Chevdove

How so? LOL @frankster Are you Black? Help me God. I tell you what, go look at the film with Levar Burton, starring Kunta Kinte, please. I am referencing that kind of hair. Chattel Slavery and slaves that were first brought over here to America and sold on the auction blocks did not look like your version of curly hair or whatever you mean by coily hair. Coil definition-- a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) synonyms:curl, curlicue, gyre, ringlet, roll, scroll, whorl ... a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops “a coil of rope”synonyms:helix, spiral, volute, whorl https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/coil#:~:text=A coil is a spiral,tends to form a coil. What is the meaning of coil in English? : to wind into rings or spirals. coil a rope. 2. : to roll or twist into a shape resembling a coil. coiled herself up on the couch.Aug 15, 2024 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coil#:~:text=%3A to wind into rings or,herself up on the couch So, this is what the internet has posted in your word 'coil'. It seems to me to be similar to 'curl' and refers to different types of curls. Jesus Christ. @frankster You are not happy with my making a distinction between curly hair and nappy hair. That is your choice, but your pics do not show the type of nappy hair that many Negro people can express exclusively. When i said 'angles' I am referring to what i saw under a microscope. But yes, I did see the word 'zig zag' and that could be another way of defining nappy hair, hair that have angles. Zig zag type of hair will lock but not curly hair. Curly hair does not lock. That was the purpose of the Comb Test. Curly hair can be combed through but not nappy hair. In order for nappy hair to be manageable with a comb, certain types of oil must be used to 'soften' the hair from its zig zap process. Lanolin is one such oil that affects nappy hair, hair that locks. Curly hair does not need lanolin, but can use other types of oil. Nappy hair is exclusive and needs specific types of oil to manage. My interpretation of the Bible is not wrong but you just don't want to accept my references although I have presented them. The Bible uses the terms 'wool' and 'locks' and etc. when it comes to the Original hair type of mankind. It does not use the word 'curl'. Lamb's wool is NOT defined as being 'curly' The ancient Persian rugs were classified based on the degree of NAPS.

LOL I was going to share this information, but thank you @Pioneer1. LOL @frankster! What 's wrong with you! Those pictures do not show nappy hair. please help me God. lol. The late artist you show, indeed permed his hair, but even then, his hair is not nappy. Chinese people, Medes, Armenians, Europeans, etc. yes, all have origins from one male individual out of Africa. But they are not African today. lol. You know this, so why are you so upset? The scientific method has to have a control group from which the hypothesis is tested. A theory is developed prior to the tests that are performed. That is the first requirement that all Biology teachers must teach. So no, you don't 'hypothesize a theory' LOL. A theory is developed from an hypothesize or a set of hypothesize'. Then experiments are done afterwards. When a mutation occurs and are passed on through reproduction, that is not 'an adaptation'. The process of evolution when it comes to 'humans' has never been proven to be 'evolution'. What I vaguely remember about 'adaptation' is that it is 1 of 8 definitions of human life. I vaguely remember an example of how a certain animal began using 'a tool' to dig food out of a tree as an example of how later species started doing this. another form of adaptation is due to environmental changes which causes some species to adapt and change behavior due to a change within in their environment.

Update: But it still seems like nothing is being done! This video, I think is two weeks ago. I can't believe that this girl's murderer is allowed to be walking free. This is what I mean about America being a laissez-faire system regarding African Americans. I wonder if it was a European girl that was murdered would the same slow process being happening. This video won't embed https://youtu.be/ju7gCI1EMjs

