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Originally Posted by William Cloud Hickli
On wonders- how did one tell Sindar from Beleriand-born Noldor?
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I suppose you couldn't tell just by looking and that whether a particular dark haired elf is a Sinda or Noldo is something that can only be determined through conversation/interaction.
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Originally Posted by William Cloud Hickli
Quite so- and let's also please allow for natural variation within populations! For example Mahtan and three of his grandsons had red hair, and Nerdanel's was brown- even though 'officially' all non-Finarfinian Noldor had raven locks.
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This is, in part, why I don't think that Thranduil's golden hair is a huge issue. In
The Hobbit, IIRC, only Thranduil is described as golden haired. I don't recall the hair colour of the other Wood Elves being mentioned. Golden hair as a trait therefore may be personal to him, and may possibly be shared by his close relatives.
Or (speculating) it may be that Thranduil has a Vanya ancestor in his family tree.
In any event I don't think that one Sinda being described in TH as golden haired is enough to cast doubt on/cause significant conflict with anything said elsewhere on the hair colour of the Sindar.