For a child to be born a redhead, both parents must be genetic carriers of. No matter what hair color you have or how pale (or not) your skin is, it is important to embrace what makes you different, and redheads are a fiery example of that. Redheads also bruise easily than those who have any other hair color. . Some say that Mansa Musa, king of Timbuktu, was the world’s wealthiest man as his wealth was apparently too great to count.