The Seal of the Living God in the Forehead So, 'the seal' as in the verse 'the seal of the living God in the forehead' means that it is like 'a stamp'. The ancient Persian kings had a ring and would stamp letters with his ring that proved it came from that ring. It was 'a seal'. So, 'a seal' in this context would be 'a genetic marker'. The genetic expression of having nappy hair is on a gene(s) that are connected to a dominant African trait such as Eumelanin along with other dominant 'African traits' such as thick lips, thick hips, etc. When humans practice sex selection to breed with people that do not express these traits from generation to generation, then mutations will occur and the nappy hair gene expression will also be absent. Nappy hair, is a seal, and cannot be expressed without some other dominant 'African trait'. Genes travel in pairs and therefore, this gene of nappy hair is firmly attached to genes that also express other dominant African traits. You will see Europeans with all kinds of African traits, but not nappy hair. Most Europeans have curly hair or wavy hair, but not nappy hair. Mostly all human traits go back to Africa but due to hybridization, some traits are not from Modern mankind. Eumelanin is linked to the Original male individual out of Africa and so is the trait of nappy hair. Prior to modern mankind, Eumelanin did not exist in the primitive humans. They express very dark skin but not 'black skin' which is Eumelanin. And they also did not express nappy hair. You will not see any nappy headed primitive cave drawings!!! Curly hair, whether loose or tightly curled hair is a variation between nappy hair and straight hair. Scientist wonder if the CroMagnon had curly hair, but for now, they cannot prove that... and they won't prove it. Curly hair did not occur until AFTER the Modern mankind existed and interbred with primitive humans. Without nappy hair, curly did not occur. Curly hair is a result of an admixture of nappy hair and some type of straight or wavy hair, etc.

Where did straight haired non African humans originate? My response would be to reference the Smithsonian Museum which is science based. Absolutely none of the Primitive Hominids in that museum had nappy hair. Absolutely none of the Primitive Hominids in that museum had curly hair. All of the Primitive Hominids in that museum had bone straight hair. All of the Primitive Hominids, even the very dark skinned ones had bone straight hair. As to where they originated from, I do not know. But they are not Modern Humans. As to where straight hair originates from, I do not know. Scientist say that modern humans do not express hair type from primitive humans. But it does seem to me that the varied hair textured is due to polygenetics and that is what scientist say. The term 'race' is so arbitrary, however, Esther was chosen due to the Persian king of kings who replaced his earlier queen and so, Esther was indeed chosen based on her 'physical traits' that is why Xerxes did not know that she was a Jew. The depiction of Moses and the Original Hebrews reveals that most of them were dark skinned. So therefore, when his sister Miriam protested against Moses' wife, the Creator judged her for her issues with Colorism. Therefore, the Original Hebrews were dark skinned and had woolly hair. Persian people during Esther time were absolutely not African. Xerxes was not an African man, however, he was a Mede. Just as Europeans today are not defined as African. However, we know that Europeans, Persians, etc. have origins that go right back to Africa. Biology and ethnic intermixing seems to refute that claim I watched the film, but I don't know what I am suppose to get out of it. It was about a man from Michigan State who did an experiment that last for a few decades on bacteria. He used phrases about who the bacteria multiplied and at one point expressed some type of adaptation from the earlier bacterium. He mentioned Darwin's theory. He also mentioned how he observed some mutations. This has nothing to do with the evolution that Darwin has theorized about mankind. When it comes to evolution, nothing has been proven. A mutation can be observed but evolution is only a theory and should the theory be proven, then it becomes a fact. Modern Human origins are not 'an evolution', but has its origins that have been proven. The White Supremacist will always be in a rage about Modern Human origins coming from an African malefactor with nappy hair. They will always try to re-define modern humans as having original traits that manifest White skin and straight hair, but that will never happen. That is their rage. If that doesn't work, then they will try to make a claim that all human traits stem from African people so as to equate African people with a negative origin. Don't be deceived @frankster. Again, I earned a degree in Biology and I did a thesis on African hair and have been trained as an Environmental Scientist. I have had to study hair and fibers and animal hair. The class I took in which I did that thesis is called Comparative Anatomy. As an Environmental Scientist, I would have to go out and take bulk samples. Then I would take these samples back to the lab and have to prepare slides and then study them under a microscope. All humans today are Modern Humans, but we do express genes that come from interbreeding with primitive hominids. Only because of the male DNA are modern humans classified as being Modern Humans. Ethnic intermixing still does not mean anything when it comes to a Persian of whom would have dominant traits that would identify them from Africans. No matter what, people of African descent do NOT look like a person from China. No matter what, people from India have a unique set of characteristic physical traits that would make them distinct from Nigerian people. So, although African people can express traits that reveal if they are somewhat intermixed with a Chinese person, these traits are identifiable. When it comes to nappy hair, that trait is a dominant trait of African people. This trait will never be separated from dominant African traits. You will never see a European with nappy hair but go ahead and post your pictures, if you believe the Bible is wrong. Some of my relatives have, what some would call, 'a soft afro' of which means that when it is wet, the hair reveals that it does not nap. It curls, but it does not nap up. The seal of the living God in the forehead is scripture that refers to 'the woolly hair'. The Native Americans had a custom known as 'the Comb Test' for this very reason. Even though a person may appear to have a nappy afro, they would be brought in front of the alter in church and a comb was ran through their hair. If they had naps, then they would not be allowed to be a member of that church.

