That was the reaction when a little boy was born with strikingly white hair.
Instead of the dark, brown, black, or light-colored hair people might expect from a newborn, his head was covered in hair that looked almost completely snow-white.
The unusual appearance immediately attracted attention.
People stared.
Family members wondered how such a young baby could have hair that looked as though it belonged to someone decades older.
Photographs of children with unusual physical features can spread quickly, especially when those features are rare or visually striking.
And the story of a boy born with exceptionally white hair became the kind of story that people couldn’t stop talking about.
But the most interesting part of the story isn’t simply how unusual he looked as a baby.
