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Hair Color

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By Candy
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Candy Contributor
Candy
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What hair color do most Celiacs have? A whole bunch of Red Heads claim to be related to me,and I think they assume that if I'm a Celiac , I must be related to their Red Hair or something.I think they are crazy-I really do. Most Celiacs are brown haired aren't they? Or are they mostly red haired? Red Hair is rare no matter what the condition, so it's not like most people have red hair anyway-I think they are begging for us to be in their hair color group.Red Haired people want brown Haired Celiacs? Am I right,because we're the cool ones.

The picture to the left is a gluten free birthday cake-recipe on this site . Pretty Yummy

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frec Contributor
frec
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I'm a redhead! But the other celiacs I know are 2 blondes and 3 brunettes. It would be interesting to know if there's a correlation.

mushroom Proficient
mushroom
Posted

Blonde here (with a little assistance now!)

JNBunnie1 Community Regular
JNBunnie1
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I have eight different shades of brown that gets blond streaks in the sun. My hair is very indecisive. But I have a blond friend and a few brunette acquaintances with Celiac, or some level of gluten intolerance.

ravenwoodglass Mentor
ravenwoodglass
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Mine is very dark brown but we also have redheads and blondes in the family. I started going grey in my teens though. Anyone else? I think a lot of us do.

JNBunnie1 Community Regular
JNBunnie1
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Mine is very dark brown but we also have redheads and blondes in the family. I started going grey in my teens though. Anyone else? I think a lot of us do.

24, no gray. My Mum's getting some gray, but she's 55. So no early graying here.

ShayFL Enthusiast
ShayFL
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Keep in mind that 90% of the planet has black or brown hair...... :D

I have brown hair.

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minton Contributor
minton
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I have auburn, more to the brown, color. My fiance who is likely to be celiac has bright Irish red hair. the only other diagnosed celiac that I know has black hair (probably brown and then dyed to be black)

GlutenGalAZ Enthusiast
GlutenGalAZ
Posted

When I was a baby I had red hair -- As a teen blonde with some red -- Now its blonde/red with some brown in it.

alba Newbie
alba
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brunette, but willing to be red!! jajajaja 30 and no gray hair... yet!

Mother of Jibril Enthusiast
Mother of Jibril
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Mine is very dark brown but we also have redheads and blondes in the family. I started going grey in my teens though. Anyone else? I think a lot of us do.

My hair is also very dark brown and turning gray around my face <_< I'm only 32.

wschmucks Contributor
wschmucks
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I've been told that Celiac is very prominent within the Irish ethnicity (I'm 50%)...so is red hair...?? maybe a connections. I'm blonde

Hummingbird4 Explorer
Hummingbird4
Posted

Brunette, with just a few grays.

caek-is-a-lie Explorer
caek-is-a-lie
Posted

I have naturally light brown hair, but I use henna to make it a lovely auburn. I add lots of honey to make it a nice autumn leaf color. I call it "burnt pumpkin". :D

MollyBeth Contributor
MollyBeth
Posted
Mine is very dark brown but we also have redheads and blondes in the family. I started going grey in my teens though. Anyone else? I think a lot of us do.

My hair isn't graying but my Grandmother who I'm pretty sure had Celiac disease had completely white by the time she was 25. She died from colon cancer when she was 38.

ang1e0251 Contributor
ang1e0251
Posted

My dad was a blonde and I'm sure that's where my celiac disease came from. He died at 38 from lung cancer. I'm dark blonde with grey hair in front, I'm 50.

alba Newbie
alba
Posted
I have naturally light brown hair, but I use henna to make it a lovely auburn. I add lots of honey to make it a nice autumn leaf color. I call it "burnt pumpkin". :D

how do you do that??? and where do you buy it?? I mean do you add regular honey to regular henna??!!! I'm gonna try that!

angieInCA Apprentice
angieInCA
Posted

I'm a very red dark auburn, my husband calls it Mahogany :) but it is now getting streaks of silver :(

msmini14 Enthusiast
msmini14
Posted

I pretty much had white hair as a child, turned blonde, then dark blonde. Now I am dark blonde with red and light blonde streaks - I do not dye my hair lol. Least I get the streaks for free =P hehehehe.

My dad and aunt have red hair, my aunt has celiac and I am 100% positive my dad had it too

Treen Bean Apprentice
Treen Bean
Posted

Ginger Kid here!

1morething Explorer
1morething
Posted

I'm a pure redhead and loving every minute of it :D

henny Explorer
henny
Posted

I'm a legitimate light strawberry blonde.

All my many celiac relatives are all solid brunettes though. 10 of those at last count. (I guess I was the milk-man's daughter)

julirama723 Contributor
julirama723
Posted

As a child, my hair was sort of an honey blonde, and as I got older, it changed to a golden brown. It's a rich brown now, but I get lots of those golden and honey highlights in the summer when I'm out in the sun. I started getting gray hairs when I was 18! More keep coming every day. I notice them because they're like dog hairs (kinky and wiry and they stick out) but others don't notice them because my hair has so many natural highlights.

My mother is celiac and has dark brown hair (with lots of gray, but shhh that's a secret, she dyes it) but is not of Irish ancestry--she's Polish and Romanian.

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newburyport Newbie
newburyport
Posted

interesting post :)

ginger gal here! getting more strawberry/blonde as i get older (am 28)

puggirl Apprentice
puggirl
Posted

I have red hair, More like Strawberry Blonde but mostly Red.

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