I've always wanted red hair, but unfortunately it only occurs naturally in 1-2% of the population. 
I actually had red hair as a child, but now I have black hair believe it or not!
I believe it. I was born with red hair, but now it's brown and gray. I've heard it occurs more frequently in people or northern or western European ancestry. 
That is interesting I wonder why that is. My momhas red hair but it did not stick with me I suppose
Maybe because you lacked the high levels of the reddish pigment pheomelanin that makes the hair red. 
I suppose that is it, I did not know they deterioted so quickly though, it was only a few years!
It could be because the levels of melanin can vary over time. That could have caused your hair color to change. 
That must be it, but i am okay with that, i would look weird with red hair i think
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, Stevens is supposed to have told Lincoln "I believe I told you he would not steal a red hot stove. I will now take that back." Stevens's ill-fitting wigs were a well-known topic of discussion in Washington, but when a female admirer who apparently did not know asked for a lock of Stevens's hair as a keepsake, he removed his hairpiece, held it out to her, and invited her to take any curl she found acceptable.
Steven Spielberg's 2012 film "Lincoln