Growing up as a redhead has not been a walk in the park. All of your peers have either brown or blonde hair... and then there's you, the redhead who stands out like a sore thumb. Redheads are amongst the rarest group of people in the world, making up only about two percent of the population. There are around seven billion people in the world, and amongst that, around 140 million people have red hair! My fellow redheads and I share some very unique (and freaky) qualities that will leave blondes and brunettes speechless.
1. Red hair is a genetic mutation.
Most redheads have been asked where they got their red hair from. Surprisingly, many redheads don't have parents with red hair and have most likely been asked if they were adopted... Awkward.
2. Redheads need more anesthetic in order to block pain receptors.
Don't underestimate a redhead and their pain tolerance. We are tough, so tough that we need more anesthetic than the average person. Watch out!
3. Red hair NEVER turns gray!
Don't be too jealous! As a redhead ages their hair will turn from red to blonde to silvery white. I guess redheads are #BLESSED.
4. Redheads were considered vampires by the ancient greeks.
Between the late 1500s and early 1700s woman with red hair were killed for alleged witchcraft in Europe.
5. There are redhead festivals to honor our existence
Totally kidding about honoring our existence, but redhead festivals do exist. Chicago has a redhead festival in June that I will most defiantly be attending.
6. We won't steal your soul, but maybe your heart.
Luckily, I have never had anyone ask me if I have a soul. I am saying "luckily" in terms that they are lucky because I would loose it! Yes, redheads have souls (very large ones if you ask me). I would be more worried that we will steal your heart.
7. The sun plus us equals a human size walking freckle.
Redheads NEVER tan. When I say never, I mean if we look like we have color that is a result of us turning into a giant freckle. We have to pick our battles, do we want to be so pale it hurts others eyes? Or do we want to look like a walking freckle? I still don't know what one is better.
8. The Weasley "family reunion" should be a national holiday.
9. Don't piss off a redhead.
Just like our hair color, our attitude is fiery too. Watch what you say around us redheads. You don't want to see us loose our temper.
10. Redheads are NOT going extinct.
In order for redheads to go extinct that would mean every person on this earth could not carry any recessive or dominant genes for red hair. That is impossible. Red hair gets its color from either two dominant genes or two recessive genes. People can still cary the gene for red hair as a recessive genotype and not have red hair. Don't ask a redhead is they are going extinct... because we will be around for a long time.
