Yeah everyone in my family had PLATINUM BLONDE hair and BLUE eyes until they were teenagers, which then turned into BROWN hair and still BLUE eyes. No one in my family has more than four or five freckles, but I have THOUSANDS of freckles! I used to absolutely HATE them, but now they don't bother me all that much. I'm really pale too, and if I try to get a tan I burn (but it later turns into a very slight tan). I have to use tan-in-a-bottle stuff
My story is this...I have GREEN EYES...and my hair color continued to get DARKER up through age 17...I was a STRAWBERRY BLONDE until age 3...had BRIGHT RED HAIR until age 12...have REDDISH BROWN hair now, but I dye it just two shades redder than my hair is now to make it less brown, because it otherwise all my freckles look WEIRD! When I was four I got my first PERM (my hair's REALLY REALLY straight), and people kept calling me "Annie" or "Strawberry Shortcake" or "Carrot Top" which I absolutely HATED. So around age 16 I decided to bleach my hair BLONDE (scary!!!), but realized I looked much better as a redhead. LOL.
Anyway, it's weird but most guys I've dated were always intrigued by my hair being red (and even my freckles!), and that definitely changed my attitude about it. Until I started dating I thought I was a freak for having red hair. Even with all my freckle, I do get asked sometimes whether my hair is natural or not...and I always give a "well yes and no" answer b/c although I dye my hair, it's really just an ENHANCEMENT of the red already there. I think my *current* NATURAL hair color is too dull looking for my skin tones, and I like it to be brighter.