Iskaka Village, Tana Island, Vanuatu – December 31, 2015: The children often have curly blonde hair which may turn darker when they get older. ‘Blond hair is found outside of the Caucasian race. It evolved independently in Melanesia where Melanesians of some islands (along with some Australian aborigines) are the one of many groups of non-white people who have blonde hair. This has been traced to an allele of TYRP1 unique to these people, and is not the same gene that causes blond hair in Caucasians.’ (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/08/science/another-genetic-quirk-of-the-solomon-islands-blond-hair.html?_r=0)