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Peple with brastrap length ..do you have aparent or grandparent of another race

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prior to my BC last year my hair was slightly above bsl and most of my aunts and female cousins currently have or had also had fairly long hair... grandparents on both sides are plain ole Black, brown-skinned at that
 
No. I'm BSL and have no parents or grandparents of other races.

But there is no doubt that genetics (including race) play *a role* in how easily we can grow our hair long.

I don't know why people keep debating and redebating what is a very simple issue.
 
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Not brastrap currently, but been there. Grandfather white, but it doesn't show in my hair texture. It's 4.
 
HoneyDew said:
I don't think race really has anything to do with it, accept maybe in the texture/thickness/etc that you may have.

But, I do think genetics play a part on so many things about us. There are so many things about me that are so much like my mother! And so many things about my son that are just like my brother.

I think you can have fine hair genetically. I think you can have a particular texture genetically. I think you can have thick hair genetically. It makes up everything about us so some part of how our hair is very genetic and I will never believe that it is not. If so, that discredits a lot of biological facts.

But, I think too many people write off every hair issue to genetics and that is just not always the case. You can have thin hair just from not taking proper care of it, too. Or maybe if you were born with fine hair anyway, you can make it worse with over processing, etc.
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ITA. My hair is no longer BSL after many trims but hopefully it will be back to that length by early next year. My parents are Liberian. My great grandmother was Lebanese.
 
Even though I have 4b coarse hair.....If I were to answer yes to this question...All creditability for my growth will go to " She got something else in her"

Instead showing especially young girls with 4b hair... that is made fun of or told they have bad hair.....They can do it too...With proper hair care like I did.....
 
Yeah, but that didn't give me the ticket to long healthy hair. My hair is longer than it's ever been because I learned to take better care of it.

I guess some people will always trip when they see someone with thick, long, un-cut (raw diggity) black hair. I personally believe that ALL hair can grow with the right care. Thinking back to high school, some of the young ladies with the longest and healthiest hair did look mixed, but their hair was 4a/b...some 4c. (Seriously) I guess they just had the bomb regimes or something.

On that note, I am glad to finally be able to recognize unhealthy hair no matter the race.
 
There is Irish and Carib Indian in my family line and all of my aunts and mom had long hair when they were young women. So genetically, my hair does grow at a decent rate, but I have to be tender with my hair. It's fine and it's 4 A/B, which is no joke to handle. Those extra ethnicities does not make it any easier for me to retain length.
 
Nope, no parent or grandparent of another race.....maybe somewhere way down the line but none that I know of.
 
ebonylocs said:
No. BSL and no parents or grandparents of other races.

But there is no doubt that genetics (including race) play *a role* in how easily we can grow our hair long.

I don't know why people keep debating and redebating what is a very simple issue.
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I wouldn't say that genetics (including race) play a role in how "easily" but I would say how FAST we can grow our hair long...:yawn:
 
Jhuidah said:
I think heredity plays a role in how our hair is--thickness, density, etc.
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a lot of people agree with that.....long hair runs in my family.the longest has been but length i just found out.i was like wow!!!!!!!!!and i just saw pics of my great unts hair taken down......she grew it to her hips...all that time when she was living i though her hair was like brastrap or something..................so i know that i have the potential to growing at least hip length.its almost there now!!!!!!!!!!!!:grin:
 
I am about an inch past BSL. Both parents are black, all 4 grandparents are black, all 8 great grands were black.
 
lol!!!! :lachen:yup yup thats me im mixed!!!! :D

nvybeauty said:
i mean "looking white" means nothing to black folks..........plenty of "bright light damn near white" black folks got 4zzzzzzzzzzzz hair that takes work to maintain, condition, and care for to deal with the dryness and tangles to grow to BSL.
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My hair is now past BSL and both sets of my grandparents are black. And both sets of my great-grand parents were black.:yep:...I'm mixed with Black and Blacker!
 
choconillaprincess said:
I'm biracial white/black and i'm almost bsl... i have been bsl before as a natural... i'm very conscious of mixed race individuals (as far as culture and identity is concerned) and i can tell u first hand that we come in a thousand colors and combinations as does our hair... and it's a little offensive to me when ppl assume that all mixed-race folks have a certain look/hair type etc. i don't have green eyes, a thin nose, or wavy hair to my *ss... hope i'm not a disappointment!:lachen:
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LOL This made me crack up! btw I love your color!
 
Y'all are going to spank me, but I am just going to say it and suffer the consequences (I've been here long enough to know the deal). Some of the people here who have ultra long hair are "garden variety black" (like me), 100% African, or biracial. There are some, however, who say "I'm a plain 'ole' black person" leaving out the fact they have creole ancestry which some would call black (which, to me and several other people, is a little different from plain 'ole' black) or there parents and grandparents are individuals like those in Our Kind of People who selected mates based on having a certain appearance (long hair-3b or not) and continued to do that through generations. To me, the people in this category are still black, but it's a little different. Based on avatars and siggies, some of the people on this forum with BSL and over hair (NB-not all) look as if they might be descendants of these people...
 
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DenverGirl said:
I wouldn't say that genetics (including race) play a role in how "easily" but I would say how FAST we can grow our hair long...:yawn:
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Really? I was under the impression that the hair of every race grew at the same pace, but the difference with Black hair was the lack of moisture which made it hard for us to retain length?
 
mango387 said:
Y'all are going to spank me, but I am just going to say it and suffer the consequences (I've been here long enough to know the deal). Some of the people here who have ultra long hair are "garden variety black" (like me), 100% African, or biracial. There are some, however, who say "I'm a plain 'ole' black person" leaving out the fact they have creole ancestry which some would call black (which, to me and several other people, is a little different from plain 'ole' black) or there parents and grandparents are individuals like those in Our Kind of People who selected mates based on having a certain appearance (long hair-3b or not) and continued to do that through generations. To me, the people in this category are still black, but it's a little different. Based on avatars and siggies, some of the people on this forum with BSL and over hair (NB-not all) look as if they might be descendants of these people...
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Interesting pov. I think you may be onto something here.
 
mango387 said:
Y'all are going to spank me, but I am just going to say it and suffer (I've been here long enough to know the deal) the consequences. Some of the people here who have ultra long hair are "garden variety black" (like me), 100% African, or biracial. There are some, however, who say "I'm a plain 'ole' black person" leaving out the fact they have creole ancestry which some would call black (which, to me and several other people, is a little different from plain 'ole' black) or there parents and grandparents are individuals like those in Our Kind of People who selected mates based on having a certain appearance (long hair-3b or not) and continued to do that through generations. To me, the people in this category are still black, but it's a little different. Based on avatars and siggies, some of the people on this forum with BSL and over hair (NB-not all) look as if they might be descendants of these people...
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I agree with what you are saying. Genetical there are a lot of members here who have Caucasian or Native american blood who are not 100% African. To say they are 100% black is false all they need is a DNA test to see the truth. In any case, to say people who are African can't grow there hair is a misconcetion. A perfect example is sonce who is Nigerian and her hair is at midback or the lady who stated at the beginning of the thread that she's Nigerian and has bra-strap hair. There are a lot of women in Africa who have long hair or have the potential but don't know how to grow or take care of their hair.
 
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