Any other parents of redheads?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. Thanks for all the replies. To be clear, it doesn’t bother me. Sometimes I like it, other times it’s slightly annoying but only rarely.

DS has been a very difficult child to raise so I guess I like that at least people think he’s cute. He has SN, though you can’t tell from looking at him.

I guess I don’t think redheads are THAT rare, but it’s nice to know y’all get tons of attention too.

Red hair/blue eyes is 0.17 percent of the world population. It's the most rare hair/eye combination with red/green a close second (most redheads have brown eyes), but if runs in your family or if you are Northern European descent (especially Scottish and Irish), it doesn't seem as rare, because it is concentrated in that population.

[Anonymous]

Yes my kindergartner. I just adore his hair because of a special family connection I think it came from is meaningful to me, but I don't talk about this to him. He gets uncomfortable with the comments in public (which are mostly just "a redhead!" and sometimes gorgeous/beautiful) I think he doesn't like strangers paying attention to him. I like some of the advice given by previous posters.

[Anonymous]

My 18 month old DD has EXTREMELY bright red hair, eyebrows, eyelashes. People stop us every single time we leave the house. Our 4yo DD has brown hair and eyes as do DH and I. We each have a first cousin with bright red hair so it came out somehow in the genetics.

What bothers me most is asking if I'm the nanny/asking how she could be mind/making jokes about who her real dad is. Our stopping me on the beach to tell me she needs sunscreen. Making comments about how she's white as a ghost or a flaming ginger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lol, me too. And I'm black. I've got 2yo twins with red hair and we can't go anywhere without it turning into a complete circus.

I also had red hair when I was younger (now kinda brownish) and it always made me stand out. In our family there are a few redheads in every generation thanks to Scottish roots.

I love black redheads

I'm black too so you know I am not trying to be weird.

[Anonymous]

Be thankful you live in the U.S. - I have red hair and grew up in the UK and redheads are bullied mercilessly in school and generally - ppl roll down windows to shout something at you just walking down the street. Was shocked when I moved to the US that people thought it was a nice thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Be thankful you live in the U.S. - I have red hair and grew up in the UK and redheads are bullied mercilessly in school and generally - ppl roll down windows to shout something at you just walking down the street. Was shocked when I moved to the US that people thought it was a nice thing.

Omg I am so sorry to hear that!

[Anonymous]

Gingers unite! My teen who is a ginger always nods at other gingers and they even got a camp photo of all the gingers.

[Anonymous]

My daughter has auburn hair, and we get a lot of comments from women saying they’d pay good money for her hair color. Her art teacher always mentions it at back to school night.

[Anonymous]

My daughter has red hair and she gets stopped fairly frequently by women saying they pay (or would pay) a lot of money for hair that color and how beautiful it is. Sometimes it’s fine, sometimes it’s annoying, and sometimes I worry that it puts too much emphasis on her appearance.

[Anonymous]

Gingers don’t have souls

[Anonymous]

Red heads are rare and good luck. Not to mention adorable. Enjoy the attention.

[Anonymous]

In countries where the people are dark hair and dark complexions, my redhead always has people taking pictures of their hair. At first was scary for my kid, now dc loves all the attention.

[Anonymous]

Yes, two of them. DH and I are (were) both redheads so our kids' hair color was predestined.

DH's family takes full credit for our kids' hair color, which I find very strange.

[Anonymous]

We have two boys and our youngest is a redhead. He gets comments all the time and his older brother gets jealous (wishes he was a redhead- he is a brunette and says his hair is the color of poop).

[Anonymous]

My nephew is marrying one of 3 beautiful sisters with curly fire-red hair like Merida and I honestly couldn't be more excited to see what their kids will look like.