IS a redhead, however...n/t

[Redbear]

16. Why would they be disappointed?

We are awesome!

[liberal N proud]

3. I prefer Red Heads

[no_hypocrisy]

4. They don't know what they're losing out on . . . .

[Itchinjim]

6. My parents were "black irish". Four of their eight children are redheads

I also have black hair (now grey) but I'm willing to bet I carry the redhead gene. Going to be kind of hard for them to screen people just on appearances.

[Xithras]

7. The rest of the world is just jealous.

We are just a prettier people. An unfortunate brownheaded parent looking at their donor-derived redheaded child would be forced to confront their inferiority on a daily basis. It's only natural they'd avoid that, so as to help perpetuate their self-delusions of equality :P

[Myrina]

8. +100

Exactly!!! :applause:

[lynne]

15. + 1,000 !!!

[JaneQPublic]

9. Carrot Top will soon qualify for Endangered Species status.

:rofl:

[MineralMan]

10. "We don't want their Neanderthal genes."

I guess that's what they're saying. There has been some talk about red hair, blue eyes, and fair skin being evidence of Neanderthal genes. Personally, I love redheads.

[cpwm17]

17. That's interesting

I've speculated that in the past. The Neanderthals had a much longer time to evolve those traits in the northern latitudes. Since there appears to be some intermixing with Neanderthals, that certainly seems like a possible origin of red hair, blue eyes, and fair skin.

I can tell my dad that he's part Neanderthal, since he has all of those traits. But he's a fundie christian and wouldn't believe any of it. I, or my siblings, didn't get the red hair. That's fine with me. Though the first girl I had a crush on had red hair. It looks better on girls,:loveya: at least the pretty ones.

[MineralMan]

18. Well, it's just a theory. They have the complete Neanderthal

DNA mapped, and apparently the gene for red hair is one of the ones we have in common, so it's certainly a possibility, although not certain.

I can't see that it makes any difference really. Apparently only Europeans share some genes with the Neanderthals, according to current thinking. I guess that's where the paths crossed all those millennia ago.

[katty]

11. beautiful red hair is a wonder of nature! you go, big reds!

[SoapBox]

13. Redheads...

I've said it before...I'll say it again...Ooooo, sexy!

:-)

[lynne]

14. You'd think they'd learn some basic genetic facts if they're seeking semen -

- as the parents hair color has nothing to do with creating a redhead. It's a recessive gene and BOTH parents must have the gene somewhere in their ancestry to produce a redhead. You could easily choose semen from a brunette who had a Great x 5 redheaded grandmother and - providing the female had redheaded ancestry - still get a redhead.

I know. My parents were both brunettes and I have red hair. My aunts and uncles are all brunettes and each has at least one red haired child. A little family history work discovered red hair 3 and 4 generations back for both parents. No color photos then so we didn't initially know.

I was lucky enough to find a dark-haired spouse with red hair in his ancestry and we have a redheaded child. I have a feeling some of those wanting a dark haired child will be in for surprises!