• Question: why do we have freckles

    Asked by #faith to Maureen on 9 Nov 2018.
    • Photo: Maureen

      Maureen answered on 9 Nov 2018:

      Freckles are essentially tiny pools of a compound called melanin in your skin. They are formed when you’re out in the sun a lot. Some people get freckles and others don’t. The people who have freckles have a certain type of a gene called MC1R. 🙂 It’s most common in Northern Europeans (including people from Ireland!).

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