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A first-time mom has sparked curiosity across social media after sharing something expected about her son: his bright ginger hair.
Patricia Bev, who goes by @kissedbyfire on TikTok, showed baby Kayden to viewers, miming an audio clip that said: "To be honest, I don’t know what happened, but we need a redo."
Bev, 33, and her husband, 36-year-old Terry, are an interracial couple, and neither parent has red hair. The California mom captioned her clip: "We really don’t need a redo but I do have some explaining to do."
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"When I first started noticing his ginger hair, I was completely shocked—just like the nurses who pointed it out right after he was born," Patricia told Newsweek. "Neither my partner nor I have red hair, so it came as a total surprise."
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But Patricia wasn’t focused on genetics—she was just grateful for a healthy baby. "Everything about him was so beautiful," she added.
Kayden’s ginger hair has since become a conversation starter everywhere they go. Strangers stop the family in public, and online viewers flood the comments with curiosity, compliments and theories.
"Before I started my TikTok journey, I never imagined we’d receive this much interest in him," Patricia said. "As our followers grew, and the comments poured in about his beautiful ginger hair, it really hit me just how unique he is."
Her clip on TikTok has clocked up over 1.4 million views—and users had questions. In comments, many have referenced the so-called "Eve gene," a term often used online to describe recessive traits such as red hair appearing unexpectedly.
Genetically, red hair is most commonly linked to variations of the MC1R gene. A child can have red hair, even if neither parent does, as long as both parents carry a recessive copy of the gene.
Because MC1R variants are found across many populations and can remain hidden for generations, the appearance of red hair can seem surprising.
"Genetics are amazing," one user wrote.
"He has your whole face and eyes, just a different color palette," another added.
A third user suggested the Bevs may have Irish roots.
"I wasn’t familiar with the ‘Eve gene’ at all before having Kayden—in fact, I’d never even heard of it," Patricia said. "But, after he was born, it seemed to come up everywhere! People would stop us in public repeatedly to mention it, and now it’s a frequent topic in my TikTok comment section."
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