One such incident was a few weeks ago at the grocery store check-out counter. I responded with the usual, "no, her hair has been changing colors since the day she was born. It started out as dark as mine."
"That's so cool" the young girl replied. "I have a friend who has hair like hers, it's three different colors and she won't dye it because she likes that it's different."
This possibility never occurred to us. We always assumed it was in a state of transition. Could it really be her natural color ... or in this case, colors? In fact, when I first noticed the blonde roots I later realized that the roots were still two shades of brown in some areas.
Her granny has joked that no matter what color hair she choses as a 50 something adult she can point back to a baby picture reflecting that color and declare that it is her natural color.