People with what hair color have a mutation in a gene called MC1R?
Correct answer: Red
Player #10135677
GremChild74, I think red hair is beautiful. My poor mother and most of her siblings were redheads. When she was young, in the 1920's she was ridiculed because of her red hair. She was called carrot top and the kids would chant I'd rather be dead than have red on my head. I'm glad times have changed. My brown haired daughter mostly dated red haired men and eventually married one.
GremChild74
Interesting insight. I have 2 red headed children and two red headed grandchildren. Red heads are sensitive.
Player Nanny B
GremChild74, my daughter,who is flaming red had had issues with anesthesia. have heard it is common for red heads
Syn
Player Nanny B,
Being a Red head myself, I can attest to hypersensitivity on a lot of medical issues including waking up during a surgery !!!
meldawg
Red hair (all shades) is beautiful!!
tessdoust
Player Nanny B, I'm a redhead and had to have triple the normal dose of local anesthetic for my root canal
Maisie
I'm a redhead too - when I was young my hair was the colour of a carrot - I was called orange jelly, jelly peel, brass neck - and thanks to a snarky school prefect - I was also called a ginger headed water rat!! On the plus side - he's now bald 😂😂
tessdoust
Player #10416048, Auburn is just one shade. Red is used as a collective
Rupert F
Jo, it certainly does we have red, ginger, auburn, strawberry blond and every other shade
Player HDRider
I have always loved girls and later women with red hair. I love everything about them. They are different in many ways. You may think this is stereotyping but I'm going on double blind testing. 🥰
lildawn
jo, my son was born a blond with red on the top of his head. His hair fell out and he had a great red beard.
Mel
MY DAUGHTER HAS RED HAIR AND IS VERY SENSITIVE TO HEADACHES. ALSO SHE CANT STAY OIN THE SUN TOOLONG.
Louise
Maisie, that he's now bald made me laugh out loud. thanks for the smile.
DawnyG
My mums granddad had red hair and was locally known as “Red Mick” his name was Michael
HARRY AZZHÕL
red hair, don't care!! No soul!!!!
Haley
I have 3 children - 2 with red hair :)
Dori
Player #10135677, I have 3 red headed stepchildren and I couldn't love them more💕
wig502
Love my redhead and auburn head grandsons!
Dalene
emma b, my sister is a beautiful redhead, I am blonde. Her 3 children are blonde, and my 2 both have red hair. My late husband's aunt's told me when my son was born, don't worry, the red will change. Made me só mad, my redheads are beautiful.
Lori
Also to when naturally redheads going to having surgery they are harder to put under they require more anesthesia.
jo
Maisie, 😂😂😂😂 brilliant!!
Roo
On my (Scottish) grandmother's side of the family, she was one of nine children - the six girls had brown hair and the three boys had red hair.
As for name-calling, some folks will verbally attack any minority that is different to themselves...
Player #54426926
Syn, me also on both hip replacement
zonadm
Maisie, I really did laugh at the bald punchline. brilliant story. Be red and proud. shake that red hair all about ☆☆☆
Melode
There? the relatives on my moms side had red hair of one shade or another. My aunt also had light red hair and was beautiful. I always envied her.
Fiona
emma b, I also am a blue eyed redhead. I also didn't want my children having red hair, and all 3 are not. Now I wish my daughter had gotten my hair but not the boys!
Rosie
Player #10135677, i also went through the name callings in the 1960's. same as your mom.
Cynthia Reynolds
Syn, omgosh! I woke while having a hip replacement about 10 years ago. One thing is certain about redheads, of which I have a daughter, they are hard headed and have a great tolerance for pain.
Player #47332093
* Seshati *, Red hair is a mutated gene. Both parents have to carry it, but neither has to redheads.
Stephanie.S.
GremChild74, Those with red hair generally have very little melanin in their skin; less than any other type. The amount there is generally as freckles, so redhead's generally have to protect themselves from the sun and are more susceptible to sunstroke. Scotland has a higher proportion of redheads. Sunstroke there isn't a common problem. Red hair is lovely...I have to dye mine to get that colour!
Juliette
I find that SOMETIMES (this is rare) if one parent has brown hair and the other is blond they might have a child with red hair!
emma b
guess I'm one of the lucky unicorns of the world.....red hair and blue eyes is the rarest combination but it took me until now (in my 40's) to appreciate it. Had 3 children, 1 was dark to almost black hair and my 2 boys were white blonde. I took a lot of flack when younger which is why I never wanted my kids to inherit my colour 😞
Trish
Player Nanny B, I've had to stop dental and medical procedures because I could still feel pain.
Vera
I am proud to have natural red hair. I have also heard that pain receptors for red heads is low. I must be blessed then, I have a particularly high threshold for pain. All three children no pain relief whatsoever. 🤗
Player #32567393
Cozzy 25,
Prince Harry has red hair & a red beard & I reckon it suits him down to the ground. He’s a very attractive man. 😎
Lola Lo
Player #1919794, me too.
Player Eldehem
Player #10135677, Actually, 'carrot tops' are green, not red or orange! My son is a 'redhead', although he prefers the nomenclature 'Ginger' to red. Its quite fashionable just now 😉
missyperfect
I have 2 red head kids proper ginger and I always got told i had auburn hair even though I've only ever seen it as brown , it does glow red in the sun ..
interesting about the pain as when I was a child I was wild and rarely felt pain like others but seem to have grown out of it now
Maestro1313
Gingers are truly beautiful.