Hi @frankster! You pose question of which human species did not originate in Africa? And you made a statement that all humans are African. My response is that all MODERN humans today came out of Africa. All modern humans originated from one male individual out of Africa, however, not primitive humans. I do not know where Primitive humans originated from. But modern humans did inter breed with primitive humans and so, some genes that modern humans express do come from this interbreeding. So these people you mentioned above had natural nappy hair? Feel free to repost pictures of Europeans that you believe have African traits, however, there is no such phenomenon today or ever whereby you will see a European with nappy hair. It simply does not exist. But again feel free to post your pics for us African people to witness for ourselves. The male you speak of, I did see him, but no, his hair is not nappy. I see Europeans all of the time with altered hair, but not nappy. The fact that he look like he had red hair is very specific though, like Prince Harry. It is common to see some red haired Europeans with thick textured hair. You continue to use the word 'coily' however, it has nothing to do with hair that naps. Coily hair is different from hair that naps or locks. I agree though that curly hair and a rounded nose is definitely proof of African roots. velcro versus coily hair 'sticking' together would not be scientific terminology. All hair type can tangle or stick together in certain ways. But nappy hair is the only hair that locks. Some of my relatives have what the red headed male in your film has too, but the hair does not lock. It is curly, but does not lock. Yes, the original Celts definitely had nappy hair.

Evolution is a theory. It has not proven anything yet. Mutation is completely proven every time reproduction occurs. Therefore, nappy hair will never be separated from being paired with it original gene structure under the sun, so says the Bible. Nappy hair is exclusive. It is the seal of the living God in the top of the head.

Ha! Yeah. I understand this, but what about the history that hasn't even been taught? Some history may have been well documented but some of us over here have not been taught, so that means we might be victims of repeating the same mistakes that have landed us into this predicament. It's like we are sittin' ducks for anything. I think we do need some help from the outside, here, or something.

Naomi Campbell I hear is the queen of lateness. So, I don't feel too bad.

Thats cool As It was mostly targeted toward @Chevdove & @Pioneer1. I watched the film you posted for me to watch and that woman was very upset with her daughter who chose to identify as being White. As @Troy said, "in America" you never have to look phonetically Black to be Black in America. That woman has the right to choose, but that is NOT true for many African Americans though. Some have the opportunity to choose. But, IMO, it's obvious that woman has traits that show that she has 'Black' traits! It's also obvious that she has a lot of albinism too and you can see that she squints, showing that she may have albinism in her eyes. She absolutely expresses traits that is seen in Africa whereby many African albinos have very similar traits! That woman is precious. But I do understand how hard it is for her daughter because, unlike the woman, however, her daughter shows that she has more European or 'White' traits. Unfortunately, here in America, Color has morphed into being defined as 'Race' and so, yes, I too believe that it is a social construct. This though became a social construct in modern times, but it happened in ancient times too. I call today's version 'a social reconstruction'. The Biblical Esther was afraid to reveal to her husband that she was 'a Jew' because at that time, Jews were not thought to be like she had been. The superficial idea that a person's skin color defined them as being a particular culture or 'kindred' was distorted a long time ago.

