Baby mocked for having white hair – years later, he looks perfectly happy and healthy

A lot of parents want to take newborn photos of their kids and share them with others.

Patricia Williams was no different in this regard. She took a tender photo of her son. But she encountered a bad surprise when she tried to share his photos with others.

Read on to learn more.Redd, Patricia’s son, was born in 2012.

The young boy had white hair from birth, but his mother didn’t start noticing other characteristics of him until he was two months old.

When her husband Dale decided to investigate why the baby’s eyes were moving side to side, he was shocked to learn that it was a sign frequently associated with albinism. Patricia was doubtful because she had never even heard the term before, but the young boy exhibited all the symptoms of albinism, including pale skin, white hair, and tracking eyes.

The couple’s next move was to consult a geneticist and an optometrist in order to receive a formal diagnosis. It was established that Redd had Oculocutaneous Albinism Type 1 (OCA1), a disorder affecting 1 in 17,000 individuals worldwide.

When Redd was born, Patricia remembers the excitement among the hospital personnel, who were all eager to meet the newborn with the white hair and blue eyes. However, Patricia did not bat an eye at the moment because she, her husband, and her firstborn son, Gage, all had blonde hair.

A month after they had brought Redd home, she remembered noticing that his hair was so white that it would shine in the son.

His eyes would follow her despite her attempts to block them, and he would not turn them away. He also had extremely blue eyes that, under certain lighting conditions, would glitter red.

Patricia was certain that her son would outgrow these characteristics, but she didn’t understand it was a lifetime thing until her second son was born with the same condition.

Rockwell, who was born in February 2018, was born with the same illness as his elder sibling. Social media users stole the newborn baby boy’s photos and used them to create vile memes.In school, Redd had also been the target of bullying because of the way he looked different.