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* Janette Joyce, formerly O'Shea has red hair. Her husband, Richard Joyce who is a surgeon, looks like he also has red hair. Why does their daughter Jenny Joyce have brown hair?

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* Janette Joyce, formerly O'Shea has red hair. Her husband, Richard Joyce who is a surgeon, looks like he also has red hair. Why does their daughter Jenny Joyce have brown hair?hair?
** Hair color is determined by multiple genes, and red hair is recessive. While two red headed parents are more likely to have a child with red hair, it's by no means a certainty.
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** The main reason is that their mothers are all friends from way back, so the girls presumably have known each other since childhood and have been spending time together for years,and gradually became friends to the point that Michelle considers them to practically be family. They may all be different, but circumstances made them into one friend group. Plus, Michelle has mentioned being acquaintances and friends with other people, so she presumably has other friends besides the main characters.

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** The main reason is that their mothers are all friends from way back, so the girls presumably have known each other since childhood and have been spending time together for years,and gradually became friends to the point that Michelle considers them to practically be family. They may all be different, but circumstances made them into one friend group. Plus, Michelle has mentioned being acquaintances and friends with other people, so she presumably has other friends besides the main characters.characters.
* Janette Joyce, formerly O'Shea has red hair. Her husband, Richard Joyce who is a surgeon, looks like he also has red hair. Why does their daughter Jenny Joyce have brown hair?
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* Another "Why does X hang out with Y" question: why is Michelle friends with Erin, Orla, and Clare? All three of them are, in their different ways, pretty weird; Clare is a bit of a geek, Erin has her artistic pretensions, and Orla is, well, Orla. Meanwhile, Michelle is a pretty average party-loving teenage girl.

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* Another "Why does X hang out with Y" question: why is Michelle friends with Erin, Orla, and Clare? All three of them are, in their different ways, pretty weird; Clare is a bit of a geek, Erin has her artistic pretensions, and Orla is, well, Orla. Meanwhile, Michelle is a pretty average party-loving teenage girl.girl.
** The main reason is that their mothers are all friends from way back, so the girls presumably have known each other since childhood and have been spending time together for years,and gradually became friends to the point that Michelle considers them to practically be family. They may all be different, but circumstances made them into one friend group. Plus, Michelle has mentioned being acquaintances and friends with other people, so she presumably has other friends besides the main characters.
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** He could be employed by the tour, not the venue.

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** He could be employed by the tour, not the venue.venue.
* Another "Why does X hang out with Y" question: why is Michelle friends with Erin, Orla, and Clare? All three of them are, in their different ways, pretty weird; Clare is a bit of a geek, Erin has her artistic pretensions, and Orla is, well, Orla. Meanwhile, Michelle is a pretty average party-loving teenage girl.
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* It is often mentioned that not much of interest happens in Derry, or at least did back in the time the show is set in. So what does the guy running the VIP section at the Fatboy Slim concert do for a living when there's no world-famous musician visiting Derry, which is probably most of the time? He certainly acts as if running a VIP section is completely routine for him.

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* It is often mentioned that not much of interest happens in Derry, or at least did back in the time the show is set in. So what does the guy running the VIP section at the Fatboy Slim concert do for a living when there's no world-famous musician visiting Derry, which is probably most of the time? He certainly acts as if running a VIP section is completely routine for him.him.
** He could be employed by the tour, not the venue.
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'''Wee Ma Mary''': My da made me bring her.

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'''Wee Ma Mary''': My da made me bring her.her.
* It is often mentioned that not much of interest happens in Derry, or at least did back in the time the show is set in. So what does the guy running the VIP section at the Fatboy Slim concert do for a living when there's no world-famous musician visiting Derry, which is probably most of the time? He certainly acts as if running a VIP section is completely routine for him.
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** He was presumably too busy deriving relief from peeing to notice anything about Sister Declan just keeling over, and had his back turned to her so he wasn't looking at her. The other characters were also just registering that Sister Declan had just died. This is in contrast to Bridie's wake, when James is fully aware that he is in front of a corpse and starts getting anxious.

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