Here's a second map looking at eye colour of world leaders: World Leader Eye colour map creatd by reddit user phillybdizzle. This fair hair color is caused by low levels of eumelanin, the pigment thats responsible for dark colors in hair, skin, and eyes. Danish PM. Christian started Scandinavia Facts to explore his family heritage, raise awareness of one of his academic interests as a professor, and civilly promote the region. [94] In the Old Norse Gunnlaug Saga, Helga the Beautiful, described as "the most beautiful woman in the world", is said to have hair that is "as fair as beaten gold" and so long that it can "envelope her entirely". Michigan and Wisconsin are largely German, Dutch and some Scandanavian. For example, the OED records its use in 19th-century poetic diction to describe flowers, "a variety of clay ironstone of the coal measures", "the colour of raw silk",[7] a breed of ray, lager beer, and pale wood.[12]. [30], Ancient DNA analysis (ADNA) has revealed that the oldest fossil known to carry the mutated allele rs12821256 of the KITLG gene, which is responsible for blond hair in modern Europeans, is a 17,000 year old Ancient North Eurasian specimen from Afontova Gora in Southern Siberia. Im super blessed with my kinks..and for yo information miss thang there are some beautiful sexy bald headed people..step into the light sweetie. 54% of Swedes have blond hair, while 78% have blue eyes. Top 10 Countries that Have the Most Blondes and Blue Eyes as a 4. Now, researchers have found the single gene that explains these fair tresses. If your hair is light enough, it is possible to get blonde hair without bleach. I noticed that kinky coily African hair was not on the list. [100], During the medieval period, Spanish ladies preferred to dye their hair black, yet by the time of the Renaissance in the 16th century the fashion (imported from Italy) was to dye their hair blond or red. Blond like Hitler, slim like Gring, masculine like Goebbels. [38] A study conducted in 2003 concluded that only four percent of American adults are naturally blond. With shorter days, fewer UV rays may cause blonde hair to look a bit darker. Genetic History of Blondes. Top 10 Countries that Have the Most Blondes and Blue Eyes as a Beauty is all about healthy skin and hair. The Greeks stereotyped Thracians and slaves as blond and the Romans associated blondness with the Celts and the Germans to the north. [118] For example, when she was asked what she had on in a 1949 nude photo shoot, she replied, "I had the radio on". Advertisement About 5 to 10 percent of the indigenous Melanesians of the Solomon Islands have dark skin and blond hair. [77][97] In medieval Gothic paintings of the crucifixion of Jesus, the figure of Mary Magdalene is shown with long, blond hair, which flows down her back unbound in contrast to most of the women in the scenes, who are shown with dark hair, normally covered by a scarf. We just dont know.. In September 2010, at the Bustamante laboratory in Stanford, Eimear Kenny, a postdoctoral scholar analyzed the samples.