A Black mother of three, Ebony Lumpkin, has revealed that she is struggling to convince people that her son who genetically has red hair, is her biological son.<\/p>\n
According to the Daily Mail, the Virginia Beach resident said she has even faced police questioning her after a bystander accused her of kidnapping her seven-year-old son, Matthew. Both Ebony and Matthews father, Patrick Tebbe, who is white, have no evidence of red-heads in their family tree.<\/p>\n
Her son once asked if he was biologically related to his family because his red-hair stood out among them. To make her son feel more included, Lumpkin and Matthews older brother Adam, briefly dyed their own hair to make him feel more a part of his family.<\/p>\n
He once spent a whole week asking every red-haired woman if they were his real mummy after school kids told him I am not, she recalled.<\/p>\n
Lumpkin says that a five-minute errand run with her son typically turns into an hour because people are amazed by Matthews striking hair color.<\/p>\n
They are always complimenting his hair but then look twice at me and make speculations, she told the Daily Mail. I cant count how many times I have had to explain Im his mother, not nanny nor is he adopted.<\/p>\n
She later added, I understand it is rare to see a black mother with a white child who has red- I was shocked when I first saw him too.<\/p>\n
Ebony recounted that a trip to the grocery store took a turn for the worst after police showed up after receiving a tip that she kidnapped her son from a white lady. Luckily she had Matthews birth certificate on hand after they visited the doctor earlier that day.<\/p>\n
It was the most terrifying thing I have experienced, she said.<\/p>\n
Despite the negative comments and encounters, Matthews Instagram page has over 3,000 followers who love every inch of his fiery locs.<\/p>\n
Research shows that Matthews parents have to each carry the MC1R gene that is connected to having red hair. Only 1-2% of humans have red or orange hair in the world, making it the rarest natural hair color.<\/p>\n
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