I have red hair and i see more people like me in  northern or western European ancestry
Are you Irish?
I am Irish American. My mothers side has the partial ancestry from Ireland
Nice. I have a wee bit of Irish in my too! But my hair is blonde, a trait I inherited from an eastern european mother.
That is cool. We that are of Irish ancestry made up to 10.5% of the total population. That is a huge number
Interesting. I happen to be listening to Irish folk music at this moment as we discuss our shared Irish heritage. Cool. Is your skin fair as well?
I have the skin of average american but with a  Red hair  which make me one of the 1–2% of the human population that has it
Super. Are the genes for hair color linked to skin color in any way?
I am not sure but i know the hair is characterized by high levels of the reddish pigment pheomelanin and relatively low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin.
Cool. Does red hair "bleach" in the sun, and if so, is this related to pheomelanin?