DNA

My mother is from a large family and has several brothers and sisters with red hair, although hers is dark brown. My brothers and sisters and I all have brown hair. We knew the red hair gene was there, though, and I secretly hoped it would show up in one or more of my children. So far, the only red hair is on my nephew, Jeffrey. When my son, Nate, married a girl with beautiful red hair, I just knew we would get red hair in the family after all, but Dallin has his dad’s thick, dark curly hair. For a while there we wondered if Mia’s hair would turn red, we tried to convince ourselves that if the sun hit it just right it really did have a slightly reddish glow to it. But alas, it is brown. I can’t be too disappointed, though, for she has my hair, the same texture, the same curl, nearly the same color (it IS a little red compared to mine!). And I think that is totally awesome!