0_Apprentice
I have super super dark brown hair most people think my hair is black
1_Wizard
does your family also have dark hair - true black hair is a dominant genetic trait among people of all backgrounds and ethnicities
0_Apprentice
I know my mom is a red head, I never met my dad but my mom said his hair color was the same, and he was very light complected like myself and my mom
1_Wizard
That's interesting because a darker person usually have more individual hair follicles on their scalp so they are darker.  Are you siblings the same?
0_Apprentice
I have 1 brother blonde and blue eyed
1_Wizard
Is the blond yellowish color?  Very different than brown/almost black hair!  The 2 types of melanin: eumelanin and pheomelanin make up hair color. 
0_Apprentice
no it is very very blond, not a yellow color at all
1_Wizard
I wonder if skin color has anything to do with it - skin pigmentation is also genetic from their birth parents. 
0_Apprentice
We are both very light complected, as well as both my parents, not sure where the dark hair came from as far as my dad goes, somewhere back in the genes I guess
1_Wizard
Light skin is most commonly found amongst native people in Europe and NE Asia