Lent at grade school pre-Vatican II meant fish sticks or macaroni and cheese on Friday and Wednesday. Supper was fish and chips or if we were feeling fancy, shrimp and chips, hot out of Magic Chef deep fryer!
Red hair is a multi-allele inheritance. Parents can be heterozygous for “melanin” and “ash”, and pass down “no melanin” (hair, not skin color) and “no ash”, and end up with a redheaded child.
Interesting how Sterling’s eye color changed there….