There are plenty of redheads who are non-Irish-
Like me. I'm British on my mom's side. I'm scandinavian & Slavic (from northern Poland/Ukraine) on my dad's and I'm a redhead. My maternal grandmother & all three of her siblings are redheads, although NONE of their children were. I'm the only grandchild with red hair. It's a recessive gene and this means it must have been on my dad's side somewhere.
Scandinavians, Brits, Welsh, and some slavs from northern slavic countries like Lithuania & Estonia as well as some Poles, Ukranians, & Russians can also have red hair. Seems anywhere the Norse ended up, there are redheads. I went to the Dublinia Museum in Dublin this last summer- its a museum about the Viking invasion & control of Ireland. There was a huge map that showed the parts of Europe controlled by the Vikings at different times and the % of people who have some Viking DNA in those places today. These places include most of those places I've listed above - and they're also where we find many redheads.
I'm more concerned about Bryce being outside so much in the sun the past month (assuming he's out there). Red heads usually burn easily. Very easily. One time as a kid I went to a watermark for 3 hours and didn't put on sunscreen. I gota second degree burn with awful blisters. My dermatologist keeps telling me I need to stay out of the sun (sunscreen or not) from 10am-2pm. Redheads are also very suspectible to melanoma for this reason.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/265175.php
I can't tell what color Bryce's eyes are, but mine are green. I've heard people with
light colored eyes are more sensitive to sunlight. Don't know if that's true but for me it is. I have green eyes and I wear sunglasses even when it's overcast. My husband is part Native American and his eyes - even the irises - are coal black. He is hardly ever bothered by sunlight.