I agree. LOL I don't really have anything to say about curly or coily hair, I only concentrate on nappy hair; meaning hair that locks. As I have said, I was trained as an Environmental scientist to know the difference between straight hair, wavy, and curly hair and hair that locks. Hair that locks is distinct. It is thinner than curly hair and straight hair and it has angles. curly hair does NOT have angles and does not knot up. This is not 'just my thoughts'. I was trained on it. I did my college thesis on it. Hair that locks is totally different from hair that curls.

Yes....Because African is the Original Type of human. Yet....intermixing among humans can lead to mutations and a continuing of Variation in phenotype expression. The Widest Variation in Genotype and Phenotype is among Africans. Hi again @frankster! No. Africans are NOT the originating group of all human species and this is based on mostly all science reports on an international level. Africans are the originating human species for MODERN MANKIND but absolutely NOT primitive humans. So Africans do NOT express all genes from their origins. so then, in regards to Phenotype, African people may express poly genetics. The highlighted picture you posted shows a girl with a rounded nose and it is impossible to determine that her hair will Nap. As i stated before, between nappy hair and straight hair is a variation of the two origins and this is due to two different human species that interbred a long time ago. The only way to tell if that female hair has the genetic expression of napping 'locking' is to wet it or after a couple of months, if she relaxed it with chemicals, her new growth will show that it naps. The ancient CELTS, were so obsessed with straight hair that they did practice putting chemicals in their hair to straighten it. The Bible also records that at some point the Hebrews did the same thing. The prophets wrote in the Bible, and in one passage, it says 'uncover your locks, and pass over the river'... In ancient times it was called a process of putting LIME in the hair. So, I've seen some Europeans put vinegar in their hair and it will look like the hair of the woman in your photo. So it's hard for me to know.

The Albino you say 1A, I'm not sure where you get that from, but as you mentioned, in general, about the Eumelanin and the Pheomelanin; Albinism is different and means the cells do not produce melanocytes. But many people with albinism can produce some form of melanin. But that is not what is occurring when it comes to albinism because many people with albinism have very nappy hair. So this means that the gene that codes for nappy hair is based on their Haplo group and the specific gene that codes for other dominant traits that are connected to other traits.

I always reference the most recent international report about all modern humans originating from one male individual out of Africa and also how this confirms the Bible too, in that all humans [i.e. modern mankind] stem from Adam. This is genetically confirmed based on the other reference that goes along with the Stanford University report about all male Haplo Groups. But female genetics do not stem from one female individual mtDNA. Some female mtDNA goes back much farther than anatomically straight male haplo groups. I guess if were to dig, maybe I could find the specific gene(s) that code for nappy hair, but I think that someone who could study genetics on a master's degree level or Phd level would have the opportunity to learn this firsthand. As far as finding the prepared slides I had to study as an Environmental Scientist or in my college Histology class, I suppose I could do research on the internet and maybe come across them in some medical book or something. BUT no, the E1b1 haplo group is not the origin for nappy hair. To be more specific and to clarify: The very first Haplo Group 'A' would be the origin of nappy hair, 'hair that locks'. The E1b1 Haplo Groups is said that correlates to many males in Sub Saharan Africa. So to answer your question of what groups does not have nappy hair gene, I will try to reply with an explanation of how scientist based their findings; As I said earlier, the humans that were born that do not express 'hair that locks' is due to a MUTATION. One term to define MUTATIONS as a result of reproduction would be the term SNAP which has to do with polynucleotides of which generally means that a new polynucleotide forms as a result of reproduction. Scientist studied these changes on a genetic level and can determine males that migrated away from Africa that have the same genetic structure and this is the basis for haplo groups. If the mutation is due to this type of mutation, then they define new SUB-CLADES. There are only a few early Haplo groups that branched off the A Haplo group: BT, C, D, E, and F and these ancient Haplo groups are determined on a genetic level. From these early Haplo groups, scientist can see that through reproduction, other gene reproductions occurred and therefore, they are called Clades and Subclades and all modern males have these genetic structures. Therefore, scientist know that certain subclades have genes that will code for certain hairtype. ************* All male basal A genetic mark codes for this 'African hair' of hair that locks. *********** But later Subclades show in their genes a certain SNAP MUTATION and this means that they will not code for it. ****** All male Haplo Groups show this BASAL A genetic marker which shows that all modern males stem from this one individual in ancient times. ***** So, not only to the E1b1 Haplo groups show this marking, but the C, D, and F Haplo groups show this same BASAL A gene material. The E1b1 groups do not show a mutation that cause this trait to stop and therefore, this group would be the type of males that have dominant traits that go back to the original male. But other males that show a significant mutation also show that many of these groups migrated out of Africa in great numbers and reproduced in different ways and therefore, the mutation occurred and that gene that codes for nappy hair is absolutely gone! And it won't come back at all, unless they reproduce with a Negro woman with nappy hair for a couple of generations. That is the best way that I can explain it. I don't have a higher degree, so I don't know the exact sceintific terminology for all that there probably is to explain it better.

