[aruanan]

Seriously, is it really a gene mutation that causes pale skin and red hair? It happens in my family about every other generation. I was the lucky one this generation.

Yes. But your family's not experiencing a mutation every other generation.

[Melinda in TN]

Yes. But your family's not experiencing a mutation every other generation.

Probably not but I have red hair, my grandmother had red hair, and my great-great grandmother had red hair. For some reason it only shows up every other generation. It seems kind of odd. That's as far back as I know of but I remember my grandmother saying that it has occurred every other generation way back through the family tree.