RED

Red heads have less hairs on their head than blondes or brunettes.







So I got this idea to write a blog about Tyler's beautiful red hair. Can I just tell you how cute I think this boy is! There's only two things in this world that he needs, his sippy cup and his blanket. - Oh, and an unlimited supply of Baby Einstein videos- Every time he sees a white car he yells "Big Guy!" That is code for Aaron. He love to eat tomatoes and Lucky Charms and he loves to play with his Chevron cars. I love that he always says "Daddy" with a British accent. I can't get mad at him. I tried once....I just couldn't do it.

I LOVE his red hair! So I did a little research about redheads and here is what I found:

Did you know that only 2-4% of the human population has red hair? Red hair is most common in the northern and wester European countries. Scotland has the most redheads, Ireland has the second. About 46% of the Irish population carry the gene for red hair. So how does hair come out red? Especially when neither Aaron or I have it? Well, when the person receives two copies of the recessive gene on chromosome 16 which causes a mutation in the MC1R protein. People can carry the gene, but not have red hair. I'm pretty sure AC and I both carry it. The pigment pheomelanin gives red hair its distinctive color. They have more of this light pigment than they do of dark pigment. Fair skin is associated with red hair, and freckles. This is because redheads have low concentrations of eumelanin throughout the body. They are also able to produce more Vitamin D in low sunlight than blondes and brunettes. Red hair is the rarest natural color in humans. I found a list of significant persons throughout history that you didn't know had red hair:

George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
Napolean Bonaparte - We're actually not really sure on this one
Christopher Columbus
William Shakespeare
Mark Twain
Emily Dickinson
Antonio Vivaldi - composer "The 4 Seasons"
King David - he kicked the crap out of Goliath
Galileo Galilei - Italian astronomer and physicist
Cleopatra
Queen Elizabeth I
Sir Winston Churchill
Vincent Van Gogh
King Henry VIII
Calvin Coolidge
John Glenn - astronaut, politician
Charles Darwin
William Clark - of Lewis and Clark
Danny Elfman - composer
Marily Monroe
JK Rowling - author of Harry Potter books
Sarah Ferguson - Dutchess of York
Willie Nelson
Conan O'Brien
Harold "Red" Grange - football hero
John Beck - was quarterback for BYU



I'd like to be able to say my son grew up to be the first redhead President, but I can't. He could be the 5th tho. He could be TY CHRISTENSEN - quarterback for BYU! He could be the next big politician, composer, author, poet, artist or late night talk show host! He is definetly funny. Either way, I love Tyler and I hope he grows up to accomplish great things and possibly make history! Red hair rocks!