A young girl can decide if she wants to go brunette or blonde by simply moving her parting, thanks to a rare genetic ‘birthmark.
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11-year-old Bella was born with a head of half brunette and half blonde hair, her mother Jenny Hill shared.
She believes that the distinctive trait is caused by poliosis, which occurs when a person develops or is born with a patch of gray or white hair.
Bella also has different colored eyelashes – her left lashes are dark while the right ones are light.
Thanks to her unique tresses, the schoolgirl can decide whether she wants to go blonde or brunette every morning based on her outfit.
“It’s really different and unique. My mum pointed it out when she was born but at the time I was in too much pain to notice,” Jenny said.
“She was saying she’s fair and I said she’s dark then we noticed her eyelashes were fair on the blonde side and dark on the brunette side.”
The mother continued: “I asked about it at her six-week check-up and they kind of just said “oh yes” and didn’t make a big deal out of it.
“As parents it’s more noticeable because you stare at your baby but it’s more prominent as she’s got older.
“In the summer the darker side does go fairer. The blonde is an ice blonde, like it’s been bleached and it goes all the way underneath in an unusual pattern.
“If she has it in a certain style, she’s blonde but if she changes her parting, she’s brunette. She prefers her hair lighter when she wears more girly clothes and pastel colours but when she wears her hoodies and joggers, she wears it up so it’s dark.”
Jenny says her daughter’s unique made gains a lot of attention. “We got a lot of attention when she was little,” she shared.
“It would take us hours to get round the supermarket because people would stop and admire Bella’s hair or ask if we’d dyed it.”
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