There's quite a few people in my family who have red hair. 
red hair which is actually ginger orange hair occurs naturally in less than 3% of the population!
Oh wow, I didn't know it was that rare! Does it originate in Ireland?
not sure where it originates but it occurs more frquently in people of orthern and western european acenstry.  roughly 2-6% i wouldny say originate but more like more freuqently
Thanks for that information. Do people with red hair have any other genetic differences from those who do not?
is appears more commonly in people with two copies of a recessive allele on chromosome 16 which produces an altered version of the mc1r protein. ive personally always wanted red hair so im a bit jealous.
I don't have red hair myself, but I do have a little red tint to my beard. Funny how genetics do that!
yup. the red hair is also associated with fair skin color, lighter eye color, freckles and more sensitivity to ultra violet light. red heads are a unique set of people!