Did I miss something? I thought today is @aka Contrarian's Birthday! I run late sometimes... I am affected with the CPT plague, but I was hoping to get this right! I hope I got this right. If so, this is an incredible day! Happy Birthday @aka Contrarian and may you enjoy this special day and many more!!! This is a very special month for me because I have a lot of relatives who were born this month. My uncle lived to be 100 years old was born in the month of August. My Grandmother was born in this month, my Step-father was born in this month and he just had a birthday and is now 87 years old.

Pretty hilarious For real!? Okay now. All jokes aside, the Australian woman is getting a lot of negativity, but if you saw her initial breaking, it was not all that bad. Her later performance was different. And, even though no Blacks won, I still believe that it was a positive contribution to those who invented breaking. To see the competitors put in so much effort across the world into this art form, I thought was awesome. The Black man from France was great, imo. Y'all spoiled my fun. I was going to post some highlights. The girl from India and the winner, I thought was great.

I didn't see Gabby in the list. She was on the 4 X 400 relay team and they won!!! The previous clip was in Budapest, National Championship, but the Olympic relay had Sarah in it! But this clip will NOT embed https://youtu.be/2iyjNnhcE74

Okay but that fear is real. Whether it's the sky fairy, Santa Claus, or whatever, so far, nothing on this earth has been sufficient, even though historically there have been some victories in some countries. For sure. It does go back to slavery. But then, actually, it goes back before it, imo. I honestly believe that prior to the set up of slavery, it was a set up in Europe that occurred before that is the problem with us, Black people NOT having the solution yet, to throw off this evil. I believe that we really need to know what happened prior to the set up of slavery and how we have been trapped. How can we fight against this kind of oppression?

Oh WOW! May the LORD Bless that man! Jesus Christ, that is always on my mind when I think about that precious girl, Sonya Massey. A person who does something like that is not human. That was a demon for sure.

I think that is a broad question and can be answered many ways. Women are very diverse and come from so many different cultures and therefore, they affected by their environment. But how women think and interact with males, although would also be based upon a cultural foundation, may have similar beliefs about men in general. I cannot speak for anyone else, but as for me, I am somewhat defensive and cautious against males. I also believe that the spirit of a male is ever present, even if there is not one physical nearby. I believe that the presence and historical aspect of males, set the tone for the whole world. Because, historically, men go to war and have that kind of history of having times where they have to be aggressive, therefore, it puts females like me, in a defensive mode. Because of my obsession studying about the nature of lions and I can obviously recognize that male lions, 'lions' have an extremely unique nature from female lions, lionesses, I believe that, in general, the human male nature, is probably unique apart from females, in some circumstances. So, for example, when my husband gets on my last nerve and become confused as to why he exhibits certain behaviors, sometimes I 'chalk-it-up-to' his male nature, and so, I just drop my anger and forego. I don't even try to make sense of it. Likewise, sometimes, if he tries to control me, I 'lose it' so-to-speak', and then he knows that he needs to leave off immediately. I also believe that I may be more defensive than other females because of my culture and being Black and a descendant of Slaves. However, now that I am older, I do think that females that know their fathers [unless their mothers are matriarchal] may have unique goals that causes them to not be as defensive as females that come from a single mother upbringing. A female that has a father may have goals that are not extremely based on 'getting even with men'.

