Blonde poverty...

A study by scientific experts in Germany suggests people with blonde hair are an endangered species and will become extinct by 2202.

Researchers predict the last truly natural blonde will be born in Finland - the country with the highest proportion of blondes. But they say too few people now carry the gene for blondes to last beyond the next two centuries.

The problem is that blonde hair is caused by a recessive gene. In order for a child to have blonde hair, it must have the gene on both sides of the family in the grandparents' generation.

With the incredibly mixed genes of past and present generations in the Afro-Brazilian population, I think we will always be in for surprises. It is not that unusual to find blondes with blue or green eyes suddenly appearing in an Afro-Brazilian family with darker skinned, chestnut-eyed siblings. This gleaming young girl from the poorest of favelas (shanties) in our region, captured by my lens during our Beija-Flor na Comunidade (Hummingbird in the Community) programme there a few weeks ago, is a prime example of beautiful Brazilian diversity.

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DELPHINES says:

What a wonderful portrait !!!!
I love her beautiful eyes!!
Great!!!
:D
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

Daniel Guedes says:

Inded! You know it all about our country and culture... that's problably why you're able to capture such beautiful moments!
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

Kiki J says:

gorgeous kid and the shot.
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

Aristocrat says:

She is so beautiful, those eyes go right through your heart!
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

Inês Xein says:

Great portrait. What a eyes!
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

a shadow of my future self says:

Wonderful.
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

gobou [deleted] says:

superb portrait with great tones and very intesresting note - I like these smiling eyes
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

Puff Dragon says:

The expression on her face is just gorgeous.
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

John Charlton says:

Great detail. Interesting explanation.
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

CYBRITT says:

Absolutely beautiful!
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

Su-chan says:

her eyes are gorgeous! (especially viewed large)...thanks for sharing.
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

judi333 says:

Marvelous photo!
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

Sir Mildred Pierce says:

ugh, not that bloody blondes going extinct thing again!
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

Tatiana Cardeal says:

she has such strong, beautiful, and happy, green eyes :)
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

Bradley_j says:

Tatiana said exactly what I felt when I looked at the image.
Beautiful photo.
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

ღ♡♥Chelle♥♡ღ says:

Stunning eyes!
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

EDEN PHOTOGRAPHY says:

LOL! Gorgeous eyes!!!
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

stoneth says:

great eyes indeed!
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

K.Swiss says:

Beautiful! Love the info!
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

aishahs says:

Diversity and mixing is always a beautiful thing, no matter what color the outcome.

Wonderful portrait! All of your photos are great.
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Astrid. says:

a pair of beautiful blue eyes among all the beautiful browns
lovely, lively portrait
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Grundlepuck says:

Thank you for posting this shot in the Top 10 Interestingness Pool!
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

Saulo Urany says:

what a beautiful girl!
Posted 39 months ago. ( permalink )

dora. [deleted] says:

those eyes!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

TangoPango says:

Found this shot by accident, and I absolutely LOVE it!
Bravo!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

stadiarcadia [deleted] says:

she has the most gorgeous eyes
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

DieBibi says:

seriously...
you're such a gifted photographer...-.-
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

davidsudest says:

she's so pretty ! what a lovely girl's face !
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

ashley_fo_fashley says:

Her eyes are amazing!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

FelonyMelanie says:

she is too cute, and her eyes are to die for
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

Simone Bovolin says:

Linda assim, tinha q ser brasileira rsrsrs
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

hz_45 says:

damn...!!! I love it!!!
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

André Matias says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called www.flickr.com/groups/blondeblueye/ , and i'd love to have your photos added to the group.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

supersaiiyin says:

this is an amazing pic!
and yes people with blonde hair are an endangered species. I'm black but even I see that. I don't think that there should be any shame in people wanting to keep the heritage of their beauty and looks.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Shanko0o says:

by far this is the most beautiful detailed picture i've ever seen

and what a lovely girl = )
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

gtvone says:

Brilliant!... Saw this on the DPS blog... what a cracking shot!...
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Ringo Muxa says:

wow! I love the very vivid colors. every pixel shines here. the gesture is perfectly communicative.
on 2202 people will miss the blondeness at least because they won't have new portraits like this one.
thanks for sharing.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Carol-ikkker says:

lovely portrait..interesting comment
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Muiz Anwar says:

amazing eyes - the opacity and vibrancy of the colour coupled with such a colourful expression! :D

Beautiful photo, beautiful work, I really do wish you all and every success my friend for the amazing work you are doing, and the priceless difference you and the team have made to all these amazing kids.

