I guess because I grew up where people routinely dyed their hair they didn't think much of mine. I wasn't teased quite as much as y'all... but it was still there. What I don't get is the comment "If you have red hair you must be Irish." Um - well yeah... but I'm also Scottish, Romanian, Welsh, English, Anglo, Greek, Italian, Russian, American Indian, and I have 2 Black slaves in my past (not that I would ever call my Great, Great, Great Grandmom on my mother's side and a Great x's 2 Aunt on my father's side anything other than kin). I'm a Heinze 57 mixed mutt thank you very much and quite proud of it. It was just a twist of fate that I ended up with the witch coloring (red hair and blue eyes). So what if it's a recessive trait - it's beautiful and I'm fucking proud of it. Anyone who says differently doesn't count for much in my book.
Now that I've had a little rant let's see what everyone else has to say about it shall we?