"Strangely enough, you don't find any type of kinky or curly hair among Native Americans or East Asians. I can see the San people have nappy hair. I don't know much about East Asians, but the museums here in America are suspect. However, the few that I've been to, especially in Virginia show paintings and some show Natives with 'soft Afros' like my late father-in-law who was Native American. He had a soft Afro. And another tribe were depicted in some depictions that showed that some of them had, at the very least, combination hair type; the Mohawk of the Iroquois Confederation. And then my maternal ancestors, the Tuscarorans, were definitely 'watered down' but they were Negroes. America does not teach the truth, but they teach confusion. The American Indians had a major problem with Colorism even long before the Europeans came over here and it was really bad. Even though it has not been taught well, however, it is in the books that before they decided to enslave the Africans, Many American Indians were enslaved. And as Black Americans today, we should be able to realize that the kind of Indians we see in films with the straight hair, were not common on the slave plantations. It was not until very late that in places like Louisiana, I guess, where some slaves were heavily inter-mixed with European ancestry. My Great grandmother probably did have straight hair though, --she kept it tied back in a bun. But here is one very famous depiction of Tuscarorans, although this painting has been copied several times. Nevertheless, it should become obvious that, for the most part, they did NOT have straight hair. The Tuscarora War was the result of decades of settler encroachment on Tuscarora land. Other Native groups reinforced colonial forces in the war and took Tuscarora slaves back to their homelands. https://www.wunc.org/race-demographics/2019-10-08/unlearning-colonial-north-carolina

