LOL, my family was the same. My parents both had black hair. My baby brother and I are redheads. We found out we are Scot/Irish but not until years later.
When I was little a common question to my parents was “where did she get that red hair”? Finally Dad started quipping back “the milk man”. Well, that was back when milk was delivered to your door in little bottles. One morning Dad opened the door when he heard the milkman and horrors of horrors he had red hair! They had never seen him until that day. LOL
OMG, that’s hilarious! LOL
** We found out we are Scot/Irish **
can you imagine being a Scot/Irish alcoholic?
You want a drink but you don’t want to pay for it.
😂🤣😂
In my town, it was not the milk man.
It was the garbage man.
All the red heads in town are connected to him.
A couple we know, from church, both have dark hair and olive skin tone.
BOTH of their boys are as red headed and fair skinned, as can be.
The Gene for Red Hair is recessive. If a child has red hair, that means both parents carried the gene. If a couple both carry the gene, the chances of a red-headed baby are 1 in 4.
I also have Scots/Irish ancestors, and dozens of red-headed cousins. My Dad had red hair, and so did I.
My grand daughter is a red-head, and has 3 red-headed children. Two with blondish tints and one is just flaming red.