>>I prefer to leave it ambiguous whether the Stricklands of various eras
>>represent a long family line, like the Chins of Dìqiú's
>>Western Empire bureaucracy, or are all the same long-lived guy. They
>>are, however, all played by the same actor. :)
>
>And no doubt served by the same barber!
>
>"Jesus. Didn't that guy ever have hair?"
>
Every member of the Strikland family (even the women) has a dominant hereditary mutation of the AR gene on the X chromosome causing extreme androgenetic alopecia. Most of the Striklands have responded to this by close-trimming or shaving the rest of their hair and sometimes wearing hats; but there is the notorious exception of Edna Strikland (b. 1942) who instead founded a major wig brand.

L.