"Define this genetically speaking LOCKS that is exclusive to Black Africans? Coily means tightly curled as in LOCKS Kinky Frizzy wooly nappy springy bushy are all basically afro.....3a-4c" No hair that LOCKS does NOT coil. Yes, coily does mean curled and can be tightly coiled but that is completely different from hair that locks. All those terms you wrote, Kinky, frizzy, 'frizzly', wooly, nappy, bushy, and afro, and more terms too refer to hair that locks NOT curly though. On 8/11/2024 at 1:07 PM, frankster said: On 8/11/2024 at 12:37 AM, Chevdove said: This was my thesis in college. I studied different types of animal and human hair, etc. Congratulations....I respect the accomplishment Thank you much! On 8/11/2024 at 1:07 PM, frankster said: On 8/11/2024 at 12:37 AM, Chevdove said: It is the seal of the living God in the forehead [i.e. top of the head]. True...the Halo of Angels and the fully bloomed Crown Chakra Is this seal of the Living God exclusive to Africans with Afro Hair? Absolutely! I've seen depictions of angels painted with straight hair though, and they also have the halo painted around their heads. So, this too would be truth, in that 'not all angels have Afros'! On 8/11/2024 at 1:07 PM, frankster said: On 8/11/2024 at 12:37 AM, Chevdove said: Under a microscope African hair looks extremely unique in how it LOCKS and has angles. It does not coil, it locks. under a microscope....is that still phenotype? African Hair runs the spectrum from straight to coily....As African hair is the mother of all types of Human Hair. idk. I guess it would depend. If your are looking at an amoeba or a one cell organism, that wouldn't be defined as a phenotype or genes. Genes are located on chromosomes and there are several. Chromosomes are located within the nucleus, so a high powered microscope would be used... I need to 'remember'! LOL, or go pick up my books and review! Melanin 'cells', I think I am saying this correctly-- melanocytes are in skin cells and I had to take a course called 'Histology' to study different types of skin cells in humans and animals. I vaguely remember looking in microscopes and studying hair strands embedded in skin cells, at the root, or something like that. So, the color of hair, or phenotype, I don't remember. But when I was trained as an environmental scientist, I had to study different types of human hair and asbestos fibers, and animal fur, etc. and so, I guess that could be defined as phenotype. idk. So then, yes, there is many types of human hair and African hair varies, but 'it's not actually the mother of all types of human hair, but the 'father' of all original MODERN HUMAN HAIR.' The variation of hair type and hair color comes from females. Coily or curly hair stems from hybridization and the variation between straight hair and hair that locks would be wavy hair, curly hair [i.e. coily hair] and especially COMBINATION HAIR and this is due to polygenetics. Coily hair sort of looks like it wraps around or makes spirals, downward spirals, but hair that locks, looks so distinct under the microscope. It looks like it has 'angles' and it does not coil. It's jaggered and it's much thinner than straight or coily hair. AND it NAPS, meaning, it forms KNOTS. It does not tangle, but it knots up; it snatches up. AND what is also EXCLUSIVE to nappy, wooly, hair that locks, is that it's difficult to free up individual hair strands without certain types of oil, and one especially that will free up nappy hair from LOCKING is LANOLIN, oil that comes directly from LAMBS and is why LAMBS have always been associated with African people and the Biblical Hebrew Israelites. The ancient Cushites as well as all ancient Kemet are linked to the symbol of the Ram, or lamb for this reason--LAMB'S WOOL and LAMB OIL; lanolin-- because of that dominant African trait of having pre-dominantly woolly hair. But as you said, African people have varied hair type, nappy hair is just a dominant trait that goes back to the Original humans. One of my sons, had nappy hair when he was young, later, he lost all of his naps!!! I don't know what in the heck happened! I used to cornrow his hair, so I know!

@frankster That is very interesting! One of my ancestors, my Great-grandmother is from East Africa. She was a slave child. Another, my Great-grandfather was from India. He was light skinned though and was not a slave. Ethiopians, many of them over here keep telling my son that he looks Ethiopian. And many Arab people tell my son the same thing, that he looks either Egyptian or Ethiopian. So, I can relate to what you have said. Yes, we are all of African Descent, I agree but only when it comes to our male origins. I don't know the actual gene that has this allele for 'African hair' but, I am positive that geneticist do know. It would definitely be a specific gene. Yes, that is so true and that is why Geneticist would know the exact gene associated with 'African hair type' -- the type of hair that locks. In other words, they can see the gene association with the E1b1 groups and that their genes have that very gene expression that causes the phenotype of nappy hair, and then they can see other haplo groups and that they do not have that on their genes at all. So it's not only observation but, scientist can see the gene expression in association with the phenotype of Black African people that also have other dominant traits associated with people in Sub-Saharan Africa. So, they know that nappy hair will never be in certain other haplo groups due to mutations that have occurred. And obviously the degree and percentage of melanin a human expresses in their genetics is absolutely connected to this gene expression, even in albino people of African descent. Not when it comes to 'hair that locks'. That genetic trait is firmly attached to a certain degree of melanin and also certain other dominant genetic traits located on a certain gene. For example, a Black or dark sknned Aboriginal Australian versus another dark skinned Australian with an afro will show a distinction in their phenotype in certain ways. If a person has no thick lips, or no thick hips, or no rounded nose, etc. then, they will probably have no nappy hair. If a person has thick lips, thick hips, rounded nose, they can also have bone straight hair, but not the other way around. With no obvious traits that are predominant of most people of African descent then they will not have nappy hair because this trait is firmly attached to genes with certain predominant traits and a certain degree of melanin that you see in people of the African continent. Australian aboriginals, Boons, with nappy hair have distinct traits that can be seen versus the ones that have bone straight hair.