X chromosome would make sense, since it was my maternal grandmother who was Native American. My father was able to grow more facial hair than me, but I think my goatee gets longer that his beard did.

Check these guys out. You don't see these folks everyday, at least not in this isolated corner of the world.

yeah, some of these guys are Uyghurs, others are Hui.

and yes, it's forbidden for the men to cut their beards off as it is considered effeminate among other reasons.