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!
Human hair color
Hair color is the pigmentation of hair follicles due to two types of melanin: eumelanin and pheomelanin. Generally, if more eumelanin is present, the color of the hair is darker; if less eumelanin is present, the hair is lighter. Levels of melanin can vary over time causing a person's hair color to change, and it is possible to have hair follicles of more than one color on the same person. Particular hair colors are often associated with ethnic groups, while gray or white hair is
, 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