Harry and Meghan's Christmas card: the reasons why their children have such red hair This weekend, Harry and Meghan’s Christmas card prompted conversation about both Archie and Lilibet having inherited Harry’s red hair amongst those of us who take interest in such things.
Three of those four children were born with Lucy’s fiery hair and have remained redheads, while the fourth, my goddaughter Martha, emerged into the world with black hair that’s now settled to, in Lucy’s words: “mousey with blonde ends and a few red streaks”.
Take these 8 longevity tests at home to find out] They have four children, and before the birth of each one I wondered who, if any, would inherit Lucy’s resplendent hair given that neither Nick nor his parents had a whisper of red in theirs.
Apparently, according to geneticists, the 1-2% of the global population with red hair have it as a result of having parents who both carry red haired genes, given that they’re recessive.
I was told that actually their kids carried it the most strongly, with only two of forty cousins having red hair, which seemed quite remarkable to me.
