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Originally Posted by Ea
Actually I've recently read something to the - not quite contrary - but that the idea that the highest concentration of red-haired people are in Scotland and Ireland - the red-haired celt - is something of a myth, and that the number of red haired people are fairly evenly distributed all over Northern Europe. Unfortunately I can't remember the source anymore.
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As for the current distribution, I just used wikipedia, so I will admit that my info there might be a little out of true, but even there, neither the Scots nor the Irish hit much above 10% while the general European range was 3-6%. So while it might be somewhat more common amongst the Gaelic people's it certainly would not be overwhelming. I would point out that since outside of Scandinavia, Greece and Italy, the celts basically had inhabited most of Europe prior to the Germans, therefore, most Europeans today almost certainly have some celtic blood in them
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But for the historical sources, I remember the Roman ones from my college latin classes.
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Bill