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Rus redheads come (ethnically) from Scandinavia from the age of the Varangian Guard. Rus means literally "red", from the time the Kievan Rus was founded by Norse people.Hmmm. I know there are a lot of Rus redheads (dated one - Irish/Rus background and the attitude to go with it!). But, given your background, I might think Spain or Portugal - true Iberians have some redheads in the mix...![]()
The red in Iberians has been mostly lost after centuries of black-haired people invasions (Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, (Visigoths don't count much, as they were only the elite), Arabs, etc.). In certain parts of Spain, it was somewhat recovered in the 18th and 19th centuries because of Irish expatriates and German colonists.