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Extremely Premature White Hair

Extremely Premature White Hair

Mary Harris (View posts)
Posted: 13 Feb 2005 8:30PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: KERR
Hi,

Not sure if this a birth mark exactly, but I have come across a family branch (KERR of Argyllshire, Scotland) where many of the descendants experience white/gray hair very early.

In one family, the mother & father were actually related to each other (1st cousins, once removed) so it looks like the chances of inheritting this gene were doubled - all 6 of their children went white early. Some of the grandchildren have done so too. And by early, I mean some were snow white by 19 years old!

Has anyone ever come across this before?

Mary

Re: Extremely Premature White Hair

Zora (View posts)
Posted: 23 Jul 2006 8:05PM GMT
Classification: Query
I belong to the mothernal lineage where my grandson and all known women except my daughter were born with milk-white hair.
It turned golden at the age of 6, nut/reddish at the age of ca 12 yrs. I am now 55 yrs and nearly all white which I feel as being premature. I got my first grey hair at the age of ca 21 year.
We are fair skinned, blue/green eyes.
z.r.

Re: Extremely Premature White Hair

Posted: 18 Nov 2008 7:16AM GMT
Classification: Query
Yes, Mary. I am 27 years old. and I've began seeing these white hairs around 17. I have very thick healthy hair mind you and lots of it. when I was about 23 it progressed. They're white and not grey. Very strange. But no one's hair color is the same color. I've always have somewhat a blackish/brown color.

Re: Extremely Premature White Hair

Posted: 17 May 2009 10:14PM GMT
Classification: Query
Yes, my maternal family has premature whiting. Hair turns between 16 and 25. Last name Shapiro, Jewish. Country of origin is Germany/Poland.

Re: Extremely Premature White Hair

Posted: 3 Apr 2010 9:54AM GMT
Classification: Query
dat is so strange,im the only one in my family born with white hair,and stil growing
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