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Published 11:52 13 Jan 2017 GMT
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It's not called the Alexi Lalas gene...yet (photo credit: Todd Warshaw /Allsport)"MC1R’s task is making a protein called melanocortin 1. That protein plays an important part in converting pheolmelanine into eumelanine "When someone inherits two mutated versions of the MC1R-gene (one from each parent), less pheomelanine is converted into eumelanine. The feomelanine accumulates in the pigment cells and the person ends up with red hair and fair skin."Essentially, the same mutation that brings about red hair on the top of your head will be responsible for red hair anywhere else on your body (yes, *anywhere*). So you don't need ginger parents for it to apply - it could come from further back in your family history, as genes from ancestors going back generations can (and often do) have an impact on the colour of this generation's hair. And people say science is boring.
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