:D
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

kuraikyo says:

woah.. beautiful shot!!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Shanko0o says:

Love your picture!

Please consider joining our group and adding your photo's to " ALL MEMORIES WELCOME (Public Group)"

Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

• Cortes Photography • says:

Excellent!!!!!!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

ukreal1 says:

gorgeous. Reminds me of the eyes of my blonde half Puerto Rican daughter...
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

newfangled.raan says:

thats sad! I love blonde people! they look soo cute! :D
isn't there any way to prevent this extinction?
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

MaddyCakes says:

her eyes sparkle
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

armeniaca-apricot says:

I like her skin, and her eves and her hair all over her face, she is a real exaple of beauty, even if she is far beynd the STANDARds,
BEauty will save the world!!!
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

thnkfst says:

Her eyes are just incredible!

What a compelling story to go along with this also..
Very interesting!
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Rebecca Katzenberg says:

I LOVE this photo!! WOW! The colors are fantastic and those eyes are hypnotizing!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Mouin.M► says:

nice
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Gyorgy.Fekete says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called This is love, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

MC Law says:

Love the eyes!
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

British Pixie Jennia: Visions says:

Without a doubt, this lil angel is the
PRETTIEST GURL I have seen on Flickr so far.
Simply BEAUTIFUL. = ]
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

sgbaughn says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called LMN8R - Theme of "The Living Face", and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

liam_live says:

Disappearing blonde gene is a hoax that has periodically surfaced in the media since 1865,[1] with the most recent version starting in 2002. According to this hoax, the World Health Organization, or other experts, published a report claiming that people with blond hair "will become extinct by 2202."

The report was a hoax. Neither the WHO, nor any reputable expert has issued such a report.

The extinction claim is based on an interpretation of recessiveness in genetics. However unless blondness is positively selected against, it cannot become extinct, and the blond gene, or alleles for the trait cannot disappear by simple breeding.[2]
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

liam_live says:

In the media

In 2002 the BBC News (and others) reported[3] that unnamed German scientists had concluded that the natural distribution of fair hair would cease within the span of 200 years, due to the genes associated with fair hair being recessive; only a select number of people from Finland will have naturally blond hair. The article stated that there is a reportedly low number of people carrying the recessive blond allele, especially in nations of mixed heritage (examples: USA, Canada, Brazil, New Zealand, Australia). The dominant alleles (brown hair, black hair, brown eyes) 'overthrow' the recessive genes or metaphorically, endanger them. Subsequently the study was attributed to the World Health Organization.

In October 2002 the New York Times reported that the World Health Organization had no knowledge of this study.[4] The WHO has since officially confirmed that the story is a fake.[5]

The hoax died out, only to resurface in 2006 in The Sunday Times[6] and La Repubblica: "According to the WHO study, the last natural blond is likely to be born in Finland during 2202." It once again traveled quickly across the World Wide Web.[7] The hoax has also been featured on the "Threat-Down" segment of the satirical television show The Colbert Report on March 6, 2006, where Stephen Colbert suggested a selective breeding program to save blonds.
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

a shadow of my future self says:

Is the one about Redheads a hoax too?
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

mutombo2009 says:

I think this is the greatest lie that has ever been told, maybe an excuse to create another evil holocaust! Another so-called group of unnamed German/Nazi scientists are making this up, Scandinavian and other Nothern European populations have a much higher standard of living than most of the world. In any White country, most people have a complex of inferiority towards those who have blond hair and blue eyes. In countries of the British Commonwealth, like Australia, New Zealand and in South Africa especially, many have blond hair and blue or green eyes among their Whites there. In the US, they are less fair until you go to the west, midwest, northern part of the north-east, Canada is fairer though. Thus it is just a lie, the endangered people are the very dark-skinned of Africa dying of starvation,Aids,thirst,wars and that's a fact.
Posted 2 weeks ago. ( permalink )

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