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Redheads in Poland - How many?


osiol 55 | 3,921  
21 Oct 2007 /  #1
I'm not looking for an exact number.
Red / ginger hair is found all over Europe to varying degrees.

It is probably most common in Ireland.
It is also surprisingly common in Udmurtia (never heard of it?)

The important questions here are:
Are you Polish and ginger?
Do you know anyone who is?

No squabbling please.
beckski 12 | 1,617  
21 Oct 2007 /  #2
The important questions here are:
Are you Polish and ginger?
Do you know anyone who is?

My answer to both questions is nope.
Lady in red  
21 Oct 2007 /  #3
Rula Lenska has red hair, I just remembered.

:)
Polson 5 | 1,768  
21 Oct 2007 /  #4
Not so many in Poland...i think i saw at least one, but not sure of it... ;)
PolskaDoll 28 | 2,099  
21 Oct 2007 /  #5
My friend 'Peter' is Polish and red headed...
OP osiol 55 | 3,921  
21 Oct 2007 /  #6
Rula Lenska has red hair

My friend 'Peter' is Polish and red headed

Count so far: 2
Any raise on 2?
Lady in red  
21 Oct 2007 /  #7
Maybe if you google it, you may get the statistics you desire :)
OP osiol 55 | 3,921  
21 Oct 2007 /  #8
Silly me!
I just remembered a chap I used to work with called Marek.
He was definately ginger. Very ginger.

That makes 3 so far.
beckski 12 | 1,617  
21 Oct 2007 /  #9
Actually, last year I had strawberry blonde hair for approximately one month, during the holidays. I prefer blonde hair for myself.



Matyjasz 2 | 1,544  
21 Oct 2007 /  #10
The important questions here are:
Are you Polish and ginger?
Do you know anyone who is?

Yes, I'm Polish. No, I'm not ginger.

Yes, I know few people that are both, Polish and ginger. :)
beckski 12 | 1,617  
21 Oct 2007 /  #11
Yes, I know few people that are both, Polish and ginger. :)

Unless it's a temporary thing.
szkotja2007 27 | 1,498  
21 Oct 2007 /  #12
Maybe if you google it, you may get the statistics you desire

Gave it a go and all I got was they used to be burnt in medieval Poland and that they are supposed to bring good luck.

Worldwide prevelance is 1%, highest prevelance is in Scotland/Ireland at 10%.
Matyjasz 2 | 1,544  
21 Oct 2007 /  #13
Unless it's a temporary thing.

Do you mean dyeing their hair? Those people I'm talking about have naturally ginger hair.

Gave it a go and all I got was they used to be burnt in medieval Poland and that they are supposed to bring good luck.

Ahh, happy days. ;)
Lady in red  
21 Oct 2007 /  #14
I got was they used to be burnt in medieval Poland and that they are supposed to bring good luck.

Lol......

Ahh, happy days. ;)

Hahahaha ! :)
hancock 1 | 95  
21 Oct 2007 /  #15
me polish 100% ginger beard brown hair blue eyes.
grandfather ginger beard black ibrows brown hair blue eyes pink tounge red lips
mum black hair black hair hazel eyes.
dad sandy hair slate eyes.
moonmustang 2 | 46  
21 Oct 2007 /  #16
my grandfather 100% polish had red hair. never saw a beard on him.
silooy  
22 Oct 2007 /  #17
Surely the all time Polish ginger is Zbigniew Boniek.

Other than that I cant think of any apart from that dickhead that does Eurovision.

My son is half Polish and has ginger hair, inherited from me !
polishgirltx  
22 Oct 2007 /  #18
The important questions here are:
Are you Polish and ginger?
Do you know anyone who is?

no
no

:)
OP osiol 55 | 3,921  
22 Oct 2007 /  #19
no
no

Never?
plk123 8 | 4,142  
22 Oct 2007 /  #20
yes, there are a few peeps in poland with red hair and freckles.
Bartolome 2 | 1,085  
22 Oct 2007 /  #21
I know there is at least 1 ginger guy in our village in Poland (ca.1000 people)
Additional edit: I recalled 1 more.
OP osiol 55 | 3,921  
22 Oct 2007 /  #22
A rare opportunity here - my flatmate is actually awake.
Two of his mates back home have ginger hair.
In his town he has seen at least two others.
One, however, he has described as Kasztan.

What's the count so far?
_Sofi_  
22 Oct 2007 /  #23
Do you know anyone who is?

one, yes.

p.s that was not the count...
polishgirltx  
22 Oct 2007 /  #24
Quoting: polishgirltx
no
no

Never?

never... sorry.... ;)
OP osiol 55 | 3,921  
22 Oct 2007 /  #25
I can tell by that smile you're not really sorry.

We've got about 14 so far.
polishgirltx  
22 Oct 2007 /  #26
We've got about 14 so far.

14 to ... ? 100? 1000? 10000? more? 38 mln?

:)
plk123 8 | 4,142  
22 Oct 2007 /  #27
if i had to guess, i'd say maybe 10% redheads in PL.
OP osiol 55 | 3,921  
22 Oct 2007 /  #28
10% redheads in PL

I reckon less. If Scotland traditionally has or had one of the highest proportions of redheads in the world, and this in the 1950s averaged at about 10%, and southern England only about 5%, Poland ought to have less. Probably.

The other alternative is that British redheads are more fiery and they go for the stand up and be counted option!

I don't believe in the fiery redhead thing - I've known fiery people of various other hair-colours. Brunettes dyed pink seem to be the most extreme from my experience!

source of info: Reader's Digest Atlas of Britain, 1965, and from my own experience/brain.
Daisy 3 | 1,224  
22 Oct 2007 /  #29
osiol

Why are you asking these questions?

Are you bored?
OP osiol 55 | 3,921  
22 Oct 2007 /  #30
Why are you asking these questions?

Why not?

Are you bored?

Do I look bored?

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