From Montana to Alabama

An indigenous mother's surprise when the rare ginger genes appeared in both her sons

Interview with Stephanie McGee in Birmingham, AL

Knowing that red hair is a recessive gene, I did not think, with my Native American roots and their dad’s African American roots, that Jaxston would be born with red hair. But he was.

I was told that his hair would change once he got older, but I knew that wasn’t the case, because when he was born, his eye…