A mum was shocked when her children were born with red hair despite both parents being brunette - and says people joke the mailman must be their dad. <br /><br />Jessica Enslow, 48, is mum to seven kids and the youngest three - who are her current husband's - have glowing red locks.<br /><br />Jessica revealed people can't believe she and her brown-haired husband, Rob, 44, a technology management consultant, are their parents.<br /><br />She said she constantly gets jokes that flame-haired Lincoln, 13, Alexis, 11, and Eli, nine, must actually be the mailman's.<br /><br />Jessica and Rob say they get comments made multiple times a day both in person and online.<br /><br />But the parents are so used to it that they no longer even notice.<br /><br />Jessica, from Salt Lake City, Utah, US, said: "When our little boy was born with red hair it took us by surprise.<br /><br />"Neither of us expected to have a red-haired child - never mind three.<br /><br />"I didn't understand how it worked - what are the chances of it happening three times?<br /><br />"We are always getting comments the children are the mailman's.<br /><br />"If it's not the mailman it's the FedEx guy, the milkman, or... Ed Sheeran."<br /><br />Jessica, a social media content creator, had son Lincoln in 2010 - her first child with Rob. <br /><br />She recalled their shock at seeing their child had bright red hair - despite neither of them being redheads.<br /><br />But they discovered that earlier generations of both Jessica and Rob's families had been flame-haired - which explained the surprise.<br /><br />But because the feature is genetically recessive, the chances of the parents having not one, but three redheaded kids was very rare - just a 1.6% chance.<br /><br />As a result, the family often receive comments from strangers - who can't believe the children are Rob's.<br /><br />She said: "When it first started happening, I was a bit defensive, but now it's just funny to me.<br /><br />"It's always a joke because everyone always says they have Rob's face.<br /><br />"People comment on how our mailman must be red-haired every day.<br /><br />"If it's not the mailman it's the FedEx guy or the milkman, or even the neighbour.<br /><br />"For some reason a lot of people say Ed Sheeran. I've heard it all."<br /><br />Jessica - who posts on TikTok as @jessicaenslow - claims the comments don't bother the family at all, and they find it funny.<br /><br />Their children have never been bullied or put down because of their unique hair colour, she said.<br /><br />Jessica added: "If you did a little research into biology and genetics you would realise it can happen.<br /><br />"I'm sure there are some people out there that think I actually cheated but most people just make the comment because they think they're hilarious."<br /><br />Dad Rob added: "It's something we've always had a little fun with, the mailman thing has always been a joke.<br /><br />"My kids look just like me, so it's difficult to think otherwise!<br /><br />"We're done having kids but we're curious if we kept going, how many more redheads we'd have.<br /><br />"There's a bit of a stigma around red hair so I make sure to always tell them how incredible it is, and how gorgeous they are."
