Marvelous thing genetic science. Unless you're a ginger, that is. For years the poor souls have had to stoically withstand "playful" comparisons to a particular brand of battery, biscuit and root vegetable. Whilst seeming trivial (to non-gingers), cumulatively, over time...well...some people claim it's a form of racial abuse.

Anyhoo, if things were not bad enough, seems it's about to get a whole lot worse for the meloninally challenged amongst us. Follow this BBC Link and work it out for yourself